Ghosts
of Long
Island:
Stories
of the
Paranormal is
the
highly
anticipated
third
book
from author and
photographer Kerriann Flanagan
Brosky.
With the
assistance of paranormal
investigator Joe Giaquinto, Ms.
Brosky has uncovered paranormal
activities
throughout
Nassau
and
Suffolk
Counties.
The 30
tales
that
make up
“Ghosts
of Long
Island:
Stories
of the
Paranormal”
by
Kerriann
Flanagan
Brosky
range
from
accounts
of
haunted
mansions
of the
island’s
famed
Gold
Coast to
the
stories
that
surround
the Fire
Island
Lighthouse
on the
South
Shore
and an
abandoned
yet
mysteriously
“occupied”
19th
century
windmill
in The
Hamptons.
In
addition,
there
are
farmhouses,
inns,
cemeteries,
trails
and a
lake –
each
with a
haunted
story to
tell.
Through
historical
research,
photographs,
eyewitness
accounts
and
local
lore,
Ms.
Brosky
brings
these
locations
and
tales to
life in
vibrant
detail.
“Ghosts
of Long
Island:
Stories
of the
Paranormal”
begins
in Stony
Brook at
The
Country
House
restaurant
with the
account
of
Annette
Williamson,
who has
haunted
the
building
since
the
American
Revolution.
Annette
Williamson
was
murdered
there,
in what
was then
her
family
home.
Ms.
Brosky
and Joe
Giaquinto
interviewed
owner
Bob
Willemstyn
and his
staff,
who
described
the many
inexplicable
events
they
have
witnessed
in the
place.
The book
includes
pictures
of the
building’s
exterior,
photographed
by Ms.
Brosky
at
night,
that
show
“orbs,”
or
circular
anomalies,
essentially
balls of
light
that are
claimed
to
represent
spirits
of the
departed.
In
addition,
Mr.
Giaquinto
picked
up EVPs
–
electronic
voice
phenomena
– on his
digital
audio
recorder
while in
the
attic of
The
Country
House.
This and
other
EVPs
cited in
the book
are
available
for
listening
at his
Web
site,
www.joegiaquintoparanormalinvestigator.com.
October 2006 issue of
Distinction,
Long Island
magazine
October 25,
2006 issue
of Suffolk Life
newspaper
October 26,
2006 issue
of
Times Beacon
Record
newspapers
October 26,
2006 issue
of The
Long
Islander
newspaper
October 29,
2006 issue
of
Newsday
newspaper
November
2006 issue
of The
Village
newspaper
"Meet The
Author" with
Stan
Rubenstein -
Channel 21
Public
Affairs
Station for
the North
Fork & East
End
7:00pm -
April 24 -
Segment A
May 1 -
Segment B
May 8 -
Segment A
May 15 -
Segment B
Kerriann and
Joe were
filmed for
the
documentary
portion of
the "Lost
Suburbia"
films by
independent
film makers,
Peter Bune
and Sean
King.
Watch for
the premiere
at
Cinema Arts
Centre
in
Huntington,
Spring 2007.
For more
information
about this
project
visit
www.lostsuburbia.com.
Monday,
October 23,
2006 at 11:00pm WLNY Channel
55
"This book
is the
culmination
of intensive
research,
interviews
and
understanding
about a
topic few
people are
willing to
discuss,
lest they
would be
thought of
as 'crazy'.
It became
clear,
however,
that no one
I
interviewed
is 'crazy'
at all.
They are
sincere
people,
willing to
share their
unusual
experiences
with
others."
- Kerriann Flanagan Brosky
"With her
in-depth
knowledge of
the nuances
of Long
Island life
and culture,
Kerriann
soon became
inspired to
write a new
book which
would
combine the
elements of
family ghost
stories with
local
history and
personal
quests for
spiritual
experiences.
In this
book,
Kerriann
neither
proves nor
disproves
the
existence of
ghosts.
She simply
presents her
readers with
stories of
people whose
lives are
part of Long
Island's
past and
present, and
how those
lives have
been
affected (at
times in
humorous and
wonderful
ways) due to
unearthly
guests."
- Joe
Giaquinto
Copyright (c) 2006 Kerriann Flanagan
Brosky. All rights reserved.