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West Haven, Connecticut
On August 6, 1881, an oysterman found the body of 21-year-old Jennie Cramer washed up at Savin Rock. An autopsy found she had been raped…
Hamden, Connecticut
This two-mile traprock ridge, its outcrops forming what looks from a distance like a reclining human figure — head, chin, chest, hip, knee,…
Southington, Connecticut
This house on Meriden Avenue, formerly the Hallahan Funeral Home, became nationally known after the Snedeker family moved in in 1986 to be…
New Haven, Connecticut
North Campus dorms - One resident reported waking up to a massive black force hovering over his bed, constricting him, paralyzing him with…
Stepney, Connecticut
Established in 1794 on land donated by Noah and James Burr Jr., Stepney Cemetery is one of the oldest burial grounds in this part of…
Derby, Connecticut
The Sterling Opera House opened in 1889, held a jail beneath its stage, and closed after a 1945 fire-marshal order. It has been sealed to…
Westbrook, Connecticut
This shoreline bed and breakfast has operated since the 1920s. Its original owner, a wealthy man, died in a fire at the house — some…
Danbury, Connecticut
New York photographer E. Starr Sanford built this 16-room stone castle as a summer retreat between 1896 and 1899, importing Italian wood…
Thomaston, Connecticut
Built in 1884, this theater and the firehouse beside it stand on the site of Thomaston's oldest cemetery — the graves were relocated, but…
Redding, Connecticut
Local accounts collected by Redding historians hold that a railroad worker was killed near the old rail crossing on Topstone Road in the…
Burlington, Connecticut
Local legends at Tory Den describe ghostly whispers and shadowy figures among the rocks. During the Revolutionary War, Loyalist colonist…
Storrs, Connecticut
Room 501 in Willard C. Eddy Hall, part of UConn's Alumni Quad, is the campus's most persistently reported haunted dorm room, covered over…
Easton, Connecticut
Union Cemetery, at the junction of Routes 59 and 136 next to the Easton Baptist Church, is one of the most extensively documented haunted…
Torrington, Connecticut
Opened in 1931 as a Warner Brothers movie palace seating 1,772 people, this Art Deco theater is a well-preserved example of architect…
Danbury, Connecticut
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…
Wallingford, Connecticut
Local legend holds that a woman was left at the altar on her wedding day in the 1930s and, overcome with grief, drowned herself. Motorists…
Windham, Connecticut
Local legend ties this 1783 inn — originally three stories, reduced to two after it began to buckle around 1850, and converted to…