Haunted History Ghost Walks of the Niagara Frontier with uuthor, researcher, and “supernatural historian” Mason Winfield. Mason studied English and Classics at Denison University, earned a master’s degree in British literature at Boston College, and studied poetry and fiction at SUNY Buffalo with internationally recognized poet and MacArthur grant recipient Irving Feldman. For 13 years he taught English at The Gow School (South Wales, NY). While at Gow he chaired the English department, won a 50K cross-country ski marathon, and was ranked several times among the Buffalo, NY, area’s top ten tennis players. He has published four books, including the regional sensation Shadows of the Western Door (1997), which has gone into its seventh printing. His fifth book Village Ghosts of Western New York will be published in September 2006.
A historian, folklorist, and “paranormal generalist” who publishes articles on a wide range of subjects, Mason is also a fiction writer whose short story “The Hunters” won the year 2000 JobsinHell/Feoamante.Com contest for Horror Fiction and received honorable mentioned in the year’s Best Fantasy & Horror. A popular lecturer and frequent media guest, Mason designed and hosted The Phantom Tour, a 2-hr TV program/DVD on haunted history in Western New York. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show and stars in an episode of the summer 2006 Travel Channel program Legend Hunters.
Mason is the founder of Haunted History Ghost Walks, Inc., a company that designs and develops various forms of “haunted” tourism, including walking and carriage tours, conferences, and performances. Cultural, historic, and architectural preservation are vital issues to Mason, and Haunted History Ghost Walks, Inc., is proud to support those causes through their partnerships with local organizations.
Haunted History Ghost Walks of the Niagara Frontier
Tuesdays: Buffalo (Niagara Square) *Meets SpoT Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave., Buffalo
Wednesdays: Buffalo (Theater District) *Meets SpoT Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave., Buffalo
Fridays: Allentown *Meets: Allen St. Hardware CafE, 245 Allen St., Buffalo
Saturdays: East Aurora *Meets across from the Roycroft Inn, 40 S. Grove St., East Aurora
Saturdays: North Buffalo (iOlmstedi District). *Meets SpoT Coffee, 765 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo
$10 – Adults, $5 – Kids 7-11.
ALL TOURS begin 7 P.M.
Information call 716-655-6663. Tours developed by author Mason Winfield.
Proceeds to benefit the Landmark Society!