Pictures from the Haunted Capitol Tour

My mother likes doing fun and education related things with her grandsons.  It is her right and occasionally she  invites me along.  Yesterday was one of those things.  It was the Capitol Haunting Tour. (Read about it at All Over Albany and the NY Times.)


The family before the tour


Stuart Lehman, our tour guide


Describing a grisly death in the Capitol Building


The Death of Samuel Abbott (no relation)


My sister standing right where Abbott passed away from the fire of 1911.










Describing the carved heads on the "Million Dollar Staircase"




Yes, the signage will avoid more tragedies.


Honest Abe






A carved devil. Isn't this a scene from the Exorcist?



It was a great tour and an interesting look at the history of the Capitol. I strongly suggest you take the tour when it is available again.