The legend of the haunted Fruit Farm in Williamson is widely known throughout the Northeast. Ever since the infamous “Harvest Night Slaughter” of 1859—when over two dozen farmhands were found tortured and butchered, the property has been designated as a NY State “hotbed site” of enchanting, spirit-filled activity.
The greatest paranormal activity typically occurs from late September thru early November—peaking around All Hallows Eve, October 31st. Some still say it’s all just “Halloween fun”. Eye-witnesses claim actual interaction with apparitions, macabre spirits, and assorted demonic phantoms. They share believable, consistent accountings of an “evil presence” that menaces, frightens, and terrorizes visitors to the apple orchards after dark.
After blocking access to the property for over one hundred years, county officials gave permission to ‘Haunted Hayrides of Greater Rochester’ to conduct highly-controlled wagon rides into the woods allowing the “curious” to visit this legendary paranormal hotspot.