The Watkins Glen Rock Festival of July 1973 Drew Hundreds of Thousands, But One Couple Never Made It… About a month ago, I did a video on the Summer Jam that was a rock concert held in Watkins Glen, New York at the racetrack to be exact, the southern tip of Seneca Lake and it…
Yet Another Reason to Visit Seneca Lake You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind … a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination—your next stop, the Twilight Zone.—Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone, introductionIf that sounds familiar, that’s the opening for the old…
Looking for something fun to do? Whether your a local or visiting as a tourist, check these out. Planning a visit to Seneca Lake in upstate New York? Perhaps you’ll be visiting Watkins Glen on the southern tip of Seneca.This awesome little village has so much to offer local residents and visiting guests year-round.Here are…
This video is about SUMMER JAM, one of the greatest rock concerts of all time — an epic jam session — and it happened about 50 years ago near Seneca Lake, as you know, that’s my favorite of the Finger Lakes in upstate New York. On July 28, 1973, more than 600,000 people flocked to…
Located on Seneca Lake at the Site of the Former Asylum/Psychiatric Hospital The Willard DTC — Drug Treatment Campus— was a New York State correctional facility that opened in 1995 on a portion of the same site where the Willard Psychiatric hospital stood. And this ”boot-camp” or “shock incarceration” style drug treatment campus was nestled…
Patients were sent there… and never got to leave. Lawrence Mocha: The Willard Grave Digger This is a true story about a Seneca Lake cemetery where the bodies of more than 5,000 souls lie in graves with no names, just numbers. And about its famous gravedigger.The former New York State mental hospital on Seneca Lake…
Did you know that Seneca Lake has its own ghost town? Not that you need more spooky vibes than that, it was actually the largest insane asylum in New York State — and for a number of years even the entire USA — but now it’s just a crumbling town. Today I’m going give an overview on the history of Willard and how it’s eerily empty and in decay today.
This is Part 2 of my interview with nautical archaeologist Art Cohn. Underwater exploration is such an exciting topic to me. This is my second interview with Arthur Cohn from the Lake Champlain, NY, area, talking about his exciting findings on the bottom of Seneca Lake. Art is very knowledgeable about maritime history, especially in…
Did you know there’s a connection between a Hallmark movie and a little village near Seneca Lake, New York? In this episode of the History and Mysteries of Seneca Lake, I’m going to give you the backstory of Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery. We’ll find out what notable Seneca Lake area landmarks appear in the…
This is Part One of a two-part series I did with Arthur Cohn in December 2022. Of the 11 Finger Lakes in upstate New York, Seneca Lake takes center stage. It’s pretty much in the middle as the seventh finger. It’s the largest Finger Lake by water volume, and the second longest by length at…