The Berkshires and the Hauntings Time Left Behind, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The Berkshires may look serene—sunlit trails, grand homes, quiet historic towns—but those gentle hills hold stories that refuse to stay buried. In this episode, author Robert Oakes takes us through the haunted heart of the region, revealing the places where history lingers a little too long.
From a literary icon’s estate where whispers still drift across empty rooms… to opulent mansions that haven’t quite let their former residents go… to a tunnel carved through the mountains where tragedy left more than scars in the stone—these are the places where the past breathes, watches, and sometimes steps forward.
The Berkshires are beautiful—but beauty isn’t always quiet.
For more information, visit his website at robertoakes.net.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, ghostly tales of the Berkshires, a conversation with author Robert Oakes. |
| 0:11.0 | The Berkshires may be known for its beauty and culture, but beneath the rolling hills and |
| 0:20.1 | grand mansions, |
| 0:21.4 | viz a haunted past. |
| 0:23.8 | Today, Robert Oaks guides us through the eerie locales featured in his book, Ghostly Tales |
| 0:28.8 | of the Berkshires. |
| 0:30.9 | Bermuda Thornton's haunted estate the Mount, to the lingering spirits of Ventfort Hall, |
| 0:35.9 | and the dark mysteries of the Hoosick Tunnel. |
| 0:38.7 | The region's ghost story spans centuries of tragedy, history, and the unexplained. |
| 0:44.4 | Whether it's shadowed figures in gilded halls or spectral trains on long-forgotten tracks, |
| 0:49.8 | the Berkshires offers a chilling glimpse into the paranormal. |
| 0:54.3 | Today on The Grave Talks, Ghostly Tales of the Berkshires offers a chilling glimpse into the paranormal. Today on The Grave Talks, ghostly tales of the Berkshires with author Robert Oaks. |
| 1:01.4 | Well, Robert, thank you so much for joining me for an episode of the Grave Talks today, |
| 1:06.4 | and I've decided you and I could talk for probably a couple hours, but I'm not going to put you through |
| 1:11.2 | that. But you are an author, a teacher, a storyteller, and a performing songwriter. So you |
| 1:17.1 | wear a lot of hats. I do. I do. What I found really interesting right off the bat when we |
| 1:25.4 | connected through Zoom was you said that you teach at a boarding school, |
| 1:31.0 | and that's also where you live. |
| 1:32.5 | And I didn't, you know, I didn't realize people still, you know, people sent their kids to boarding schools. |
| 1:39.3 | And I'm like, what kind of sheltered life am I living out here in Kansas? |
| 1:43.9 | Yeah, yeah. Still very much happens. I don't think am I living out here in Kansas? Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:44.8 | It's still very much happens. |
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