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In this month's Oddities in the News: A haunted castle went up for auction on Halloween night...and someone bought it |
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The Auburn Castle
The Auburn Castle was auctioned off on Halloween, 2020 There will be a new lord of the Auburn Castle. The auction for the 1871 brick Scottish-style mansion at 45 Owasco St. ended just after midnight Halloween night, 2020, with a winning bid of $368,500. The property's broker, Michael DeRosa, said 359 bidders registered for the auction. It went into overtime for 17 minutes before the winning bid was submitted. "I was taking calls until midnight," DeRosa told The Citizen on Sunday. DeRosa, who organized the auction of the Auburn Castle with its owner, Patrick Collier Connelly, said the winning bidder does not yet wish to reveal their identity. Complete article HERE Why do people belive the Auburn Castle is haunted? Paranormal Investigator Shawn Dibello said, "There's definitely spirit activity," and those who enter the long-abandoned castle in Auburn do so at their own risk. Dibello founded the ghost hunters group called "Soul Searchers" said his team was called in to investigate after multiple reports of paranormal activity inside the mansion. Dibello caught on tape what he said is the voice of the previous owner Vernon Dewy, who died after falling down the stairs. The Soul Searchers captured "PLEASE HELP ME" at the bottom of those stairs. Soul Searchers have also detected other voices inside the house and images of shadowy figures all fit caught by special equipment designed to capture sounds and images undetectable to humans. The original resident of the Auburn Castle was Samuel Laurie and his familyThe original resident of the Auburn Castle was Samuel Laurie and his family. Samuel Laurie was born in Glasgow, Scotland on December 12, 1833. He apprenticed to a manufacturer of woolen goods and developed a solid foundation and a good sense of the business. He came to America as a poor Scotch lad. He studied and applied his knowledge and gained quite a reputation as a woolen manufacturer during the 1850s. By 1868, he achieved much success and was superintendent of a mill in Rhode Island. In 1868, Samuel Laurie came to Auburn, New York to review the Woolen mill’s operations and provide his expert opinion. He felt the mill had great potential and was convinced to take over the reins of the Woolen mill in Auburn. The mill later thrived and grew under the management of Samuel Laurie. See more HERE |
See inside photos of the Auburn Castle HERE Haunted Scottish-style castle in Upstate New York sells for $368,500 during an auction that ended at midnight on Halloween
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