CONNECTICUTS GHOST TOWNS
Abandon: Settlements from long ago still appear in the mists of the past in the thick Connecticut woods. No one truely knows why towns were abandon in the early days. These Connecticut towns, are amoung a few out of the united states that have mysteries behind them. One is of a famous or imfamous town with a deadly curse, The other is a place in a time warp where spirits of those of the past, go on with daily life as if they never died. The third is of a place which once was home to plenty of happy, but drunken individuals, until the revolutionary war began. These places are legendary in folklore and in spirit, for there true or fabricated stories.
DUDLEY TOWN:
Famous actor Dan Ackroyd--called dudleytown"THE MOST HAUNTED PLACE ON THE EARTH."
Listed amoung every connecticut haunted website, at least 10 books have been written, along with newspapers articles, t.v. shows and word of mouth by thousands of ct residents, have given the old town it's crediablitiy of supernatural status. Some thought that the movie "The Blair Witch Project' may have been inspired from our most famous ghost village. Ed and Lorraine Warren stated that the place was a vortex for spirits to come through, and said it was filled with a demonic presence. Thru the years there are so many strange things reported from Dudleytown, we'd be here all day trying to list them all. People say the forest is actually silent, no sounds of crickets, birds chirping, no animals nothing. It is very dark there, even during the day light hours. Believers report ball lightning, strange globular orbs and misty forms in photographs. Some report "muddy" photos or the feeling of being watched. Others talk of being slapped, pinched, pushed, groped or breathed upon.I've heard so many stories of terror, from people who escaped with there life, or brought the curse out of the forest with them. The forest is guarded now by "The Dark Entry Forest Association" and is a nature preserve. You may not go there anymore. A few years before it's closing, satanic rituals have been performed up there, and many experienced or inexperienced ghost hunters found it one of the best spots.Madness, Insanity, Strange Disappearences. It's dark, It's spooky, its dead alive, It can only be DUDLEYTOWN. Just off of Bald Mountain Road and DARK ENTRY ROAD in Cornwall Connecticut, Dudley town is the remains of an old 1600's settlement. A settlement with a deadly curse. What is left of Dudleytown now, is some old cellar holes, and house foundations, and of course the ghosts time has NOT forgotten.
The Dudley CurseGideon, Abiel, and Barzillai Dudley, three sons of Joseph Dudley of Saybrook , Ct. moved to what was Cornwall, Ct. As time went on it was known as Dudleytown due to the fact that so many Dudley's lived there. Their great grandfather, Edmund Dudley, had been minister to King Henry VII, and President of the King's Council. He was caught stealing from the king's treasury, convicted of treason, and was decapitated on August 18,1510. A curse was allegedly placed on the Dudley's for their treason and would find themselves surrounded by horrors. Did the Dudley curse follow the brothers to this settlement.?
Dudleytown Troubles Begin: Some think it had to with the hard times, Dudleytown was never easy to live in. many things went wrong for all of the people and the land . Are all the events unexplainable or was it the curse. One of the town's first prominent citizens was General Herman Swift. He was advisor to General George Washington but went insane when news reached him that his wife had been killed by a bolt of lightening at Dudleytown. An epidemic had struck, which killed an entire family by the name of Adoniram Carter . Horace Greeley, founder of the New York Tribune had married Mary Cheney, who was born in Dudleytown. and their union ended when Mary Cheney took her life in the 1872, one week before Horace Greeley lost his bid for the presidency of the United States. Only one family, the Brophys, were living in the town by 1892 John Brophy wife died suddenly of unknown causes, or some say consumption. A few weeks later his two little children disappeared, never to be seen again. A week later, his house burned to the ground, John Brophy walked away from Dudeytown and never retuned. is Dudleytown cursed from something so long ago ? It can be I believe curses are real, and work on families and land for many generations to come.
People say You'll never have such a eerie sensation or feeling like that anywhere else. Many have had the feeling of something watching their every move, especially as they look through the remains of the old stone foundations. Which are now covered by a alot of overgrown weeds and bushes. Could it be the ghosts of the past, demonic spirits maybe? With its rich history, and many from the past deaths surrounding the land how could it not be haunted???
BARA HACK: "THE VILLAGE OF VOICES:
Lost Settlement of Pomfret, CT is also called Bara-Hack (meaning to break bread)"The Village of Voices" It is yet another one of Connecticuts ghost towns. This town in the back woods of Pomfret, maybe be long lost and dead, but it is very much alive in "spirit". Ghostly voices, the sounds of wagons, mother's calling there children, sounds of guns being fired, horses, and any and all other sounds of a village of early settlement times. People have seen many ghosts here. The most famous is a picture of a toddler in a tree, milk maids, cows, horses, dogs, cats, men, women, farmers, preists, and even a headless man running thru the woods have all been seen here. The Village was founded in 1790, by two welsh settlers. Today It's remains include some old stone foundations, cellar holes and a graveyard. Bara Hack, is now somewhat of a "time-warp" where the ghosts of the past, do not realize they are dead, and continue on in there daily activities as if the village were still thriving.
NO TRESPASSING: There will be no access to this place unfortunatly, no one is allowed there anymore.
GAY CITY-
The Gay City ghost town rested at the south side of Bolton, CT or Bolton Notch now a days. Gay City was an unfortunate old mill town, that made it's profit from the mill. It was begun about 1796 by a religious order whose members believed in serving the male members whiskey before their two weekly services. Many of the towns people of Gay City, loved there drinks, and often bar brawls would break out on the streets, some say there were even murderes because of drunken behavior. But having drinks avalible promoted good attendance and tended to enliven the meetings. Their preacher did not preach Puritan hell and brimstone; no, he was always in good spirits. The religious order built a channel where water is said to have flowed uphill from a pond to a waterwheel that powered their mills. That frightened some workers away because it was unnatural. People believed it was the work of the devil, and it was the devils land. Many strange things occurred in Gay City, where they made such good fun of Puritan preaching that the regular Bolton folk generally stayed away. Abandoned by the religious order shortly after the War of 1812, the mills continued to be operated until fires mysteriously burned everything to the ground. Today, Gay City State Park has one of Bolton's favorite swimming holes at the site of the pond built to collect the water that flowed uphill.Gay citys ghosts include a headless man running through the woods holding his own head! People say he is the ghost of a young man who was beheaded by the blacksmith he worked for, for being late! Other ghosts include all different types of men and women-townsfolk to early gay city? The ghost of a peddler's skeleton appears, over a skin hole. He was murdered, and his body was recovered in a sink hole that is still in the remains of the town today. Whats left there now is some old cellar holes, house foundations and of course the occasional ghost or two.