Historic Parastudy house

History & local legend

For decades, Parastudy held psychic fairs, classes and discussions at a yellow Victorian house on Valleybrook Road in Chester Heights. The property acquired its own stories about two figures: an older man outside and a boy inside the house.

Visitors described seeing the man near the barn or beside a particular tree in the parking lot. He looked solid enough to approach, but was said to disappear while someone looked directly at him. In October 2001, an investigator with Delaware County Ghosthunters photographed the location where the sightings had been reported.

The child was associated with the main staircase, where children visiting the house were often said to notice him first.