Connecticut
Bristol
Lake Compounce Amusement Park
The haunting of the Lake Compounce Amusement
Park goes way back to the land. The very first incident
happened in the 1800’s when the Chief Compounce lived
on the land. He felt they took his land from him which led
to him to stab himself to death in the lake the day before
the land was sold to the Norton family. Mr. Norton died
shortly after when he fell from a ladder under mysterious
circumstances.
Several people died on the rides. One worker died underneath a rotor ride and another man, decapitated by the roller coaster. A 16-year-old employee at the Lake Compounce Amusement Park died, a day after falling under a ride.
Much of the paranormal activities occur in the Star Light Ball Room. Park overnight security guards talk openly about their fears and what they see around the park.
Poquetanuck
CAPTAIN GRANT'S INN
Captain William Gonzales Grant built the inn
as a home for his wife, Mercy Adelaide Avery in 1754. Grant
set out for sea one day and ran into an angry sea, tossed
from his boat and swallowed by dark, angry waters. His wife,
Mercy never gave up hope that he might return and lived
in the house well into her 80s. Some feel he did return
in spirit form for Mercy was very content and heard talking
to herself many times. Perhaps what they heard was Mercy
conversing with her husband, Captain Grant.
The house passed down through the Grant family for three generations. During the Revolutionary War, soldiers used the home as a Garrison, and during the Civil War, the home protected runaway slaves. A major restoration took place from 1994 through 1996. Today, the Inn stands restored to its original grandeur and prominence in this national Historic Village.
The house has wide-board hardwood floors, 245-year-old hand-hewn
beams and an authentically rebuilt seven-foot-wide staircase.
The original banister and balusters, kept in oak barrels
for over a hundred years until they started the restoration.
A three- story deck, built on the home's east side, welcomes
the rising sun each morning and is a favorite place for
both visitors and ghosts. The inn sits at 109-111 Route
2A, Poquetanuck, CT 06365
Groton
Ledge Light-Lighthouse
John "Ernie" Randolph and his wife
lived at the Ledge Light, just at the opening of the Thames
River. When there the wife kept telling Ernie that she was
unhappy there but 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 coast guard took over the lighthouse when
the cadets reported the opening and closing of doors and
decks being swabbed when they had not done it. The lighthouse
is now unoccupied and runs on a timer so the light goes
on and off. Project Oceanology of Groton has summer tours
out to the lighthouse, and this is the only way anyone will
be able to go there.
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