Ghost Stories and Legends of Eastern Connecticut : Love, Mysteries and Secrets Revealed

by Kent, Donna

• ISBN13: 9781596293175
• ISBN10: 1596293179
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-23
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Who or what lurks below the decks of the ships at Mystic Seaport? Does playwright Eugene O?Neill still ?live? in his family's cottage on the New London shore? Are there really vampires in Connecticut? Can Israel Putnam's ghost still see the whites of your eyes?This captivating book presents tales and legends from Eastern Connecticut's most haunted locations?dark deeds and lore from New London and Mystic, and stretching all the way to Brooklyn, Windham and Franklin. Like eerie and desperate whispers on the wind, the ghosts of Connecticut's past reveal their deepest, darkest secrets to author and paranormal investigator Donna Kent as she sheds new light on this collection of spine-tingling legends.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
The Deadly Grounds of Old Trinity Church, Brooklyn	p. 13
Israel Putnam's Gravesite and the Mortlake Manor, Brooklyn	p. 25
The Charles W. Morgan and the Buckingham House, Mystic Seaport	p. 35
The Whitehall Mansion, Mystic	p. 49
Elizabeth Shaw and the Windham Inn, Windham	p. 61
The White Horse Inn at Vernon Stiles Restaurant, Thompson	p. 67
The Bloody Orchard, Franklin	p. 77
The Lighthouse Inn, New London	p. 85
Eugene O'Neill's Monte Cristo Cottage, New London	p. 103
Route 138-A Cruise Down the Vampire Highway, Jewett City	p. 113
Harvest Restaurant, Pomfret	p. 119
About the Author	p. 125
Endnotes	p. 127
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