Go on a virtual journey across New York City through the ghostly legends of Gertrude Tredwell, Eliza Jumel, Joan Rivers, Jan Bryant Bartell, Rose Butler, and more
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how ghost tours and popular media shape these women into familiar archetypes—tragic ingénues, wronged wives, or vengeful spirits
Gain a deeper understanding of how these stories reflect changing attitudes toward women’s ambition, independence, wealth, and power
Hear fresh insight about what New York City’s hauntings reveal about our own urban anxieties, fascinations, and cultural obsessions—past and present
All Photos Courtesy of the Speakers
About this Virtual Talk:
Join us for an illustrated lecture inspired by A Haunted History of Invisible Women, a groundbreaking exploration of the forgotten women who linger in the shadows of our cities—and our history. This special online event spotlights the book’s New York City–based ghost stories, where restless spirits illuminate the lives of women erased, overlooked, or deliberately written out of the narrative.
Blending folklore, feminist history, and urban exploration, this illustrated talk uncovers how New York City’s ghost stories open unexpected doors into the city’s layered past. Far more than tales of haunted houses, these narratives trace the ambitions, struggles, injustices, and enduring legacies that shaped the streets we walk today.
About the Speakers:
Andrea Janes is the Founder and owner of Boroughs of the Dead, New York City's premier ghost tour company, which has been featured on NPR.org, The New York Times, Jezebel, TODAY, The Huffington Post, Gothamist, The Travel Channel, CondeNast Traveler, Mashable, and more. Andrea is also the co-author of A Haunted History of Invisible Women.
Leanna Renee Hieberis a professional actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and an award-winning, bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction for Kensington, Tor and Hachette Books. A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts, co-authored with Andrea Janes, was a Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction and their follow-up, America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction, was an Instant USA Today Bestseller and also is a Stoker Finalist in the same category. Her Gothic Young Adult novel Ravenfield Hall is forthcoming from Hachette. A Prism award winner for her Gothic Strangely Beautiful saga and a Daphne du Maurier finalist for Darker Still, Leanna’s novels have received translations into multiple languages and her short stories have been featured in notable anthologies while her non-fiction essays have appeared in ApexMagazine, The Deadlands, Haunted Magazine and more. Featured in film and television on shows like Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown, discussing Victorian Spiritualism, she lives in New York and lectures around the country on Gothic and paranormal themes as they intersect with women’s history.
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