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Connecticut
Last Updated: Feb 2010
Amston - Ames Rd. - Removed. Private
Property
Ansonia - Eagle Hose Co.
#6 (firehouse) - to be honest just weird things
but they only happen when you are the only person there whether in the
basement or on the top floor there is a history here check into it.
Ansonia - Hunters Lane - Only when two of the residents in the house fight the
ghost will show her rage. Only a small cat was in the room at the time.
A whole dresser fell down onto the bed with on it a television and
inside it lots of clothes. Another, which the treadmill turned on by in
self. She is older and a white lady. Very nice, but gets angry when
people fight.
Ansonia - Pine Grove
Cemetery - Some have reported hearing children
playing, smelled roses, heard chains rattling, hot spots where it would
be warmer than the rest of the cemetery and on the way out witnesses
have seen three figures which seemed to be guarding the gates, and four
figures walking toward them.
Ansonia - Webster House
Company #3 - Strange sounds have been heard.
Feelings of not being alone. A grandfather clock that dates back many
years will start to chime every 15 minutes. Chains being dragged across
an upstairs floor, as well as voices, coughing and laughter have all
been heard by witnesses that where alone in the building.
Avon - Avon Old Farms
School - A little girl, friendly, appears early
in the morning (around 3am)in one of the homes attached to the dorm.
She often is looking for her mother, or playing in the 2nd floor of the
house. She usually appears in the summer time.
Bara - Hack Settlement -
Pomfret - The ruins of the settlement that later
grew into Pomfret, along with the old cemetery used by the small
settlement, hide in the CT woods but hold many surprises for those who
take the time to find them. Reports include human voices, animal
sounds, children's' laughter, sightings of a baby reclining in the
branches of a tree, and orbs of light.
Berlin - Cedarcrest Mental
Asylum - off of the Berlin turnpike there is an
abandoned mental asylum surrounded by some woods.....if you go into it
you can hear screaming and door slamming.
Berlin - Lamentation
Mountain - At the summit of Lamentation Mountain
along the Mattabesset Trail there are reports that a woman can be heard
sobbing if it is quiet. The sobbing can be heard even when there is no
wind. There is a legend that a woman killed herself by jumping off the
cliffs and still haunts the area.
Bethel - Bethel High
School - There have been sightings of
apparitions on the second floor and in the basement. Cold Spots have
been experienced in the basement also. There have been numerous
suicides associated with the school. At one point the school was called
Suicide High
Bethel - Bethel Volunteer
Fire Dept. - "fire house ghost" - Sounds of
someone or something falling, with nothing out of place.
Bethel - Johnson
Elementary School - There has been blood on the
mirrors in the gym bathrooms. There have been sightings of orbs and you
could see orbs in pictures that they took in the gym of the kids. the
toilets flush themselves and the lights flicker.
Bethel - Wooster St. - In a boarding house on the Danbury end of the street,
there is a room where one man committed suicide and another overdosed
on heroin. Former residents of the room report hearing screams in the
night and the illusion that the walls are melting.
Bloomfield - St. Thomas - The grounds of St. Thomas seminary which at one time
spanned a far greater area then they currently do, have had a few
reports among local people. much of the original grounds have been over
grown or sold off to businesses but the seminary it self is still
actively used by the church of Hartford as well as the University of
Hartford located down the street, as dorms. at night several people
have seen shadowy figures walking through the fields. the gym has many
cold spots in the old locker/shower rooms and in the basement, which is
the lower gym. the ghosts are believed to be those of former priest
residents and students at the seminary.
Branford - Branford Slupy
Pound - as you walk into the woods you can hear
gun shoots and screaming coming from behind you, you can also hear some
one running and gasping for air but when you turn around to see where
its coming from the noises disappear.
Bridgeport - Showcase
Cinemas - rumor has it that the projection booth
is haunted .sometimes film reels will start shaking by themselves or
lights flickering.
Bridgeport - Old Remington
Arms factory - Shadows are seen in the buildings
at night although the factory has been abandoned for years and no
longer in use.
Bridgeport - Warren
Harding High School - Staff members in Harding
High School have noticed an older gentleman running up and down the
hallways screaming help. It has been said that in the early 60's a
janitor was chased and later killed by a deranged student. The deranged
student was never found and some even say that they both haunt the
school. Till this day you can still hear and see Mike running as he
pleads for his life.
Bristol - Church of
Eternal Light - Formerly one of the three
original churches built in Bristol by the Sessions family, church was
built late 1889. It has been on national T.V. show , a ghost hunter
filmed ghost balls or spirit balls. There are also reports of a former
churchgoer who was struck by lightning on the front steps. There have
also been reports of an apparition seen in the bell tower.
Bristol - Lake Compounce
Amusement Park - The oldest running amusement
park in the world. The first hauntings date back to the opening of the
park in the late 1800's when the ghost of the former owner of the land,
Chief Compounce, who killed himself in the lake the day before the land
was to change hands. Since that time, every building on the land has
experience hauntings at one time or another. As well, death has been a
plague at the park. In recent years, a child died from injuries
received from a near drowning it the lake, a worker was killed
underneath a rotor ride, and another was decapitated by a roller
coaster. Most of the hauntings have occurred in the Star Light Ball
Room. It was said, but this author has not confirmed, that the head of
the Norton family, who bought the land from Chief Compounce, died after
mysteriously falling from a ladder. The park is now under new
management, and is running successfully. However, the park still
employs overnight security service people, who all, without prior
knowledge of hauntings, have all disclosed their fears and sightings
around the park.- June 2008 Correction: Chief
Compounce died while trying to swim.
Bristol - Peacedale
Cemetery - Sightings of a white wolf that walks
down near the banks of the stream that runs through this cemetery are
usually sought by those who have a deep emotional problem bothering
them.
Bristol - Pine Lake Area -
Feelings of being followed, now a high ropes
course, occasionally hearing ropes tighten as if being swung from, loud
footsteps in the leafy ground, whispers, and shouts, over all
spookiness.
Bristol - Polish American
Citizens Club - Ghost in the bingo room.
Friendly. the old president was doing books at the bar one morning .
The building should have been vacant, He saw a man walk out of the
bingo room into the men’s room. He went into the men’s room to see who
was in the building. When he entered the men’s room no one was there.
Al the short guy was cleaning up in the bingo room and saw 2 eyes but
no body following him around. He says he has seen it several times.
Frank Jankowski once a bar tender was cleaning up late one night and
heard some one moving chairs in the bingo room. He thought it was a
thief went to investigate but found no one there or signs of forced
entry.
Bristol - Saint Paul
Catholic High School - In the G-Wing of this
school it is rumored that a student once hung himself. A SPCHS teacher
also died of a heart attack in this same hallway. During play
rehearsals and performances, this area is used for dressing rooms/prop
rooms and it is rumored that a ghost has been seen when the lights are
off.
Bristol and Plymouth Town lines - Torries Den - Torries Den got
it's name because while the Revolutionary War was taking place soldiers
who deserted their ranks, also known as Torries hid in the caves
located in these woods. Some of these Torries perished while enduring
the harsh New England winters. Campers have reported strange lights and
a strange heavy breathing noise.
Brooklyn - Trinity Church
- An old church surrounded by a grave yard that
dates back to the late 1700's, some grave markings are even older and
marked only by rocks put into the ground. There is a path behind the
church that leads past a pond and up a short hill-all of this is
surrounded by grown-over weeds and things. Once at the top of the hill
that land becomes instantly flat and only contains trees. In the middle
of this there lies a flat rock. When you stand on the rock you can
notice that in front and behind you are bare and to either side of you
is bare. The clearing forms a complete cross. -
November 2003 update correction: The serial killer of the 1980's - left
a body of the young girl he had killed behind this church. It is said
that this was the cause of the hauntings, which forced the church to
shut down. No one uses the church today, yet it is said that from time
to time you can see people in the windows.
Burlington - Green Lady
Cemetery - Covey Road - Images of green mist and
the "Green Lady" formerly Elisabeth who died next to the cemetery in
swampland-she drown and supposedly her husband would not or could not
save her. She is seen walking on the dirt road the cemetery is located
on in a green mist.
Burlington - Lampson
Corner Cemetery - A very old Cemetery, with
some occasional orbs and lights. Incorrect info passed on about the
Smallpox, it is haunted though. Hikers from nearby trails have seen
apparitions and orbs of light. One hiker reported seeing a man in
uniform standing near a gravestone, yelled to him for the time and the
man disappeared. the hiker walked over and it was the grave of a WWII
Veteran.
Burlington - Rock Rd/ Old
Tory Prison - Where the prison is located,
people have seen British soldiers some in chains. Some people have
heard moans coming from the little prison. Its not a very big place
just a little stone and cement building right near the road. Locals do
not like snoopy outsiders and may call the cops.
Clinton - Town Hall/Opera
Theater Of Connecticut - Reports of whispers,
the feeling of someone right next to you, and feel cold gusts of air.
Colchester - Bacon Academy
High School - The catwalk in the auditorium is
haunted by the ghost of a man who fell to his death while the school
was being built. People have witnessed lights being turned on and off
when no one is up there.
Colchester - Camp
Connecticut - in pictures taken there are many
"orbs" near the main gate and near the large sign within the camp,
examinations shown not be photo error or bad development. Witnesses
have seen 40 apparitions standing in front of the gate, as they walked
towards them they parted, letting them though, and they walked right in
between them. as the got to their car the figures slowly disappeared.
Cornwall Bridge - Dudley
Town - A deserted town that is said to have gone
mad and died off, located in Cornwall, CT. After a long walk through
the woods the path opens up to reveal old foundations and cellar holes
from a lifetime ago. Here it is said that glowing orbs of light can be
seen swirling around, and on occasion have even occurred during the
day. There are many reports of odd happenings occurring to those that
visit Dudley Town. Hearing faint drum sounds, feelings of dread and
sadness, and feeling a presence all around you. - Update
- People are not allowed in there anymore. Cops DO watch and will
ticket even if you drive up there to the entrance.
Coventry - South Street -
Hale Homestead - Locals have long reported
ghostly activity in and around the house. Dudley Seymour, an attorney
who purchased the home in 1914 and devoted himself to the
popularization of Nathan Hale, claimed to have seen the ghost of Deacon
Hale, the hero's father, peering out of a window. The ghost of a
servant sometimes sweeps the upper hall. Nathan's ghost, on the other
hand, may account for the sound of someone pacing the floors.
Danbury - On the corner of
Shalvoy’s Lane and Austin St. there was a hat factory that stood there.
Prior to demolition, there was an automotive machine shop. The building
stood at three floors .Workers would all be in the back at ground floor
and they could hear a spirit walking with work boots on. Plus, you
could hear the floor creaking. This would only happen on the second
floor. The third floor was very quiet. During the day, the electronic
eye triggered, ringing a bell in the work area. the spirit would enter
and walk up the stairway at mid point of the building. As you see, the
door alarm goes off, the door was spring loaded, and you never heard
the door slam shut. People would visit and you could hear the door
shut.
Danbury - Tarrywile Park
& Hearthstone Castle - Several hauntings are
known to exist on the grounds - mainly around the area of the abandoned
Hearthstone Castle. There have been reports of shadowy figures, glowing
orbs or mists in the castle's windows or on the roof - as well as the
surrounding land and the locations of the former servant/guest houses..
Some hikers have reported being pushed & sticks thrown at them.
Danbury - Western
Connecticut State University - Berkshire Theatre - There is a ghost known by the name "Daphne" that
haunts the large theatre of Berkshire Hall. Students working late at
night will see her image in the light/sound booth or on the stage. She
is friendly and will appear/reappear when asked politely by no more
than 2 individuals.
Danbury - Western
Connecticut State University - Fairfield Hall - 3rd floor haunted by soul of young girl who had
committed suicide in the tower on the top of the hall. She is know for
apparitions in windows n mirrors.... running showers and showing up in
photographs. She is known for making mirrors become never ending ...and
making screaming sounds all through the night...is she waiting to be
let free...or is she just haunting the students who live there.
Derby - Derby High School
- It's not known of any deaths in the school or
around, but when alone in one of the art rooms witnesses report a noise
as if someone had come into the room, and yet the door was closed and
there was no one inside besides themselves, a muffled voice whispered
"Don't go", and the apparition of a girl.
Derby - Derby Public
Library also known as Harcourt Wood Memorial Library - The Library was built in 1902 with funds given by Col.
and Mrs. Wood who had it built in memory of their son Harcourt Wood.
Harcourt died when he was 11 years old after a bout with meningitis,
after which the entire school was quarantined. A woman and her son
approached the library one snowy evening after hours to drop books in
the book drop. Her son saw a light in the window and peered in. His
mother said he came sliding down the steep steps on the bank of the
library so fast and was so scared because he saw the figure of a young
boy in the foyer of the library. Employees have also spoken of
mysterious happenings in the library, such as lights turning on and
off, doors closing on their own and other incidents.
Derby - Green Cemetery - If you walk in the cemetery at night you will see a
green light coming from the cabin if you dare to come closer you will
find a "Green Lady making dinner. If she turns around a and sees
you prepare for her company. It is said she will appear right
behind you.
Derby - Irving School - People have been known to see a little girl and a
teenage boy wondering the halls and auditorium of this school. Cold
flashes and spots are some of the effects to the persons investigating
the school. Several police and fire fighters have also witnessed these
encounters.
Derby - Lincoln School
(Old Derby High School) - basement of the
building believed that a staff worker used to work there died in the
school. in the boys bathroom by the gym there's a metal gate where you
can see the locker room. many students said that if you look into the
room long enough you would see a quick flash of light then it would
disappear. or you would see a figure holding a mop in his hand. there
would be whistling on some days too and you never knew where it was
coming from.
East Granby - Old Newgate
Prison - It was originally a copper mine in the
1700s. It became a prison to hold Tories and loyalists in the
Revolutionary war. It also held confederates in the civil war and is
now a tourist attraction. In one area in the mine, a man's face is seen
in the rock because the ceiling collapsed on top of him. The last man
to be killed there was trying to escape through the well by climbing up
the rope. On his way up, the rope snapped. He was either killed by
impact or drowning.
East Haddam - Devils
Hopyard - Have been numerous reports of strange
sightings and occurrences over the years. Many locals have seen and
heard apparitions.
East Hartford - Huguenot
House - Haunted by a woman dressed in blue after
the building was moved.
East Haven - Dear Run
School - walking though the north hall you can
some times hear voices and see blood coming down form the walls no one
is sure who haunts this building
East Haven - Ferrara
School - In the middle of the night you can see
shadowy figures and hear strange noises. In the woods there you can
hear scrabbling noises, like someone running though the bushes watching
you or trying to catch you. Often also, you can hear like a screaming
in the woods or possible crying.
East Windsor - Pasco's
restaurant - movement of objects, closing doors,
cold spots, etc.
Easton - Union Cemetery - Haunted by the ghost of a young woman known by locals
as the "White Lady" no one knows of her past yet. Firemen and Police
Officers have seen her on different occasions. It's one of the most
haunted places in the country. Another haunting is "Redeyes" is also a
well-known haunt. As the stories go, a man was walking along a road
next to union cemetery when he noticed a pair of red eyes staring at
him through the darkness. Upon this observation, he turned and ran and
heard footsteps following him. The Warrens have done extensive research
of the area. - February 2004 Update: This site
is patrolled by police and will arrest you if you do not have the
proper permission to do an investigation.
Enfield - green manor
skate park - seen lights disappear and then
light bulb falls. next morning the lights are there again
Fairfield - Greenfield
Hill - there have been sightings of a young
small figured woman dressed in white staring thru the windows of the
condemned building with a glowing light behind her.
Fairfield - Greenfield
Hill Mental institution - in the small
Connecticut town of Newtown lies an enormous field containing more than
100 large abandoned buildings that once housed more than 4000 crazy
people. Featured as the location on what is said to be the most scary
episode of MTV's fear Ghostwatcherz.com,
Fairfield Hills' buildings range from the shock treatment building to
the center for the criminally insane. The institution had a history of
unauthorized lobotomies and mysterious deaths. The unique thing about
Fairfield Hills is that it has an interconnected system of underground
tunnels connecting most of the buildings to each other. WARNING:
Although it has been abandoned since the mid-90's, proceed with EXTREME
caution as there is almost always a cop or two there and at least 4
squad cars are guarding the location around Halloween. November 2003 Update - there are 4 heavily armed
police cars circling the buildings. They attempted to interrogate any
intruders and have been known to nearly arrest them. They even said
that they caught people in the underground tunnels. - "Heavily guarded
do not even bother attempting to enter"
Fairfield - Fairfield
University - Dolan Hall - Former
convent-turned-residence hall for Fairfield U. is said to have the
ghosts of former nuns roaming the halls. There is one story (which
probably isn't true, but you never know) of a nun who was raped by a
priest, got pregnant and hung herself. More recently, a student died in
one of the rooms and the room is no longer occupied due to
uncontrollable temperature changes. Loud and unexplainable bangs awaken
and frighten students between midnight and 4AM in rooms 231, 229, 227,
and 225, yet no other rooms in that hallway can hear the noises at all.
- November 2003 update/correction: A student
that lived in the infamous Dolan 231, reports while they didn't hear
any banging, they COULD hear people moving furniture above them.
However, when the RA's went up there to tell them that it was 2AM and
they were trying to sleep, they found that they TOO were sleeping and
not moving furniture at all. The rumor about the nun is NOT true at
all, but the room that the student died in IS true and WAS taken
offline because of the uncontrollable heat. This room is Dolan 403.
Fairfield - Fairfield
University - PepsiCo Theatre - Theatre
Faculty and students will attest to haunting by Minerva Farrell--who
was apparently a costume designer whose spirit frequently seems to
visit. I've been alone in the PepsiCo, and have heard voices.
Fairfield - Ludlow Health
Center - All that has been seen so far is a
picture in the dining room that rocks back and forth at night.
Farmington - Farmington
Riverside Cemetery - Heard voices, smell of
roses, several photographs contained multiple orbs of various colors.
Area surrounding cemetery (Miss Porters property) watched by spirit
children and other forms. Psychic medium channeled entity on site for
several minutes.
Farmington -
Memento Mori Cemetery
- This cemetery is one of Connecticut’s oldest. It was first
donated to the town of Farmington by a man by the name of Thomas Barnes
back in 1660. Its first grave was marked as 1689. It sits right across
the street from the famous Ms. Porters School for girls. It's a great
place to capture EVP's most come out very clear. I once got a clear one
that distinctly said "DONT STAY"
Glastonbury - Blacksmith
tavern - Main Street - Reports of strange thing
happening there. Such as doors closing and things moving by themselves.
- Update - This place has changed it's
name since about 2 years ago now it is a real estate office, It is
possibly DeWolf now.
Glastonbury - Nike site - This place is great for mountain biking or driving
your car through during the day. This place is very big and takes up a
section in the meshomasic state forest. During the day, visitor’s will
notices graffiti markings of witchcraft on the rocks, along with some
racial remarks. The Nike site itself is an old abandon military site
that lies behind several yellow gates. This place was once used as a
missile pad during the cold war era. The buildings, silo, and pad are
all plowed over or demolished but many parts of it still remain. It is
believed that there is still an entrance that leads underground to
tunnels of the old silo. People have already tried to find this
entrance and got lost in doing so. Once night falls the Nike site turns
into a very Blair witch place. Sounds of random people walking around
in the woods can be heard as long with their voices. This place has
been nicknamed the insane asylum by the locals.
Groton - LedgeLight
(Lighthouse) - Story has it, that John "Ernie"
Randolph and his wife lived at the LedgeLight, which sits out in the
middle of the Ocean, just at the opening of the Thames River, no land
around it what so ever. When there the wife kept telling Ernie that she
was unhappy there and to secluded. Ernie made no attempt to move or
find another job. So one day his wife took off with a Block Island
Ferry Capt. Because of his wife’s leaving, Ernie became so depressed
that he slit his throat and then jumped to the waters below from the
top of the light house. Stories have it that Ernie now haunts the
lighthouse. The lighthouse was turned over to the coast guard who
manned it, and cadets have reported the opening and closing of doors,
the decks being swabbed when they weren't the ones who did it. The
lighthouse is now unmanned and run on a timer for when the light goes
on and off. Project Oceanology of Groton has summer tours out to the
lighthouse, but this is the only way anyone will be able to go there.
Groton - New London -
Naval Submarine Base - Bldg 427 English Hall - You must have a military ID to come on base- is a building named after Rear Admiral, a dead veteran
of the US. NAVY. To honor his death the building was given his name and
a portrait of him stirringly hangs on the quarterdeck. His eyes
appearing to watch your every move many have experienced his presence
as they tour the building during their rove of inspection. A number of
active duty Navy students have experience equal or deeper experiences.
One prominent story raises among all others the night of the
Rear-Admiral's Birthrate a classified number of students report seeing
the Admiral's appearance while on separate levels of the building and
being quick to share their sittings amongst them they quickly
established that they had seen him at synchronized time periods exactly
zero one hundred. They have yet to stand watch there and say they
refuse to ever. - May 2008 Update: Bldg 426 was
torn down. 427 is still standing. There was confusion on a prior
update.
Groton - Woods West of
town - In the woods west of town, there is a
hiking trail which winds through the woods. In these woods are numerous
Indian dwellings, some still not excavated. Reports of feelings of
being watched.
Hamden - Sam's
House - June 2008 Removed - Hoax
Hamden - Sleeping
Giant - At the top of the mountain where
the castle is located, it is said that a man dressed in all black has
been seen wandering the area. At first he looks as if he is normal, but
if you stay and watch he seems to have a white ring around his left
arm. When approached, this figure slowly evaporates into the air, and
those who have witnessed his appearance have only seen it once, despite
efforts to find it again.
Hartford - Colt
Armory - Throughout the years tenants on
every floor have reported hearing a bolder drop and then roll over on
floor above them...event those who live on the top floor.
Hartford - Hartford
City Hall - Supposedly this ghost bangs
on doors, closes doors, and opens doors that people know they've
locked.
Hartford - Old
State House - Built in 1796, the former
State Capitol building is said to be haunted by the spirits of its'
glorious past. The first witch to be hanged in the New England colonies
was on this site in 1647. In the late 1970's the Warrens found the
ghost of local painter and museum keeper, Joseph Steward, to be alive
and well and roaming the halls of the second floor. Many reports of
strange footsteps and ghostly assembly meetings have been reported.
Kensington - Chamberlain
Highway (Rt.72) - Coyotes are native to
this area. So every fall-spring in the houses around, you hear coyotes
yelping in the late night hours, after about 5 minutes of this, you
hear a trumpet. Anywhere along RT.72 (Chamberlain Hwy) you hear them..
Legend has it, that at Ragged Mountain off Rt.72 in the late 1800's a
young trumpet boy had gotten lost around his new home, and he was lost
with his trumpet. And coyote’s have gotten to him, So this is his call
for help, Just to late.
Kensington - Southington
Road Cemetery - very old, very angry
ghost who seems to be the keeper of this burial ground. first trip you
make he will present himself, second trip you make he will make things
happen such as making electrical devices go haywire, he will also
follow you. You will have feeling of great sickness, anxiety, even
feelings of complete evilness surrounding you.... (Note. he haunts the
graveyard to your immediate right upon entry).
Killingworth - Nineveh Falls - Located
at a crossing of the Hammonasset River separating the towns of
Killingworth and Madison is the former site of Nineveh Falls. It is
said that the ghost of a young Indian maiden and warrior haunt this
area. In pre-colonial times a young warrior went to war with the rest
of the warrior in his village against another tribe leaving his love
behind. Soon word was received of a great battle and the villagers were
told that there were casualties, including the young warrior. The young
maiden became inconsolable and wandered to the high cliffs at Nineveh
where she jumped to her death. Shortly afterwards, the young warrior,
unharmed arrived home only to find that his love had committed suicide.
Despondent, he went to the same area and committed suicide in the same
manner to be with his love for eternity.
Killingworth - North Parker Hill Road Cemetery - The ghosts of a bride and groom have been observed
crossing the road both to and from this cemetery. A number of other
phenomena have been seen and experienced in this cemetery.
Killingworth - The Old Inn - Since 1790
this building has been the site of taverns, restaurants, Inns, B and
B's, bars or cafes. The ghosts of a man and woman have been observed
and "felt" throughout this building.
Newtown - Fairfield
Hills Hospital - Fairfield Hills is a
former mental institution that is not vacant. It is said to be haunted
by former patients.
Lampson Corner - Route 69 - An area
between Burlington and Bristol CT. on rte 69, as the story goes the
village was wiped out by small pox. People who have gone up there say
they have seen strange apparitions.
Litchfield - Camp
Columbia - This old camp of stone
buildings was built in the 60's or 70's with a big stone tower. There
is a very strange feeling from this place
Litchfield - The
Litchfield Inn - The kitchen and dining
room of the Inn are said to be haunted by an old Native American woman.
Orbs can be seen in photographs. And an image of a semi-transparent
Indian woman in the background of a picture taken in the dining room.
Litchfield - Old
Mount Tom - On the trail of Mount Tom,
there is a strangely old foundation that is boarded with creaky old
stair wells and when you get to the top, you can hear moaning from the
floors below. Some people gave reported seeing strange semi transparent
images though the images are not clear. The ghost is said to be a high
school kid who died while on the trail. The name is unknown, and some
people have even had communications with this "ghost."
Manchester - Emanuel
Lutheran Church - Sometimes you will walk
by the nursery and the lights will be off and no one is in there but
the rocking chair will be rocking by itself. 1 witness reports, “what
really made us believe was when we were playing "Sardines" a
hide-and-go-seek type game and we were the first ones downstairs in the
church and we checked the bathroom. So we turned on the lights, checked
all around no one was in there. Just before we turned off the lights
all the stall doors were closed the minute I turned off the light both
doors slammed.”
Manchester - Woods
on Chalmers Street - In the woods many
sightings of apparitions and orbs. The Legend has it that one man who
was drunk drove his truck into the woods and died. Many people claim to
have seen the driver lying helplessly in the truck. Also no one you can
see around the woods in different sections has moved the truck door.
The truck is still in the woods not being moved next to the bike jumps.
Also two motorcyclists have also crashed in these woods and one man and
one woman have been seen scurrying around the area. Witnesses have
reported hearing ear-shattering screams. One witness reports,"
I woke up from a scream that I heard from a woman and after that I
moved away and never went back to the house or in the woods."
Manfields - Mansfield
Training Center - An abandoned asylum for
the feeble minded or mentaly retarded. Part of it is apparently used
for storage for old UCONN stuff but other parts have a very weird vibe
to them. Many pictures have been taken with "orbs", especially outside
and in the basement.
Meriden - Hubbard
Park - A young girl was said to be
kidnapped and brought into some woods at Hubbard Park and now haunts
the park. She will save those being kidnapped of killed and kill the
ones who are kidnapping or killing. She is said to look like a
7-year-old girl and she will laugh when she kills someone bad.
Meriden - The
Black Dog of Meriden is said to roam the streets of Meriden. Appears as
a sleek black dog, resembling a Labrador retriever, though much more
menacing. The dog is said to appear extremely evil and will stare you
down. If a person sees the black dog once, it is considered good luck.
Seeing the Dog twice is a warning of impending death. If the dog stares
you in the eye for a third time, it is said you will die very soon.
Meriden - East
Side of Town - The haunting of Nancy - There
is a local legend of "Naps." She is a middle-aged woman who was killed
in front of her house one night a long time ago. Her real name was
Nancy but everyone called her Naps because they were so frightened of
her, especially the local kids. Explorers went to the place where she
was supposed to have died, (and now is haunting), east road in Meriden.
Many people have recently sighted the legendary ghost of "Nancy." She
roams the back roads of the east side of Meriden. It is said she is
looking for her dog and the people who killed her.
Meriden - Metal
factory - There is an old metal factory
in downtown Meriden. It has been closed for about 10 years now. There
is also an electrical plant that is connected to the metal factory.
There are object the get thrown across the room, Noises coming from the
upper floor, and sound of people climbing the ladder going up to the
third level of the building, as well as orbs in the pictures taken on
all three floors of the building.
Meriden - Towne
and Country Market - This small local
market is the scene of many spooky things. for example, the old meat
room is haunted by cows with voice boxes, and old man Ronny, a butcher
who was impaled by a meat hook, is seen walking around in his bloody
butchers coat. If you are the only one in the store, it is not uncommon
to see things fly right off the shelf. As well as images of angry cows
looking for the rest of their once full body. If you order a half pound
of german bologna, it is said that upon eating it you will perish in
flames.
Meriden - Undercliff
Institution - Back in the early 1900's
till the 30's and 40's near the Undercliff Institution there was a
sanatorium made for sick children with diseases like rubella, mumps,
German measles etc. Most of the children were brought there to die. The
old brick building still stands near the old institution. Residents say
that they can hear children crying and laughing. They are seen in the
windows but only to vanish before you. Undercliff is now an abandoned
building that is host to many different sightings. Reports of hearing
former patients running around corners and down hallways to escape
orderlies, and faint screams being heard form rooms where shock therapy
was supposedly administered. Also sightings of a former patient who was
murdered by a group of other patients with plastic utensils from the
commissary walk the old courtyard.
Middlebury - Little
Peoples Village - Located in the woods,
on the side of an abandoned road (possibly old Waterbury Road), is a
village of sorts, a number of very complex and detailed small stone
houses standing about three to five feet high built into the hill. Some
of the buildings are A framed, others are more traditional, they have
the appearance that they are gutted and "condemned", inside of the
little houses are elaborate room structures, staircases; pathways lead
up hills through the woods to them, tiny pathways. The area is
overgrown. Built into the side of a rock is a "thrown" a life sized
chair of sorts with several symbols around it- the legend is that if
you sit on it you will die in 7 years- this is only legend though. Next
to the village itself is the ruins of an old stone house with iron bars
on the window... very negative energy comes from here. In the evening
the road to the village is so loaded with negative energy that it is
virtually impossible to travel it... it is soundless and still. En
route to the village and at the village itself several pentagrams can
be seen from time to time on the ground. Overall a very eerie, very
negative feeling pervades the area of this extremely mysterious village
in the woods.- November 2003 Update: It
is actually right off I84 exit 17 on the Middlebury/Waterbury line. All
the other info is pretty accurate, there is really only one little
house left and that is partly destroyed. The stone house is still there
and so is the thrown. There is also a cellar that you can go down into.
Place is very spooky. Legend is that there was a man and women who
lived there and she was crazy and thought she was the Queen of the
little people. She made her husband build her a thrown and all the
little houses. Then she killed her husband and herself or he killed her
and himself. There are different variations of the story.
Middletown - CVH
Maintenance Building - Recent research
reveals that the Cotter Building at CVH was originally the site of an
Indian burial ground. Local Indians had a village overlooking the Ct.
River before the arrival of white men. This explains the often heard
strange noises, chanting, drumbeats, lights turning on and off, and
doors opening and closing on their own accord. Mists have been
reportedly seen moving about inside of the firehouse portion. - WARNING!! Trespassers WILL be arrested.
Middletown - Long
Lane - across from Rushford there is a
dirt road and at the end of it there is a cement building underground
if you go in and be very quiet you can hear the screams of people being
beaten it is apparently the place where the patients were brutally
tortured and murdered. - NO TRESPASSING -
you will be arrested.
January 2007 update: Long Lane juvenile detention was in existence
since the early 1900's and housed females till age 16 at first before
transferring them to Niantic Farms (now York Correctional, all
females). Long Lane later became co-ed and was closed in 2003 after a
new all male facility was built close to the original and renamed CT
Juvenile Training Center. Long Lane has had a history of suicides and
sightings. Some deaths have been classified as accidental and look as
though they have been unintentional suicides. Many remain unsolved.
There have sightings have been of children whom run through the grounds
through cottages and cells. Inmates and staff speculate they are the
ghosts of children whom have died in the facility.
Milford - Charles
Island - located off of Silver Sands
state beach has a long and mysterious history. It was a point of
conflict between the English settlers and the Wepaowag Indians, who
regarded the island as sacred ground, connected with spirits. Following
the defeat of the tribesmen, the Chief put a curse on the island,
pronouncing "Any shelter will crumble to the Earth, and he shall be
cursed" About 25 years after the defeat of the Wepauwags, the notorious
pirate Captain Kidd, who knew the islands reputation, is known to have
buried part his treasure on the island, and treasure hunters from
around the country still look for this stash today. It is told that in
1850 two men found the treasure, only to run away from the island
screaming about a "screeching, flaming skeleton descending from the
sky" They spent the remainder of their lives in an asylum. At the end
of the 18th century, a monastery was built on the island. After the
monks moved in, dismissing the curse as "pagan savagery" and "Indian
folklore", a series of mysterious deaths, suicides, and bouts of
insanity, and subsequent intensifying hauntings forced them to abandon
the monastery. The crumbling ruins can still be seen today. In the
1950s and attempt was made to open a seaside restaurant and lodge on
the desolate island. A devastating and lethal fire, still to which
cause remains unknown, ended whatever building projects scheduled for
the Island, and no one has built upon it since. All that is left from
this is a tumbling brick wall. Today, reports from hikers abound about
seeing glowing specters flitting through the trees, disembodied voices,
and phantom monks making processionals through the monastic ruins. One
also hears of seeing nighttime Indian festivals and hearing jazz music
near the old site of the restaurant. The only access to the Island is a
mysterious causeway that only surfaces from the sea at low tide.
People, in the summer months, frequent the island for its beach and
seclusion, as well preserved trails. The ghosts wont bother you if you
respect them. Just don’t build, and DONT DIG!
Milford - St.
Mary's Cemetery - Reported to seeing a
lady in a long, white gown wandering around the graveyard and is
looking for her long lost husband who went away to WW1 and never came
home.
Monroe - Union
Cemetery - There have been many sightings
of different ghosts at different times. The most common sighting is of
a lady in white with a white glow around her, who walks the cemetery
around midnight. Many people have seen her. She appears to be looking
for the grave of a loved one, but when she is approached, she slowly
vanishes.
Moodus - Moodus
Lake - It is said that at night, the
sounds of a piano being played can be heard coming from the bottom of
the lake.
Naugatuck - Guntown
Cemetery - WARNING - Has become a popular
spot for kids to hang out. The cops will probably usher you out. - Residents and even the Warrens attest to the ghostly
activity that occurs here. Witnesses have heard children laughing far
into the field behind the cemetery and as they stayed longer each time
the children's laughing grew as close as behind the back wall to inside
the cemetery. They also heard old ragtime music playing in the woods
near the cemetery.
New Britain - haunted
reservoir home - An abandoned home near
the New Britain reservoir in the area of crescent lake said to have
been badly burned and forgotten after a man and women were killed in a
fire there. The small brick house has one main room and inside has
odd-looking gages and dials in metal cases. Upon visiting, a young man
beckoned the "ghosts" to make themselves known, after a few seconds of
taunting, his foot fell thigh deep through the floor and nearly into
the basement. Also, feelings of sadness, anxiety and feelings of being
watched have been experienced - Has been
torn down.
New Haven - Albertus
Magnus College - Several of the mansions
converted to dorms are said to be haunted. One of them is haunted by a
woman in a green dress and a small boy around the age of 8-10. The boy
tends to be looking for a playmate, for when alive he was often locked
in the attic. He moves objects, changes the orientation of other
objects, and stands in the hallway watching you.
New Haven - Albertus
Magnus College - Dominican Hall -
the former Yale Psychiatric Institution. Activities reported are
knocking on walls, stereos and televisions being turned on or off
(especially when there is a lot of noise, or the music is too loud),
doors slamming and people running through hallways when no one is
there, and voices muttering. Spirits appear in pictures, too.
New Haven - Albertus
Magnus College - McAuliffe Hall -
Is indeed haunted by a small boy and woman in green is possibly true
but she is believed to haunt the front staircase, and around midnight,
if you are not holding the rail, she'll shove you. He said that when he
first moved in, a woman used to begin singing every night at 10 PM. An
insomniac, he found this annoying and finally asked the woman to stop.
New Haven - Albertus
Magnus College - Rosary Hall -
Rosary is an antique elevator that is no longer in use. Several
students, faculty members, and staff have reported an evil presence
around it, as well as freezing cold blasts of air and moaning sounds.
New Haven - Cemetery
Blvd and Congress Ave. - Midnight Mary's
Grave Inscription " and they shall pass away at mid-night. " Visitors
at midnight see apparitions and pass on the next day.
New Haven - Fort
Nathan Hale - Along the beach where a
battle took place, there are under ground bunkers. They are blocked off
with gates, but inside the bunkers there have been sightings of glowing
green orbs. Along the beach and the outside of the bunkers ghostly
figures of soldiers have also been seen.
New Haven - Lighthouse
Park - At Lighthouse Park around midnight
you can hear the carousel running and little kids giggling.
New Haven - The
Old Union Trust Building - The old Union
Trust building (now First Union) on the corner of Elm and Church street
in New Haven, CT is the most haunted structure in the center of town.
For years countless paranormal activities have been witnessed. Reports
include - heard footsteps creeping down stairways late in the night
when the building was empty, banging on walls, and many orbs and images
captured on film. Others have seen ghosts walking in offices, heard
their names being called, lights going on and off, and toilets flushing
when no one was using them. The basement ghost is the most active.
Witnesses have heard three loud hits to the cement wall by a human
hand. This happens from week to week. The assistant property manager
once heard moans within the wall along with the banging. If you’re
interested in learning more about the old Union Trust building,
http://www.geocities.com/epacel/The_Haunted_Skyscraper.html
New Haven - Southern
Connecticut State University - The Common Area - A black misty figure was seen in the common area.
New Haven - Southern
Connecticut State University - North Campus dorms - One resident reported waking up to a massive black
force hovering over his bed, constricting him, paralyzing him with
fear. Some time later a small circle with a symbol in it appeared to be
burned into the wall over his bed where none had existed before. Doors
would open by themselves. Closed, locked windows would be opened every
time the room was empty. Faucets would go on and off by themselves and
closets would rattle. A psychic investigator is reported to have
cleansed the room, she said it was a spirit of a young boy killed on
the sight when it was farmlands; she also said that the spirit of the
young boy had invited in several other negative spirits. Previous
occupants of the room have reported similar experiences.
New London - Eugene
O'Neill's childhood home - The great
American play write based his classic "Long Days Journey into Night",
after this childhood home in which he shared with his family. His
mother, who reportedly suffered severe depression, would sneak into a
small room next to Eugene O’Neill’s room, and he would hear her crying
and then giggling to herself throughout the night. She supposedly would
inhale methane there. There have been many reports, especially by the
people who work there,(it is a museum now)of footsteps in the small
room, the feeling of being followed, cold spots, and most eerie, the
sounds of sobbing and giggling. You can take the tour and see the room
for yourself, very creepy.
New London - Ledge
Lighthouse - There have been reports of
lights and strange sounds coming from Ledge Lighthouse which is now
inoperable. Also believed to be haunted by a lighthouse keeper that
committed suicide there.
New London - The
Lighthouse Inn - Various haunted rooms,
and two ghostly Victorian women who roam the hallways at night.
New London - Quaker
Hill - Gallows Lane - It's been said that
this is where a lot of witches were burned though there is no real
record. However, if you walk down the road (even in the middle of the
day) you get the ominous feeling that not only are you being watched
but also followed. One person who has done a séance there
reported that there was the shrill voice of an old woman that told him
to go away and never come back, though there was no one in sight, the
voice seemed to be all around him. Most people from that area wont walk
down that road alone and especially not at night.
New London - St.
Mary School - Some students have said
that the basement, which used to be restrooms before about 2001, is
haunted. Students who have gone down there alone have felt like they
were being watched or were not alone. Also, urban legends state that
the last three bathroom stalls in the basement were haunted. A janitor
supposedly died in the bathroom. The basement bathrooms have been
closed and the basement is no longer accessible to students.
New Milford - Bank
Street Coffee House - Footsteps coming up
the stairs from the basement, items moving on their own in the kitchen,
shadowy figures and unexplained footsteps.
Newington - Cedar
Hill Metal Institution - There is an old
metal institution which is now boarded up. Many people committed
suicide in this place. A man hung himself. You can see little orbs and
figures glowing. You can also hearing moaning and other noises. There
is now a new metal institution, which has patients in it right now, but
this old institution is still there, boarded up, old and full of
disturbed souls that may never leave.
Newtown - Cyrenius
H. Booth Library - The only public library
in Newtown on Main Street is haunted by Mary Hawley, the daughter of
Booth, whom the library was named after. The building used to be her
home, and her room is on the top floor, which they used to let people
view, but have locked since they put an addition on. Experiences ranged
from feelings to shadowy figures in the corner of one’s sight to actual
encounters with what are supposedly Mary's ghost. Nothing has been said
about her since the addition was put on, but then again, no one has
been in her room either.
North Branford - Greystone - It can be
very ugly here. A man walks with his cane dripping with blood. Screams
of young ones screeching in the night. Very dark and cold out here.
North Branford - Dragonback Woods - At
night you hear voices and people walking around but no one is there.
Lots of orbs and in the middle of summer it gets really cold at night
and names and symbols appear in the dirt.
North Haven - Grove
road - water coming from the ceiling, no
pipes in ceiling, seeing water drip from ceiling. But no water on
floor, middle bedroom get cold and quite, cat’s hair stands up. Wife
committed suicide, by carbon monoxide poison.
Norfolk - Blackberry
River Inn - Reports of seeing "the White
Lady" walking through the Main Inn 2nd floor and walking back to the
empty house in the back of the property.
Norfolk - Botelle
Elementary School - reports of hearing
doors slam when they are the only ones on the floor.
North Haven - Fire
Headquarters - Ghost of deceased fire
fighter Albert Brunelle is said to be seen sitting in the back of
Emergency 1 smoking a cigar. Upon second glance, witnesses stated
seeing nothing but a quick fog followed by a small pigeon flying by the
firehouse.
Norwich - Norwich
State Psychiatric Hospital - While
visiting this place recently you can walk thru patients rooms and still
hear a woman sobbing. If you go into one building on the 3rd
floor...which used to be used to perform lobotomy's years ago you can
hear beeping sounds. while walking on the grounds no matter what
building you are near you hear bellowing. - February 2007 Update: WARNING: No
Trespassing This area is patrolled by guards that will call the police.
Norwalk - Cemetery
behind Mathews Mansion - While walking
home, over the I-95 Yankee doodle bridge a witness saw a grayish white
mist with a woman’s face travel across the highway off ramp through the
woods in to the cemetery.
Oakdale - Gardner
Lake/St. Thomas More - At St. Thomas More
prepatory boarding school this is a chapel on garner lake. Many years
ago people had taken pictures of the chapel in which a little girl
appeared but was not really there. Recently many sightings of this girl
have been seen by those who did know about the picture. She would stand
in people's rooms in the Edmunds Dormitory staring at corners of the
room crying and tapping on the walls. As if she was in punishment. And
many of those who witnessed the girl had claimed of that in which they
had a strange dream that led up to it. And then the dream supposedly
was coming true all day but thought nothing of it.
Oakville - Sealy’s Parking
Lot & Riverside St. - Sounds of
women screaming, Orbs, EVPS, Shadow people.
Old Mystic - Red
Brook Inn -The north room of the Redbrook
inn is haunted by a former owner, Sally Crary. Legend has it that after
the death of his wife in 1979, Mr. Crary married his wife's best
friend. Since then the spirit of Mrs. Crary haunts the north room of
this bed and breakfast. moving cold spots and voices are the symptoms
here.
Old Wethersfield - American Legion 23 - Pictures
have been taken with so very many orbs, it is hard to see the actual
pictures.
Orange - Edison
Road - In a vacant lot where a barn and a
house used to stand, the story is that several years ago, a fire burned
the house down and two people died in the blaze. People in the
businesses in the surrounding area report strange activities,
especially at night. The feeling that someone or something is watching
them and an overall feeling of dread is a common occurrence there.
Oxford - Hookman's
Cemetery - Believed that in the 1900's
sometime the caretaker of the cemetery had a hook in place of his hand
and would sometimes kill a person who stayed later than the others to
speak words to the one laid to rest. Also in the field behind the
cemetery used to be a house where a family once lived and rumor\fact
has it that the young son of the family killed the remaining family
members including him. The house was knocked down years ago but on
Halloween it appears briefly as a phantom. Anomalies have shown.
Plainfield - Plainfield
High School - A student who was
considered to have limitless potential was murdered and now haunts the
building. The word "intrinsic" has been written on many objects in the
building, most notably the wood doors. It is not confirmed, but the
legend states that this student used "intrinsic" as the basis for much
of his poetry. Shortness of breath is often reported, and power outages
are frequent. - November 2003
update/correction: Plainfield has HUGE problems with mold in many of
the rooms, which is why many students and faculty have problems with
shortness of breath. One resident reports having never heard of the
rumor that a student was murdered that had immense potential or about
any of the weirdo things that supposedly happen there.
Pomfret - Bara
Hack NO TRESPASSING (the village of voices)- Bara Hack is a lost settlement that eventually became
the Township of Pomfret Connecticut, Now located on Private property.
Most common signs of ghostly presences in the village are voices of
farmers, mothers calling their children, laughing children, whistling,
talking, orbs of light, people swinging or sitting on trees, trails of
energy, sounds of farm animals, footsteps. Most of these occur with
full force around 10:00 to 11:00 at night in the graveyard or at the
old mill.
Portland - Spooksville
- There used to be an old Insane asylum
there, if you go there the building no longer stands But you can still
see the layout of the building. And some say that you can here the
screams of the old patients. There is also an old bombsite there where
they used to make and test bombs. -
December update/correction: It was and old NIKE missile site that was
built in the late 50's and early 60's that protected large cities like
Hartford from Russian bomber strikes coming over from Russia via the
north pole. There never was an insane asylum and there are two sites.
The abandoned structure is the control center and the lower site is the
magazine/launch area where the missiles were stored and launched.
Preston - Captain
Grant's Inn - Captain Grant's Inn is
thought to be haunted. Apparently at one time before it was an inn, two
sisters who did not get along lived there, and after they died, they
did not leave. The New London Day newspaper ran an article on this in
2006.
Putnam - Blood
cemetery - April 2007 Has been removed.
There is no evidence that it exists.
Putnam - Putnam
Housing - There have been many sightings
of ectoplasm, and many orbs in pictures. There have also been reports
of very strange happenings, objects being thrown, and even a black
shadow that was apparently caught on film.
Redding - Topstone
Rd - a small field on the right of the
train tracks before the overpass usually at night orbs of light and a
lit tent vanishing.
Salem - Gardners
Lake - Reports of apparitions showing up
on photographs have been made.
Salem - Salem
Town Hall - The Salem Town Hall is
haunted by the spirit of a man who hanged himself on the radio tower.
The ghost walks the hallways, slams doors, shuts off lights, locks
doors, and walks up the old steps, which have been removed. Barometers
rise and cold spots have been reported.
Seymour - Carousel
Gardens - haunted by a woman who used to
live there. It was a mansion converted into a restaurant in the mid
60's. Now the story is, that she lived there with her brother for many
years, but they rarely spoke, and they say, for this reason, she haunts
this place.
Seymaur - Great
Hill Road - A few years back, a man was
killed on his motorcycle while going around a sharp turn down Great
Hill road. Its been reported that a man was driving down this road
headed for this specific turn, and he saw the ghost of the motorcycle
on his motorcycle only to see the cycle raise his hand to slow down and
the man's car stalled.
Shelton - East
Village Cemetery - While walking in, you
will often hear a young girls voice, say hello, and then later, if you
stay long enough you can see a dark shadow figure run and what seems to
be hiding behind the grave stones, then when you are leaving you will
again hear the young girls voice but be unable to understand her.
Shelton - Indian
Wells State Park - Supposedly haunted by
"white lady". Some say she was killed there on her wedding day, hence,
the "white lady" title. Others insist she is one of several
children/young people killed by a train while playing cards on the
train tracks during the '30s' - February
2007 Additional information: there were 5 kids playing cards on the
tracks that day; 4 were hit by the train and killed, the other died of
fright.
Shelton - White
Hill Cemetery - while walking through the
cemetery you hear footsteps behind you but when you turn around there’s
no one there. also if you stay long you can see a white figure running
around in the back of the cemetery. on your way out you can hear
someone say bye see you again!
Simsbury - Chart
House - Its an old restaurant that has
the spirit of a woman, who is described as friendly, residing there.
The employees like to tell stories about her; she does stuff like shut
off lights if they've been left on, closing doors at closing time, that
kind of thing.
Simsbury - Ensign
Bickford - IN the north end of ensign
Bickford there is a row of buildings that are reported to be haunted by
an older worker of the plant. NO one is sure of his past but he makes
himself Known every once in a while, cold spots and sounds ALWAYS
accompany his arrival, also a white mist is seen there many times at
night.
Somers - Durky
Rd. - Man rumored to kill himself on
water tower while on acid with friends by jumping is seen be people
walking on the side of the road at 10:00 p.m. the rumored time of his
death.
Somers - 145
Main ST - Several reportings from
employees say that when alone in the back banquet hall, or back
kitchens, lights will flicker on and off by themselves and tables and
chairs will move. Some report feelings of freight and chills when in
the back by themselves. Many employees refuse to go back there alone.
Some swear they have seen faint figures in reflections in the banquet
hall mirrors, and swear they feel someone tapping them on the shoulder
only to turn around and see nothing.
Southington - Meridan
Ave. - It is an old funeral home. It is
said that when it closed down a family moved in to the house, strange
happening started occurring. The 2 boys lived in their room in the
basement, which used to be the Morgue. The boys reported seeing people
working on bodies of dead people, and one boy was possessed by a demon.
They had to perform an exorcism on the house. Some people claim that
you can still see ghosts of the dead people. It is also said that the
sign that used top have the name of the funeral home next to the door,
has been washed, painted over, everything, but it is still there.
Stratford - Phelps
Mansion - Before the Mansion was built a
lady named Goody Basset was burned at the stake for being a witch.
After the house was built, lots of people have been drawn out of it.
The legend is that if you stare in a mirror in the house, you will not
see your face but Goody Basset's and she will prick your arm with a
needle for staring at you. - November
2005 correction: Phelps was owned by Reverend Eliakim Phelps and his
family in the 1800's. But the history of Phelps still intrigues people
to this day. Reverend Eliakim Phelps was returning to his home on Elm
street in Stratford after Sunday service on March 14,1850. With him was
his wife, two sons ages three and eleven, and two daughters ages six
and sixteen. When they entered the house, they found the interior in
shambles. Furniture, food and expensive china had been strewn around
the downstairs rooms, the Rev. Phelps first thought was that the house
was burglarized, until he entered the dining room. He then concluded
that demon spirits had entered his home.
- January 2007 Additional information:
the house in Bridgeport on Lindley Street where in possibly 1971 even
the police witnessed things such as the refrigerator hurling across the
kitchen floor. It was on the TV news and newspapers and for weeks there
was always a crowd gathered outside standing and waiting for something
to happen that could be seen from the outside other than lights in the
windows.
Stratford - Stratford
Booth Memorial Park - A large area of
negative energy is known to be haunted by a man who can be seen if
photographed in a large white house in the top window.
Stafford Springs - Hamden Rd - Hamden Rd
runs up a small mountain, ghosts like figures have been seen and felt
walking through the woods (the mountain is populated but there is large
areas of uninhabited forest)
Stepney - Stepney
Cemetery - ghost photos have been taken
there for quite some time.
Sterling/Voluntown - Pachaug State Forest - Hells Hallow – Maude’s Grave -September 2005 Update/correction: Formerly listed as 3
separate listings, Maude's Grave can be approached far more easily from
the Sterling end of Hell Hallow Road, and is actually on that side, not
Voluntown. The grave is a pile of rocks about ten feet from the road
(on the right side if you are coming from Sterling) that can be found
from a cleared path. It can easily be visited without being bothered.
Sightings of a 17 foot tall black flash have been seen, about 2 feet
above ground, crossing the road in front of car headlights, and then
chasing the car, in addition to everything already said. - An Indian girl was killed by English soldiers in the
section of the forest. Ever since, cries attributed to her have been
heard there. The ghost of a little girl named Maude has been appearing
for 100 years on Hell Hollow Road near her gravesite. It is located
along Hells Hallow Road. When riding in a car and her name is uttered
by her gravesite, the car is supposed to either stall or crash.
Observers have also seen orbs. Also, a man running through the woods at
the same speed of the car was seen by a passenger in a vehicle. When
walking on trails a heavy ominous presence can be felt and on the
driving trail there are several patches of forest that are completely
dead and in one location is a perfectly round pool of water that is
lifeless just pure stagnation, it is said that this area was a host to
witchcraft and satanic rituals being held.
Storrs - University
of CT - Eddy dorm rm 501(Alumni Quad) - Inability to breath in dorm room, cold breezes when
window was closed and hands squeezing shoulder.. tapping, and door
rattling when nobody was inside.
Suffield - Kent
mansion - The abandoned mansion has been
seen with lights on and with shadows in the windows. Even in the
carriage house. Update - The
Carriage house has since been torn down. It is believed to be haunted
by its past benefactor Sidney Albert Kent. Many occurrences of a
mischievous conduct take place. Pictures fall and break. Light fixtures
fall. Dogs scared of certain areas only at certain times. Lights
mysteriously go on when they were known to be checked as off. Back hall
too second floor has cold chilling sensation at times.
Thomaston - St.
Thomas Church - The school and the church
basement is haunted. in the basement you can see an orb glowing in the
hallways, footsteps downstairs yet no one else is there. Also people
have seen chairs and tables move down there. In the school you can feel
a presence sometimes of another person, and everyone who went there
refused to go in there at night. The school is now and many believe it
to be haunted by a priest who preached there but died, and he left a
million dollars for it to stay open.
Thomaston - Thomaston
Opera House - Firehouse - Many years ago
there was a fire which damaged the entire theatre, in recent years it
was restored. There are rumors of ghosts of people, which perished in
the flames. Many people experience a feeling of being watched when they
are alone in the theatre. The old firehouse next door is apparently
haunted as well, though there is not much information on that at this
time. - February 2007 Update: they now
have turned the old fire station next door to the opera house into a
Teen Center called "the place." They have gutted it and restored it for
the local teens to hang out at.
Tolland - the
Benton Homestead - Several entities have
been seen, including-Jemima Barrows, betrothed to one of the Benton
boys who died from smallpox, wandering the halls in her wedding dress,
weeping (or just her weeping). -A Hessian soldier on the front steps -A
man in Colonial-era clothes in the dining room (seen by psychics Ed and
Lorraine Warren) -A malevolent presence on the second floor felt by one
member of the Tolland Historical Society.
Torrington - Hill
Top Inn Restaurant - witnesses have Seen
a little girl there many times, in the 1800's and to this day young
children still see her!
Torrington - Oak
Ave haunting - Oak Ave In Torrington is
haunted by a little girl whom was killed in the late 1950's in a semi
wooded area about a mile from route 8- highway, she is said to walk the
street holding a dog collar wearing a long white shredded dress. Locals
have reported seeing her on fogy nights on a fool moon, she is said to
wander this area "crying" she is best seen in early winter season.
Locals have reportedly tried to approach her and she is said to vanish
in to the fogy night.
Torrington - The
Warner Theater - A ghost haunts this
early 1900's theater in the town of Torrington, Connecticut. The ghost
is said to be named Murph, and he was a homeless guy who was trying to
break into the theater to spend the night. He was drunk and fell down
the stairs leading to the basement. People have felt cold wind in the
middle of summer with no air conditioning and performers have seen
things on the balcony during rehearsals only. The lights also go on and
off when no one is touching them. There is also a story of a huge
control lever that controls all of the lights in the building. It takes
two or three people to pull it down. One day, there were two people at
the theater and they were away from the lever and all of a sudden the
lights went out. They came back and the lever was switched off.
Unionville - Unionville
Cemetery - This cemetery is home to
multiple hauntings. One of the best known is the white lady. She is
said to wander the cemetery around mid-night. Multiple orbs of light,
voices, and other apparitions also accompany her. On Halloween the
local police are stationed around the cemetery’s stonewall to keep kids
out.
Voluntown - Breakneck
Hill Road. Breakneck Hill - guard appears
randomly walking back and forth at a bend in Breakneck Hill Road. It’s
a soldier from the Narragansett wars of the late 1600s and early 1700s
a tattered colonial soldier carries a long musket over his right
shoulder marching across the road.
Wallingford - an
old gas station - a gas station was built
over the foundation of a house that burned down. It was later shut down
due to some paranormal activities. For instance, two girls went in
there to use the bathroom when suddenly they heard banging on the door
and on the wall behind them. And it was so loud and hard, the mirror in
there was shaking. Other encounters and sightings have also been
reported.
Wallingford - Moses
Y. Beach Grade School - At night, the
neighbors of the school sometimes say they hear music and see the
lights of the gym on. The police would go and investigate only to walk
into the school and find that the music and the lights have been turned
off abruptly. Some people, believe that the prom or homecoming was
supposed to be the night of the tornado that destroyed the high school
that was there before the elementary school. you can hear doors close
and loud footprints behind you, rolling carts down the hallways,
drawers opening and closing, and computers have powered up by
themselves before. One encounter seen by the school janitor was of a
young girl sitting in the corner of the gymnasium crying and pointing
at the bleachers saying, "Look at the lady in white by the coat rack.
She's crying." (There is no coat rack in the gymnasium, by the way.)
Back in the earlier days of the school, a child fell through the roof
of the building. Also, after a tragic event, the school was used as a
morgue.
Wallingford - Shell
Station on Center - Now a Texaco station.
- Once a hotel that had a fire, killing
most of the people inside. Then the Shell gas Station was built in its
place. It is now out of business because of hauntings occurring in the
station. These hauntings scared away not only the customers, but the
workers too. Neighbors have also claimed to see lights in the building
at night. - February 2007 Correction:
Former owners state the place was never haunted. It was closed due to
funding & contract problems.
Wallingford - Tilcon
- haunted by a man killed while working
at the plant workers report machines turning on by themselves, lanterns
carried with no one there, see him standing on the catwalks, smell
smoke around them while no one is there, feeling like someone is
watching you, strobes of lights have been spotted floating around.
Wallingford - Tilcon
of ct. quarry - employees report a man
walks around plant reported to be a worker who was beheaded by the
train in the early 30's ...he can be seen walking the plant and he
turns on and off equipment he turns off the plant lights in the middle
of shifts, you can see his flashlights beams on buildings, he calls
employees names this is an active haunting with reports even up until
last month 2002
Wallingford - Whirlwind
Road - Lady in White back in the 1930's a
woman was left at the alter on her wedding day. She was so depressed
that she drowned herself. Motorists have seen her on the side of the
road totally soaked and asking for a ride but when their backs would be
turned she'd disappear .a few police officers have seen the woman
Wallingford - Yankee
Silversmith Inn - This restaurant used to
be an inn back in the 1800's. rumor has it that a man committed suicide
in one of the rooms. after being changed into an eating establishment\
banquet hall, the staff has seen a ghost walking up and down the stairs
after a late night, around 12:30 or 1, when all the guests have left.
there is also a feeling of someone behind you as you walk up the
stairs. the final piece of evidence is there is a picture of a white
ghostly image in the brochure for the hall. no member of management can
explain this.
Waterbury - Holy
Land - In February, 1985, many witnesses
observed a ghostly woman enter a phantom car about five feet above the
front gate and drive away and disappear. This story could be backed up
by a newspaper article, which was written the next day. There were no
other known ghostly happenings since this incident.
Watertown - Leatherman's
Cave - Mattituck Trail - Cave formerly
inhabited by the Leatherman (thought to be Jules Borglay) who got his
name from always being dressed in 60 pounds of leather. This mysterious
vagabond would endlessly walk a 365-mile loop between the Connecticut
and Hudson rivers. He did this 360 times between 1858 and 1889,
stopping to rest in caves along the way. Local people donated extra
food to him whenever he was in their town. His body was found in the
Saw Mill Woods cave in Sing Sing, NY in 1889. He supposedly haunts the
caves that he used to occupy. This particular cave is the most popular.
It is located on the Mattituck Trail, approx. 2 miles southeast of
Black Rock State Park on Rt. 6 in Watertown.
Watertown - Main
Street Graveyard - On the corner of
French and Main street in Watertown there's a graveyard that has been
reported haunted. At night you can see small orbs of light, low to the
ground floating around. If you record with a tape recorder, and play it
back you hear little girls crying and telling you to leave. And you
hear doctors talking. And it has even been reported to have an old
solider with a dirty torn war uniform on that follows you as you walk
by.
Watertown - Watertown
High School - is Around 1988 to 1993 a
High School football star named committed suicide by hanging himself
from the bleachers of a playing field supposedly because he was drunk
and depressed that his girlfriend dumped him...his father was the
football coach at the high school and while on his morning jog around
the fields his father found his son's lifeless body first thing in the
morning before school started. After he died; his presence has been
felt in the hallway of the school right near the boy's locker room
where he had suited up for football games for four years. Witnesses
describe the feeling as getting chills down the back of your neck every
time they walked by that particular area! Football was this kid's life
and the pressure on him was doubly worse because his father was the
football coach. Also, his ex girlfriend seemed to vanish off the face
of the earth after he died and she never came back to Watertown High
again! This story can be verified by newspaper reports during that
time.
West Hartford - King Phillip Middle School - RM#22 - The ghost of a long lost child who was murdered has
known to roam the halls of KPM and especially room 22. They say that
until his body is found he will kill a person every Halloween. The name
of this kid is unknown.
West Hartford - Noah Webster House - Neighbors
said to have seen ghost of women walking halls with lamp. Sometimes,
orbs are seen in the side yard.
West Hartford - Norfeldt School - A
ghost is heard and seen playing the piano there.
West Haven - Campell
Ave. - Buckel Factory - formerly
submitted as "Old Belt Factory" - Inside
the building here are many ghosts. They are seen sometimes in the
windows and walking around out back. If you go in, you better be
careful, you might not come out. Also, you can sometimes here people
talking out back, and the grass moving in certain spots when no wind is
blowing. Sudden cold spots can occur too. Orbs can be seen all around
and inside. This place is also known as 'Hell House'. - Septmeber 2005 uupdate: A resident of West Haven has
come forward to say that this is nothing more than an urban legend.
West Haven - Savin
Rock near the old "Casino" restaurant - A
young lady known as "Darcy" seen in a pale yellow dress is known to
haunt this area. She walks along the beach on foggy nights and
disappears into the fog, also reported cold spots and hearing her sobs.
- June 2008 Correction: The woman whose
body washed ashore name was Jennie Cramer. In some newspapers from the
time the two suspects that were charged were said to be brothers, in
other papers they were said to be cousins, James Malley & Walter
Malley.
West Haven - University
of New Haven - There is a phantom that
appears on Ruden street between Notre Dame high school and the
University of New Haven. It appears between midnight and 2 AM. No one
knows for sure what it is.
West Haven - University
of New Haven - Maxxy Hall - use
to be an orphanage where some children were abused to death. Many have
said that they hear the children cry at night.
West Haven - VA
Hospital - The hospital has been the
scene of countless patient suicides over the years. While many have
patients have hanged themselves in the trees throughout the 44 acres,
some have committed suicide in the underground tunnels. It is down
there that moans and groans can be clearly heard. It is not uncommon to
hear footsteps either approaching you or walking away from you while in
the long tunnels, however, no one can be seen. You may also hear the
wheels of linen carts being pushed in the tunnels but never seen. In
some areas you may feel the presence of someone or something touching
you. Don't expect to visit though. the VA has its own Police Department
and trespassing on federal property can get you arrested.
Westbrook - Talcott
House - Old Bed and Breakfast Inn on the
shoreline of Connecticut. Past innkeeper experienced activity. Beds
unmade by themselves, old ragtime music in the vents, piano playing a
tune by itself. A wealthy man who died in a fire originally owned the
house. Townspeople claim of suspicious activities. The house recently
caught on fire again during renovations in the middle of the night.
Westport - Long
Lots Elementary School - In the
Auditorium it is said that a lady dressed in black floats back and
forth across the stage after sunset. Orbs of light can be seen
glistening in the seat section
Wethersfield - First Church Cemetery - lady
in white walks around at night.
Winchester - Greenlady's
Graveyard - This place has an old
gravesite dated back to the 1800"s. This commentary isn't even located
on any maps. It has a haunting of a woman whom was deserted during the
war. She also was named the green lady. Its been known for her to come
out on foggy nights. She wanders the grave.
Winchester - Hindsdale
Elementary - People in the 3rd grade
bathrooms can see the image of a scarred lady in the mirror when the
lights are off, people say she is the Ghost of Mary P. Hindsdale, a
founder of the school.
Winchester - Old
Civil War Cemetery - In an old Civil War
centenary found 3 miles in on a dirt road through dense forest off a
main road, one can find a green lady haunting the site in the
upper-right corner of the cemetery. She is seen during a full moon.
Winchester - Suckerbrook
dam - Voices can be heard late night and
spectral images seen as well. The scariest incident was of a dam worker
who drown some say pushed to his death.
Windham - Old
Winham Inn - A woman who was once
considered a witch at one time was killed. She now haunts the Old
Windham Inn, which now are apartments. Sometimes in the hallways at
night you can hear a baby crying when there are no baby's living in the
apartments.
Windsor - Loomis
Chaffee High School - One can expect that
such an old establishment would have a history. In Founders Hall, which
used to contain a dormitory on the 3rd floor, it is said that one or
more students killed themselves. Late at night, the second and third
floors have a significantly unsettling feeling about them, and without
the lights on, one cannot see to from one side of the hallways to the
other. Doors seem to open and shut on their own, and light footsteps,
like someone sneaking about, can often be heard. Though these
occurrences may be quite freaky, any spirits that may inhabit the area
do not seem malicious. There is also a system of tunnels that runs
beneath the school (this is no rumor, these tunnels EXIST). Footsteps
of person sprinting can often be heard at late hours, and some have
reported seeing a man with straight black hair standing motionlessly at
the end of one tunnel, staring intently at the wall. Visitors are
warned not to go in these tunnels alone, as whatever is there seems
rather unwelcoming. Some persons who decided to go alone came out with
scratches and bruises on their arms and chest. The Health Center has
been known to harbor a woman in white who tends to sick students at
night. One student reported waking up in the early morning (~3 AM) and
being given water by a woman in white. When she woke up later, she
spoke to the nurse on duty. The nurse told her that she had been the
only one working all night. The woman in white could possibly have been
an early headmaster's wife, who died young and spent time caring for
ailing students in the health center.
Woodbury -
Episcopal Church - The cemetery behind
the church harbors an unwanting spirit that doesn't want people to
enter the cemetery. It chased several students doing research for a
paper out on Halloween night. It is a very strong spirit and projects a
feeling of depression along with aggression.
Woodstock - Blood cemetery - I
have been there before, as it does exist but is very hard to
find. The first time my brother went with our friend, they got
lost for an hour or two wanderings the woods before finally finding the
cemetery. They went back with me and one other person and we had to
take a short hike through the woods, dodge barbed wire, and people
having a cookout in their back yard to get there. We went at dusk, and
while you did get a much sketched feeling, nothing else happened. Lots
of old gravestones, a creepy little cemetery to say the least. The
whole "little boy blood killed his family" story isn't true though.
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