Battle of Plattsburgh (1814) · Beaumont and St. Martin Medical History · SUNY Plattsburgh campus history
Plattsburgh is a Lake Champlain city shaped by the War of 1812's 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh, its 19th-century role as Clinton County seat, and the documented case of Army surgeon William Beaumont, who in the 1820s conducted a long series of experiments on the exposed stomach of fur trapper Alexis St. Martin after St. Martin survived a gunshot wound. Macdonough Hall, one of SUNY Plattsburgh's oldest campus buildings, and the Clinton County Courthouse both anchor the tour's route.
US Ghost Adventures is a multi-city ghost-walk operator described on its own materials as USMC disabled-combat-veteran-owned. Its Plattsburgh program, Plattsburgh Phantoms, is listed as a bookable New York activity on GetYourGuide, corroborating that the city program operates alongside the locally run Greater Adirondack Ghost & Tour Company, a separate, independent operator also active in downtown Plattsburgh.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/plattsburgh-ghost-tour/
- https://www.getyourguide.com/plattsburgh-l102864/plattsburgh-phantoms-ghost-tour-pestilence-purgatory-t1309149/
ApparitionsUnexplained soundsSense of presence
The operator's own copy ties Macdonough Hall to an unrecorded plot of 19th-century graves discovered beneath the SUNY residence hall, with reported hauntings tied to a family believed to have lived on the grounds before the building was constructed. At the Clinton County Courthouse, the operator describes imprisoned spirits tied to the site's earlier use as an 18th-century jail. At Stafford Middle School, the operator describes a reported student apparition tied to the site's history as the former Plattsburgh High School.
The operator also recounts rumors surrounding Dr. William Beaumont's stomach research, describing a reported phantom patient still tied to Beaumont's legacy.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history verified independently for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
