The horror movie The Innkeepers—set at The Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington—blurs the lines between reality and fiction, although there are those who claim the century-old landmark is actually haunted.

Sounds like a future episode of “Up All Night.”
[January 13, 2012] A two-year-old New Haven boy had to be rescued by firefighters after he fell eight feet into a hot air duct and became trapped …
Source: Hartford Courant

An urban legend come true.
[January 13, 2012] A Middletown woman called law enforcement officers to complain after she was swindled while trying to buy illegal painkillers …
Source: NBC 30

Probably not the Good Ship Lollipop.
[January 10, 2012] The remains of a shipwreck discovered in Fishers Island Sound five years ago still have yet to be identified …
Source: New London Day

What a horrible way to go!
[January 9, 2012] A Bridgeport man was killed when he was somehow ejected from the excavator he was operating and pinned up against a house …
Source: Connecticut Post

Bolton is home to Gay City State Park, which features the remains of a once-thriving—and possibly, troubled—mill town. Not that there’s anything wrong with it.

A nice story about our old MUFON buddy Marc D’Antonio.
[December 29, 2011] The Winsted man who created a “UFO” for National Geographic says he did so to help educate the public about the subject …
Source: Register-Citizen

This is weird—who tips their garbage man?
[December 28, 2011] Stratford police were called in to break up a fight that had broken out between two garbage men over holiday tips …
Source: Connecticut Post

Must’ve been naughty.
[December 26, 2011] A New Haven man was hospitalized after dropping his gun and accidentally shooting himself while going to the bathroom on Christmas eve …
Source: Connecticut Post

Just an odd creature to single out for violence.
[December 24, 2011] Four alpacas have been stabbed to death by unknown attackers at an Essex farm, bringing the total of animals slain to six …
Source: Hartford Courant