Just off the coast of Fairfield, a lonely light sits in the Sound — a safety signal for ships or a beacon for spirits?

It’s got one name, but it seems as though there are two separate sites and even more stories. Then again, would you expect anything different from a legend in a place called Hell Hollow?

Captain Grant’s Inn is a stately bed-and-breakfast that for over two centuries has succeeded both as a temporary refuge for travelers and a permanent home … to ghosts!

In the heart of Bridgeport stands an abandoned building complex that includes the Poli Palace, the Majestic Theater and the Savoy Hotel, each of which were once glorious edifices and now are empty and crumbling structures, home to rats, vagrants and … ghosts?

You would think that after two and a half centuries, ghosts would be ready to move onto other places, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with the John York House.

Everyone loves Top 10 lists, right? So here’s ours for the most haunted places in the state …

The Deep River Library is your typical small-town New England public library, housed in a charming older building and home to books, research materials and … otherworldly spirits?

Although abandoned for almost 15 years, Norwich State Hospital in Preston allegedly continues to be plagued by the ghosts of its former troubles and tragedies.

For over 200 years, The Pettibone Tavern (now Abigail’s Grille & Wine Bar) has been a Simsbury landmark. It has been host to Revolutionary War heroes, historical figures, gregarious bar patrons and … a ghost?

At one time, Remington Arms in Bridgeport was one of the biggest munitions factories in the world. But now the factory has been shut down and abandoned — gone are humming assembly lines, busy rows of machinery and hardworking employees, replaced by empty buildings, broken windows and . . . the ghosts of the past?