Comments on: Hearthstone Castle, Danbury

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:27:03 +0000

Travis, put a link to ur page or the picture. I would love to see it!

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:15:36 +0000

same thing with the deer happened to us too

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:04:18 +0000

to the guy who wrote about hearing a dog panting, theres a picture on my facebook of me from when me and my buddy’s went exploring around up there. but in the back of the picture in the darkness of the basements window sill that i was sitting in, theres a pretty damn clear picture of a black dog directly next to me staring right at the camera.

By: Mike M

Mike M — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:07:26 +0000

Went up there yesterday. Hit up my Facebook page if you want to see the pictures I took. Michael Mathis. My profile picture is of the American flag. Couple of odd happenings: A snake in my path in the middle of November, and a deer that had absolutely no fear of me and walked across my shot.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:04:50 +0000

A friend of mine said that she was hiking the trails at Tarrywhile and heard the music of a flute like instrument. She said that almost as soon as it stopped they looked up and in the distance saw a person dressed in a long dark hooded cape looking down at them- creeepy!!! I bet it was just some jerk trying to scare visitors, and that jerk definitely did just that. If I ever saw anyone like that while I was hiking- I would run away screaming…

By: britt

britt — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:30:54 +0000

Hello Danbury! You finally did something cool. I grew up in Brookfield about 15 minutes from the castle and had heard so much about this place growing up. I finally got the nerve to go when I was about 25 and wish I could say it was a disappointment. While I don’t think there is anything specific haunting the castle, I do think it gives off some seriously creepy vibes strictly based on looks. If I ever win the lottery I am petitioning to take over the castle, restore it to the original state and start a trust for future generations to enjoy it. That being said, I haven’t thought about this castle in a very long time and think it needs some fresh coverage to see what can be done to at least prevent too much more damage. I guess we just have to spread the word and hope the right people hear us!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:14:20 +0000

This castle is amazing. I went today with my Mom and she told me how in the 80′s she would have picnics there with her friends and their kids. She said the interior of the castle was beautiful. And the man who built it, made it for his wife. It’s such a shame that people don’t care about it. I would love to rebuild it even though I’m only 16. But I have always wanted to go in there. My mom won’t let me but I would love to go. It’s on my bucket list of things to do before I die. I said to my mom, I wanna go in even if I die doing it. i would LOVE to go in. The chin link fences around it make it look so forbidden, but the forbidenness of it makes me want to go in even more. Yes, I’ve been behind the fence and all around it. But more than anything I want to go inside. It looks so amazing…..and as for the people who previouslly said it’s haunted, is that really true?? cause I heard that in the early 90′s teens used to go in the woods area behind it and do witch craft and such.

By: ROb

ROb — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:23:23 +0000

I have read what mike says about the castle and am hard pressed to believe its true.. for the sole fact that you can not go inside that castle any longer and have not been able to because it has completely collapsed. There is no inside anymore. All the floors have fallen and all that remains are walls. Hopes of restoring it are most likely collapsed with the floors. Sad that the town cared little enough about this one of a kind historic castle to do anything but let it collapse. They should be ashamed.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:38:58 +0000

I spent a great amount of time here last summer. I am a 15 year old kid and me and my friends would go there and take pictures on the inside in the middle of the night. The scariest memory i have there was the first time i went there and it was at night. It was a full moon and me and my friends decided to look for a supposedly “haunted” place so we picked Hearthstone castle considering it wasn’t to far from my house. We walked past the gates up the rocky hill to the castle. My heart was pounding considering it was the first time i’v been there day or night. I saw something moving in the distance and me and my friends stopped. It ran towards us and my heart stopped it was just a deer. I walked up a little farther shaking and saw another thing in the distance i started to regret this decision considering this one didn’t move anywhere so i walked towards it and it ran away it was another deer. Then i went through the hole in the back of the fence and climbed through the window. Me and my friends split up to explore i decided to try to get to the basement. I took one good friend with me we split up in pairs and we walked across the floor stepping over 2 holes. we hugged tight to the wall to the other side because it was surrounded by holes and we got to this little fireplace we climbed down piles of debris and wood holding onto a pipe for support it was completely warm until we stepped down into the basement. I cant explain this feeling i got. It was a feeling of complete darkness. Absolutely freezing i stepped into the room and started shivering. My whole body got chills and i stood in a corner with my friend and closed my eyes and tried to clear my thoughts and be calm. I opened my eyes because i heard this panting noise almost like a dog and i saw these two eyes across the room in the other corner i shined my light there and nothing. I have heard storys of people seeing a ghost dog or something in the castle i wonder if it’s true. From my experiances theres definitly something freaky going on there

By: Judy

Judy — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:02:55 +0000

My grandmother is Irene Parks and I have been trying for years to get someone’s attention to help restore Hearthstone Castle. I know what a showplace the castle was and believe, with the help of interested individuals, that it can once again become a showplace. I have an email address for those interested to contact – hearthstonerestorationproject@gmail.com