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West Cornwall - Dudlytown also called Dudlyville is located in the northwestern corner of
Some believe that this curse followed the
Many more strange events occurred over the next few years. An entire family was killed when an epidemic struck the village. Horace Greeley, who coined the phrase "go west young man", married a woman that was born in Dudleytown. Just a week before he lost his bid for the presidency, she took her own life.
In 1892 one family, the Brophys, remained in the settlement but they would not escape the curse. John Brophy's wife died suddenly of unknown causes, a few weeks later his two children disappear without a trace. A week after that, their house burned to the ground mysteriously. The final time anyone saw John Brophy was when he walked away from Dudleytown..
Today, overgrown woods and brush surround Dudleytown. All that is left of the settlement are stone foundations. Many people report feeling as if someone is watching them and the area has an ominous feeling to it. There is no sound or sight of animals or insects The atmosphere is very heavy as you enter the settlement. There have been reports of the sounds of people talking, incoherently, in the distance and as you travel further into the settlement, the 'voices' start to surround you.
WARNING: ANYONE GOING ONTO THE LAND WILL BE FINED AND/OR ARRESTED WITH THEIR CARS TOWED.
Litchfield - Camp Columbia - This old camp of stone buildings was built in the 60's or 70's with a big stone tower. There are no animals around or in earshot. There is a building boarded up with dead puppies all throughout the building. Another building is full of dead wild turkey. 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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Windsor - Pasco's restaurant - movement of objects, closing doors, cold spots, etc.
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.
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
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.
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."
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.
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.
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