Ghosts in the News
Haunted by Herman Melville
BY ROB KAISER • SEP. 7, 2025 • BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE
What happened in the half-light of an upstairs room as my wife and I toured the home where Herman Melville wrote “Moby-Dick” was still on my mind as we drove away from the mustard-color house in Pittsfield...
Robert Oakes' Lantern-Lit Arrowhead Tours Explore Melville’s Supernatural Inspiration
BY MATT MARTINEZ • AUGUST 6, 2025 • THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
When the skies dim behind Mount Greylock, and night settles in on its wooded slopes, it’s said that twinkling lights can be seen amidst the trees...
New Paranormal Show Seeks Spirit of Edith Wharton in Pilot Episode Filmed at The Mount
BY MATT MARTINEZ • JANUARY 31, 2025 • THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Seated at a round table adorned with antique cutlery and glass chalices, Sophia Temperilli gathers her paranormal investigators to recap their findings...
Are Ghosts Haunting the Berkshires?
BY AARON SIMON GROSS • OCTOBER 13, 2023 • THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Do you believe in spirits? Over the past few years, ghost tours have surged in popularity in the Berkshires. Two decades ago, historical spots like Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Hancock Shaker Village or The Mount offered none. But today, those venues host a large variety of tours ...
Author Robert Oakes Had the Perfect Test Audience for His "Ghostly Tales"
BY JENNIFER HUBERDEAU • OCTOBER 12, 2023 • THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
“If I invited you to join me on a walk through a dark, haunted house, would you go?” “What if we had flashlights to light our way? Would you say yes?” Author and renowned Berkshires ghost tour guide Robert Oakes asks those questions at the beginning of “The Ghostly Tales of The Berkshires" ...
‘People Can Feel a Chill:’ Author Leads Ghost Tours through Ventfort Hall
BY MATT RISTAINO • OCT. 25, 2021 • SPECTRUM NEWS 1
LENOX, Mass. - Ventfort Hall is a Gilded age mansion and museum in downtown Lenox, and, if you believe the stories, one of the most haunted buildings in the Berkshires...
The Berkshires Are Haunted. We Have the Ghost Stories To Prove It
BY DIANE BAIR AND PAMELA WRIGHT • SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 • THE BOSTON GLOBE
Ah, the Berkshires. Land of rolling hills, lovely hikes, great food, cozy inns … and ghosts. You’ll never look at the region the same way after chatting with Robert Oakes, author of the 2020 book, “Ghosts of the Berkshires.” ...
Robert Oakes Breathes New Life into Ghost Stories
BY JACOB POSNER • JULY 21, 2021 • THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
LENOX — Robert Oakes has been leading ghost tours at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s former home, since 2010. An English major in college, Oakes had read Wharton before. But he said his interest in ghost ...
A ‘Spirited’ Journey through History with Author Robert Oakes
BY HANNAH VAN SICKLE • JAN 29, 2021 • THE BERKSHIRE EDGE
LENOX — Author Robert Oakes has a penchant for chilling tales of the Berkshire Hills. He also holds the firm belief that, as individuals, we are urged along toward things we were meant to encounter ...
Ghost Tours Go Virtual at The Mount in Lenox
BY MATT RISTAINO • OCT. 30, 2020 • SPECTRUM NEWS 1
LENOX, Mass. - Robert Oakes has been leading ghost tours at The Mount in Lenox for more than a decade. "There's so many different kinds of reports, from sights and sounds, smells, people ...
Face the Haunts in Edith Wharton's Home
OCT 17, 2020 • THE NEW YORK TIMES
... and prepare to be spooked by an online ghost tour at the Mount, the country home that belonged to the writer Edith Wharton in Lenox, Mass. ...
Open Book with Robert Oakes, author of 'Ghosts of the Berkshires'
BY JENNIFER HUBERDEAU • SEP 11, 2020 • THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Robert Oakes knows how to tell a good ghost story. Admittedly, he's had a lot of practice. For 10 years, Oakes has regaled The Mount's ghost tour groups with tales of eerie encounters ...
'Ghost Hunters' To Air New Episode Filmed at The Mount in Lenox
BY JENNIFER HUBERDEAU • NOV 17, 2015 • THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
LENOX — Do you believe in ghosts? Edith Wharton poses this question in an essay that appears in the preface of a collection of her own ghostly tales. Those are the questions members of ...
SyFy’s Ghost Hunters Return to The Mount for Season Finale
NOV 16, 2015 • IBERKSHIRES.COM
LENOX, Mass. — SyFy’s hit show "Ghost Hunters" will conclude its current season with a trip back to The Mount, Edith Wharton's home in Lenox, to investigate reports of increased paranormal ...
Berkshire Haunts Host Ghost Tours for the Brave
BY JENNIFER HUBERDEAU • OCT 19, 2014 • THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
It was in the stable on Edith Wharton's estate where my camera malfunctioned. It was this very area that a door began rattling on its own during one of the previous week's ghost tours, according to tour guide ...
The Better Sort of Ghost
BY DONNA LIQUORI • OCT 9, 2014 • THE TIMES UNION
It was in the stable on Edith Wharton's estate where my camera malfunctioned. It was this very area that a door began rattling on its own during one of the previous week's ghost tours, according to tour guide ...