Ghosthunting Southern New England
COPYRIGHT © 2011 by Andrew Lake
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Lake, Andrew (Andrew S.), 1964–
Ghosthunting Southern New England/by Andrew Lake.
—1st ed.
p. cm.—(America’s haunted road trip)
ISBN-13: 978-1-57860-487-6
ISBN-10: 1-57860-487-7
1. Haunted places—New England. 2. Ghosts—New England. I. Title. II. Series.
BF1472.U6L35 2011
133.10974—dc23
2011027240
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Printed in the United States of America
First edition, first printing
Editor: Donna Poehner
Cover design: Scott McGrew
Cover and interior photos provided by the author unless otherwise noted
To my mother, Alicia, who told me years ago that I should write a book about haunted places, and to my late father, Arthur, who never believed one word about ghosts
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Preface
Massachusetts
CHAPTER 1 The Inn at Duck Creeke Wellfleet
CHAPTER 2 The Fearing Tavern Museum Wareham
CHAPTER 3 Lizzie Borden Bed-and-Breakfast/Museum Fall River
Spotlight On: Anawan Rock Rehoboth
Spotlight On: The Freetown State Forest Freetown
CHAPTER 4 USS Salem Quincy
CHAPTER 5 Stone’s Public House Ashland
CHAPTER 6 The Groton Inn Groton
Spotlight On: The Victorian Gardner
CHAPTER 7 The Houghton Mansion North Adams
Spotlight On: The Charlemont Inn Charlemont
CHAPTER 8 Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum Lenox
Rhode Island
CHAPTER 9 Quonset Air Museum Davisville
Spotlight On: Chestnut Hill Cemetery Exeter
CHAPTER 10 Slater Mill Museum Pawtucket
Spotlight On: Nine Men’s Misery Cumberland
CHAPTER 11 St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center Woonsocket
Spotlight On: Belcourt Castle Newport
CHAPTER 12 Tavern on Main Chepachet
Spotlight On: The Village of Chepachet
CHAPTER 13 Stillwater Antiques Greenville
Spotlight On: Historic Cemetery Number Two West Greenwich
Spotlight On: Moosup Valley Foster
CHAPTER 14 Hopkins Mills Foster
Connecticut
CHAPTER 15 Captain Grant’s, 1754 Preston
Spotlight On: The John York House North Stonington
CHAPTER 16 Nathan Hale Homestead Coventry
Spotlight On: Benton Homestead Museum Tolland
CHAPTER 17 Boothe Memorial Park and Museum Stratford
Spotlight On: The White Lady of Union Cemetery Easton
CHAPTER 18 Abigail’s Grille and Wine Bar Simsbury
Spotlight On: Makens Bemont House Museum East Hartford
CHAPTER 19 Mark Twain House and Museum Hartford
CHAPTER 20 Killingworth Café Killingworth
Spotlight On: New London Ledge Lighthouse New London
CHAPTER 21 Whitehall Mansion Inn Mystic
Ghosthunting Travel Guide
Visiting Haunted Sites
More Southern New England Haunts
Afterword
About the Author
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THIS BOOK WAS MADE POSSIBLE by kind help and input from the following people: John Kachuba, Jeff Belanger, Donna Poehner, Jim Ignasher,
