Happy Birthday Lux Interior October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009
Lead Singer and founder of the Cramps. He dubbed the sound “PsychoBilly” later saying that they were just using the phrase as “carny terms to drum up business.” He was married to guitarist Poison Ivy for 37 years when he died.
Haunted New York
Landmark Tavern
LOCATED AT :
626 11th Avenue (on 46th Street)
New York, NY 10036
From the Landmark Tavern’s History Page:
In 1868 Patrick Henry Carley opened his Landmark Tavern, an Irish Waterfront Saloon. In those days there was no 12th Avenue, just the shores of the Hudson, on which his Tavern sat. Mr. and Mrs. Carley designed their new saloon to also be a practical home for their children on the second and third floors.
This remained as such until prohibition forced them to turn the third floor into a speakeasy. As one of the oldest continually operating establishments in the CIty today, The Landmark Tavern still retains its classic old New York charm.
The Lore:
A young girl who died of typhoid fever still lives on the third floor and is always looking for a playmate. On the second floor is a Confederate Soldier who was knifed in the bar below and then bloodily climbed the stairs to the second floor bathroom and died in the bathtub. George Raft was a regular and is reported to haunt the bar as well.
Manhattan Bistro
Located at:
129 Spring St., New York, NY 10012
The restaurant was built on top of Manhattan Well, a source of drinking water. In 1799, the area known as Lispenard’s Meadow, a 22 year old girl ,Juliana Elmore Sands, was discovered at the bottom of the well, assumed murdered by her fiancé, Levi Weeks. Levi’s representation was Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton(who later went on to duel with Burr shooting Hamilton.)
The lawyers established a solid alibi for Levi who was then acquitted. Public outrage was strong and everywhere Levi went he was called murderer and harassed and harassed until he left the state.
As for the actual haunting experiences, we have the tried and true “mist” appearing and plates and ashtrays being pushed around.
New York City 1889
But it's true. ALL TRUE.