Weird Poughkeepsie

The Poughkeepsie Seer Andrew Jackson Davis

Share Tweet Andrew Jackson Davis (1826–1910) Andrew Jackson Davis is often referred to as the “John the Baptist” of modern Spiritualism, for he preached the advent of spirit communication in the United States with an evangelical fervor. Davis grew up in extreme poverty in Blooming Grove, New York, a small hamlet along the Hudson River, [...]

The Old Observatory at Vassar

Share Tweet The Vassar College Observatory  represents the varied accomplishments of Maria Mitchell, the astronomer,  professor and women’s education crusader who taught at the observatory from 1865 to 1888. The old observatory is located on the Vassar College campus  in Poughkeepsie, NY. The Observatory is no longer used and is not open to the public. [...]

The Hammonasset Line

Share Tweet a new and good friend to Weird Poughkeepise,Gregory Baily, has been a valuable help in researching certain properties and now we have him researching the Mysterious Poughkeepsie Standing Stone. Along the way he came across this very intriguing article about the Hammonasset Line, a collection of stone markers that travels all the way [...]

New York Times and the Hudson Valley Movement

Share Tweet Well here is a great article originally published in the NY Times that supports what we here at Weird Poughkeepsie have been saying for a while now. A better quality of life and a much more diverse landscape to set that life in. Here you can make your own rules create your own [...]

Ghosts of the Bardavon Opera House by : ~ Donna V., Bardavon Evening House Manager

Share Tweet Despite the pretty façade, like anything else, go another layer underneath and the Bardavon will reveal its aging energy. Dusty paths behind the mechanical equipment in the basement and beneath the upholstered orchestra, the theater will whisper ghost stories that seep from the basement doors and old rooms once used decades ago. Above [...]

Art Homes Essay

Share Tweet Victorian Artist Houses of Poughkeepsie The Victorians were cosmopolitan people on the cutting edge of technology for their time. They integrated objects and concepts from many cultures around the globe into the decor of their homes, both interior and exterior. Moving from gas light to electrical luminescence they were quick to adopt means [...]

Happy 100th Birthday Vincent Price

Share Tweet Today would have been Vincent Price’s 100th birthday. He has and always will be a major influence on myself as well as another Weird Poughkeepsie native Ed Wood Jr. So take a moment today in this most Haunted Hudson Valley to raise a glass to the Master of Macabre Merriment and Connoisseur of [...]

Blue Streak VS Coney Island Cyclone

Share Tweet Did you know that Poughkeepsie was the home to the largest Roller Coaster in the world once….. built buy the same man who designed the Coney Island Cyclone, the Blue Streak of Woodcliff Pleasure Park stood over 128 ft tall and descended over 18 ft below ground. Many “Blue Streaks” are around today [...]

Harry Houdini and Poughkeepsie

Share Tweet Today marks the 137th Birthday of Harry Houdini. We did a little google search to see what comes up when you search “Houdini + Poughkeepsie” and of course something weird shows up. this is from the NY Times May 8, 1927 THE NEW YORK TIMES • May 8, 1927 • Page 15, Column [...]

Elizabeth Taylor and Poughkeepsie

Share Tweet Thought the two never crossed paths perhaps, I find a similarity in how both “Queens” as it were kept their beauty and style despite so many traumatic twists and turns of fate. Both started out as young and incredibly beautiful both rose to fame through their talents and style and both re-invented themselves [...]

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