Today on the Grave Talks, the Morris Jumel Mansion.

On the island of Manhattan in 1765, Roger Morris constructed his summer getaway. It would later be known as the Morris Jumel Mansion. The property would become far more than just a summer hideaway. It would play a key role in multiple battles and conflicts in early American history. George Washington would use the house as a headquarters, and many others would find solace

behind its walls, including Vice President Aaron Burr.

Could these spirits still roam, the haunted Morris Jumel Mansion?

Death, innovation, affairs, love, secret, murder, suicide, wars, and unrest are just a fraction of the

many emotions that were expelled in this house. There is more than 250-year history. Today, the

haunted Morris Jamel Mansion is home to multiple spirits. Ghosts who haunt the mansion, likely

the same people who once called it home.

Today, we talk with paranormal investigator Vincent Carbone about the haunted Morris Jamel Mansion.

So the Morris Jamel Mansion located in Washington Heights, Manhattan. It is the oldest house,

the older surviving house in the borough of Manhattan,

which is pretty crazy to think about, especially because we get people that come here every day

that have actually never heard of it. So for such a popular city to have such a historical location

that they haven't heard of, it's pretty fascinating. But nonetheless, this house was built

originally in 1765 by a British colonel. His name was Roger Morris. And he was a veteran of

the French and Indian War. And he had a house down on Pearl Street in Manhattan. And so he

built this house as a summer getaway for him and his family.

Now, he's married to a woman named Mary Phillipsy.

And her family was very well known all throughout Westchester County because they have a lot

of tobacco plantations and a lot of wealth of their own.

So he marries, he actually marries into the wealth,

which is not the other way around, which was common back then. She was so popular and so well

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