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5 min readIn July 1970, Clara and Phil Dandy moved their six children and a menagerie of pets—including a litter-trained raccoon, a woodchuck, and eventually a de-scented skunk—into a two-story farmhouse in Hinsdale, New York. They were searching for a slower country life. By the time they fled four years later, the family had endured full-bodied apparitions, disembodied chanting in the woods, objects moving on their own, unexplained burns, a string of violent car accidents, and an atmosphere so oppressive that even a church-sanctioned exorcism couldn't stop it. Their home is now considered the most haunted house in New York State.
The Land Before the House
The current owner and paranormal investigator Daniel Clace believes the haunting isn't confined to the building itself. "The entire plot of land that is the Hinsdale location is haunted," he has said. "There is something wrong, something angry, something just plain, evil, contained and living, and acting out that is present and active in the land itself." Multiple psychics who have visited the property independently claim a massacre occurred on the grounds. One theory points to a mass grave of over 800 Native Americans killed during early colonization. Another suggests the home once served as an inn along a stagecoach route, where travelers were robbed, murdered, and buried on the property. The land has been inhabited since at l
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:01) **Episode Introduction & The Core Mystery** - Macy introduces the Dandy family's four-year ordeal in the Hinsdale House, New York's most haunted house, listing the full-body apparitions, disembodied voices, object movement, burns, and a failed exorcism.
- 2 (04:44) **Theories on the Land's Dark History** - The podcast explores the unproven but persistent theories about why the land is haunted, including a potential Native American massacre and a stagecoach inn where travelers were robbed and murdered.
- 3 (09:25) **The Dandy Family: A Fresh Start** - The background of Clara and Phil Dandy is given, from their meeting in Buffalo to their growing disillusionment with city life after a peaceful vacation in the Allegheny State Park.
- 4 (16:52) **The Menagerie & The First Signs of Trouble** - The family moves in with a vast collection of pets, and the first of many strange events begin, starting with a car overheating and a house swarming with bees.
- 5 (21:10) **Early Escalation: Unexplained Events & Accidents** - In the first few months, the family experiences a break-in where only items are strewn about, their dogs begin bringing home suspiciously large bones, and a string of severe accidents begins.
- 6 (25:57) **First Ghost Sighting & The Umbrella Nights** - The family is formally introduced to the haunting when son Mike chases a farmer who vanishes behind a tree, and Clara describes the oppressive "umbrella nights" that descend on the house.
- 7 (34:55) **Mary's Room & The Gregorian Chant** - The haunting focuses on Mary's room, where three animals die in two months, and Clara and her children hear a terrifying Gregorian chant coming from the woods with no source.
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Show Notes
From July 1970 through 1974, the Dandy family lived in what is considered to be the most haunted house in the entire state of New York. They endured years of psychological terror in the form of sightings of full body apparitions so clear it was shocking to see those people disappear right before their eyes, disembodied voices whispering through their windows in the dark of night and chanting through the woods, objects being moved and stolen from their home when nobody was around to commit the act, burns appearing on their bodies and belongings when they woke in the morning, accidents causing severe injuries, and an overall sense of danger and dread over the entire home – it had an energy so negative and so strong that even a church sanctioned exorcism couldn't stop it.
Their home, located in northern Appalachia and now referred to as the infamous Hinsdale House, was a source of great struggle for the entire family for some time and left a lasting mark on all of them. What began as a family searching for a slower life and a country oasis turned dark and remains with them, some through to their end on this earthly plane. Their story, the story I want to relay to you today, lives on as a reminder that the land remembers.
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