ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn't afraid of
ghosts, but spooky thuds still keep him awake at night when he stays at
the governor's mansion in Albany.
The Democrat told a Long
Island crowd Thursday that during legislative sessions he spends
evenings unsettled by unexplained noises in the 161-year-old mansion
near the Capitol building.
"Now, I don't believe in ghosts and
I'm a big tough Italian guy," Cuomo said "But I'll tell you — it gets
creepy in that house and there're a lot of noises that go on, and you
are very alone."
The governor, who spends most of his time at
his family home in Westchester, has mentioned apparitions in the
reputedly haunted mansion before. In an April speech in Harlem, he said
he spends the eerie, sleepless nights reading about past governors.
The
only known death in the mansion was in 1909, when the Rev. David C.
Hughes, the father of Gov. Charles Hughes, died from a "stroke of
apoplexy," according to state archives.
New York State Capitol
assistant curator Stuart Lehman said historians have no reason to
believe Hughes had unfinished business that would cause his spirit to
remain in the house, but Albany's state buildings brim with reports of
paranormal activity.
Lehman, who leads popular Capitol
Hauntings tours every Halloween, said visitors and staffers have
reported supernatural sounds and sightings in other state buildings: the
sound of jangling keys from the spirit of a watchman who died in the
Capitol's 1911 fire and the ghost of a benevolent librarian who resides
in the state education building.
Source: NY Daily News
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