Mark Your Calendar: Ghost Hunting in Southampton

If you are looking for a scare this October, ghost hunting tours will be offered through the Southampton Historical Museum at three historic locations throughout the month. 

The tours will guided by Water Mill ghost detectives Oliver and Colleen Peterson, who the museum said have been chasing ghosts and searching for evidence of paranormal actively for a decade. 

During the tours, the Peterson's will share evidence and give a hands-on demonstration of the tools of the "trade." 

According to the museum, the pair have investigated haunted locations up and down the East Coast, including the battlefields of Gettysburg Pennsylvania, historic haunts of Salem Massachusetts, the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia and various spots on Long Island's East End. 

"The Petersons remain skeptical yet open-minded in their approach and use both scientific and metaphysical tools to seek out evidence of life after death," said the museum.

The tours are open to adults only and are limited to 20 people per tour. The cost: $18 per person. 

The tours are as follows: 

Ghost Hunting at a Lost Indian Fort and Seaport
This tour will take place on Oct. 12 at 4:00 p.m. at the Lost Indian Fort North and Seaport. According to the museum, Sea Harbor has been home to Native American culture for 10,000 years and English pioneers since 1640. Migratory People arrived after the glaciers receded establishing fishing camps; a friendly Shinnecock Sachem was recorded living in an Indian fort in 1639; and by 1650 North Sea was a lively shipping port with a tavern, two warehouses, a customs house and a cluster of farmhouses all of which have disappeared. 

Ghost Hunting at a 1648 Farm
This tour will take place on Oct. 19 at 4:00 p.m. at the 1648 Farm, which, according to the museum, was built in 1666 by Thomas Halsey, Jr. on the homestead of his father who established a farm in 1648. It was home to generations of the Halsey family. Before the English arrived, the land was used as a planting field by the Shinnecock Tribe. 

Ghost Hunting at a Whaling Captain’s House
This tour will take place on Oct. 26 at 4:00 p.m. at the Whaling Captain’s House, which, according to the museum was built in 1648 by the Rogers family, who established a farm at this location with their heirs living in the home until 1889. A decade later Samuel Parrish spent his summers in the mansion until he died in a car crash in 1932. The seventeen room mansion was also the home of whaling Captain Albert Rogers. 

To register for any of the ghost hunting tours, call, 631-283-2494 or register online here: southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org.