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It’s kind of comical, isn’t it, when people make “haunted houses” our of split-level homes built in the 70’s?\u00a0 C’mon!\u00a0 If you want a a real haunting you don’t want Mid-Century Modern, you’re going to have to find a place that’s been around a while, like the R. Stiles House in Argyle.\u00a0 Just one look at this place and you’ll believe!\u00a0 Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24, are a good time to do so, as they are hosting a Haunted House there 7-9pm Friday night and\u00a0 6-9pm Saturday night.\u00a0 (If you’re heading up to Glens Falls it’s an easy place to stop along the way, right on Rt. 40.)\u00a0 Tickets are just $5 and all proceeds go to continuing the restoration of this beautiful and historic house.<\/p>\n

Which is a good thing, as we want to keep the, er, residents happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s kind of comical, isn’t it, when people make “haunted houses” our of split-level homes built in the 70’s?  C’mon!  If you want a a real haunting you don’t want Mid-Century Modern, you’re going to have to find a place…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\r\nA Good Haunting - Battenkill Valley Blog On Saratoga.com<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/10\/a-good-haunting\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Good Haunting - Battenkill Valley Blog On Saratoga.com\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It's kind of comical, isn't it, when people make "haunted houses" our of split-level homes built in the 70's?  C'mon!  If you want a a real haunting you don't want Mid-Century Modern, you're going to have to find a place...\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/10\/a-good-haunting\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Battenkill Valley Blog On Saratoga.com\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-20T13:53:30+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-29T17:46:38+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Al Budde\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Al Budde\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/10\/a-good-haunting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/10\/a-good-haunting\/\",\"name\":\"A Good Haunting - Battenkill Valley Blog On Saratoga.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-20T13:53:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-29T17:46:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/#\/schema\/person\/ba9077213ec9da3181a56e6b0b1c0fe7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/10\/a-good-haunting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/10\/a-good-haunting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/10\/a-good-haunting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Good Haunting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/\",\"name\":\"Battenkill Valley Blog On Saratoga.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/#\/schema\/person\/ba9077213ec9da3181a56e6b0b1c0fe7\",\"name\":\"Al Budde\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9688071fca28d471474c7c7b05a91df4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9688071fca28d471474c7c7b05a91df4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Al Budde\"},\"description\":\"40 minutes East of Saratoga and a world away; the Battenkill Valley is a Cornucopia of Cool. 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