Haunted Staten Island: An interview with author Marianna Biazzo Randazzo Pt 2

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Along with Who Killed...?, I am also the producer of Crime Capsule. Our shows range from the paranormal to the Dixie Mafia. Check it out on https://www.killerpodcasts.com/crime-capsule Staten Island is known as the mystifying borough, and it is home to numerous ghosts and eerie tales. The Alice Austin House was once home to a pioneering photographer, but ghostly images of a different sort now appear among the beams. The Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp holds tales of supernatural echoes, while over at the Old Bermuda Inn, the specter of Martha Mersereau, waiting for the return of her dead husband, appears at candlelit windows each evening. On some of the island’s most desolate roads, a spectral hitchhiker appears, vanishing from the car mid-ride, leaving only an eerie chill. Countless travelers have encountered her, a haunting reminder of the thin line between the living and the dead. Local author Marianna Randazzo uncovers the secrets behind Staten Island’s haunted houses, spectral sightings and enduring legends. Purchase the BOOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.6	Welcome back to Crime Capsule. I'm your host, Benjamin Morris.
0:40.9	This week, we are continuing our conversation with Marianna Randazzo, author of Haunted Staten Island,
0:47.8	published by the history press. If you missed the first part of our interview, be sure to go back and check it out.
0:53.7	Thanks as always for listening.
0:55.3	Let's dive back in.
1:00.0	Mariana, welcome back to Crime Capsule.
1:03.0	Thank you.
1:03.8	Thank you for having me again.
1:06.4	So, as we said last week, your book has so many different kinds of sites and cases across
1:16.6	Staten Island.
1:17.6	And everywhere you travel, there's something new to discover and there's something interesting
1:23.1	to unearth or explore.
1:37.4	And one of the sites which you write about is it's powerful for a couple of different reasons.
1:50.0	Some folks may have only come into awareness of it after what happened 20 years ago. But you write that the Fresh Kills landfill actually has a much longer history than when it became a resting place for the debris
1:59.8	from the Twin Towers after 9-11.
2:02.6	And I was so grateful that you included Fresh Kills in your book,
2:07.7	because it really did feel like a way of honoring another part of that story
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