Legends 5: Long Island Ghosts

About this episode

Our search for legends today takes us deep into the woods outside of Huntington, Long Island, to a place known forbiddingly as Mount Misery. Just be sure to bring a flashlight.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Harry Marks and research by GennaRose Nethercott.

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