Ghosts hunting, from The Dakota to Central Park to 'Spook Central'

UPPER WEST SIDE -- Meet the famous phantoms of Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Authors Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes joined Localish to shed light on storied hauntings in their book "America's Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction." Hieber also guides tours for Janes' company, Boroughs of the Dead. The walking tours revolve around the sites behind New York City's ghost stories.

Hieber describes the Upper West Side as very vibrant - and that includes its paranormal scene.

The Upper West Side's "got a lot of life, and so its stories of the afterlife are similarly vibrant and relational."

The Dakota Apartments at West 72nd Street and Central Park West is a perfect example. It's been the focus of ghost stories from the get-go.

One of the building's notable ghosts belongs