Comments on: Remington Arms, Bridgeport http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/ Hauntings, Legends, Weird Places, Weird News, Adandoned Places, Strange Animals, Investigations Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:04:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: FranInBpt http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1737 FranInBpt Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:40:05 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1737 java.gurl@yahoo.com java.gurl@yahoo.com

]]> By: FranInBpt http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1736 FranInBpt Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:39:26 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1736 60.erica April 26th, 2010 3:02 pm : i really would love to explore at the Remington Arms factory…but don’t know if anyone would go with me… whats going on with the GE bldg?? My grandmother lives across the street and seems like no one is ever there??? LETS GO!!!! WELL, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE A FEW HOURS AGO BUT WE CAN EXPLORE OTHER HAUNTE DPLACES, LIKE UNION CEMETARY, DUDLEY TOWN, FAIRFIELD HILLS MENTAL HOSPITAL IN NEWTOWN, ETC. THE GE HAS UNDERGROUND TUNNELS & THAT OLD MOVIE THEATRE DOWNTOWN IS HAUNTED TOO.. 60.erica April 26th, 2010 3:02 pm :

i really would love to explore at the Remington Arms factory…but don’t know if anyone would go with me… whats going on with the GE bldg?? My grandmother lives across the street and seems like no one is ever there???

LETS GO!!!! WELL, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE A FEW HOURS AGO BUT WE CAN EXPLORE OTHER HAUNTE DPLACES, LIKE UNION CEMETARY, DUDLEY TOWN, FAIRFIELD HILLS MENTAL HOSPITAL IN NEWTOWN, ETC.
THE GE HAS UNDERGROUND TUNNELS & THAT OLD MOVIE THEATRE DOWNTOWN IS HAUNTED TOO..

]]> By: FranInBpt http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1735 FranInBpt Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:35:32 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1735 Aug 28, 2010 The Remington Arms is on fire as I type this, I JUST drove by this AM around 830 am (fire began at 1030 am) it is basically burning to the ground, the fire is so bad they will not allow firefighters indoors. I am personally p'd because I have been driving by there for over 10 years, at night that entire block of Barnum Ave is pitch dark & you are surronded on both sides of the street by this building & it is SCARY, no matter the temp outside as soon as you drive down Barnum and approach the RA you feel the temp drop for the length of the building until you get past it at the stop light by Lacy Factory heading towards Stratford or going back to E Main St. I am certain the temp drop is because the building is so high it blocks out all sunlight. So, here it 1998, I am all of 22/23. I JUST moved into Kossuth St. on Washington Park . My boyfriend Dennis & I were walking down Barnum Ave towards the hospital. I have no clue as to where we were going that time of night but anyways we approach the block where the building is, he has never really seen it, he just moved to Bpt to be with me, he says "I'd love to take pics inside that old building, what was it?" I did not know myself. Then he stops and stares up at the windows of the building and he says "Do ppl live in there?" "Problly squatters" I told him & he told me he saw a dude holding a gun in the 2nd floor window all the way at the end . I said "A gun? How can you see that with 1 raggedy light on this street at 730 at night in the winter" He insisted he saw a gun & a guy holding it, but not a drug dealer holding a modern gun he said it was different than that, a white or light skinned man holding what looked like a rifle or shot gun, like he was on guard patrol. We assumed they had armed guards that patrolled the building (this area had MUCHO drugs, robberies, hookers, homeless ppl, etc. at this time. They'd trinkle off E Main & from the park or head down that way from upper Barnum area.) Not so much any longer. Not like it was anyways. So, I forgot about it until I talked to my Dad & asked him about the place a few days later. he's like "Oh the old Remington Arms plant" then he told me what it was, a gun ammunitions factory. Well, it was kinda freaky cuz of what Denny saw. We thought ti was an old clothing factory or whatever. Whether he saw a squatter holding a stick or bat or even a shotgun was never to be found out but when I looked up at the window I saw nothing. It was ONE of the ONLY windows on the 2nd floor NOT broken out. It was also closest to the street light by the parking lot on the R hand side if you are heading towards Lacey Factory/Bpt Hospital. I have gotten out of my car and walked around the cemetary (also rich with ghostly history) and walked the perimeter of RA in the day. You can sense it has it's own story to tell if you are in tune to that type of thing or just stay quiet long enough you can get feelings of what it was like there back in its hay day. Full of life, a neighborhod of working class factory workers, some of the houses around there have hints of that rich history in the architecture, a few original stained glass windows preserved here & there, the architecture of the buildings that have stores on the bottom & apts on top & the roofs form peaks or "princess towers", as I called them, on the corners of the house,with the original tiling on the roofs, etc. Kinda cool cuz my old apt on Kossuth wasonce one of the 1800's era mansions of that area when Washington Park was "da bomb" Doctors, Lawyers, Politicians, etc. all lived on the park in their mega mansions. I had the original 1893 fireplace in my apt but the chimney had no lining so I could not use it :( Basically the hot shots lived by the park & the "little ppl" around the factories over by Remington and diff areas of the E Side & all over Bpt actually. Aug 28, 2010 The Remington Arms is on fire as I type this, I JUST drove by this AM around 830 am (fire began at 1030 am) it is basically burning to the ground, the fire is so bad they will not allow firefighters indoors.
I am personally p’d because I have been driving by there for over 10 years, at night that entire block of Barnum Ave is pitch dark & you are surronded on both sides of the street by this building & it is SCARY, no matter the temp outside as soon as you drive down Barnum and approach the RA you feel the temp drop for the length of the building until you get past it at the stop light by Lacy Factory heading towards Stratford or going back to E Main St.
I am certain the temp drop is because the building is so high it blocks out all sunlight.
So, here it 1998, I am all of 22/23. I JUST moved into Kossuth St. on Washington Park . My boyfriend Dennis & I were walking down Barnum Ave towards the hospital. I have no clue as to where we were going that time of night but anyways we approach the block where the building is, he has never really seen it, he just moved to Bpt to be with me, he says “I’d love to take pics inside that old building, what was it?” I did not know myself. Then he stops and stares up at the windows of the building and he says “Do ppl live in there?” “Problly squatters” I told him & he told me he saw a dude holding a gun in the 2nd floor window all the way at the end . I said “A gun? How can you see that with 1 raggedy light on this street at 730 at night in the winter” He insisted he saw a gun & a guy holding it, but not a drug dealer holding a modern gun he said it was different than that, a white or light skinned man holding what looked like a rifle or shot gun, like he was on guard patrol. We assumed they had armed guards that patrolled the building (this area had MUCHO drugs, robberies, hookers, homeless ppl, etc. at this time. They’d trinkle off E Main & from the park or head down that way from upper Barnum area.) Not so much any longer. Not like it was anyways.
So, I forgot about it until I talked to my Dad & asked him about the place a few days later. he’s like “Oh the old Remington Arms plant” then he told me what it was, a gun ammunitions factory. Well, it was kinda freaky cuz of what Denny saw. We thought ti was an old clothing factory or whatever.
Whether he saw a squatter holding a stick or bat or even a shotgun was never to be found out but when I looked up at the window I saw nothing. It was ONE of the ONLY windows on the 2nd floor NOT broken out.
It was also closest to the street light by the parking lot on the R hand side if you are heading towards Lacey Factory/Bpt Hospital.
I have gotten out of my car and walked around the cemetary (also rich with ghostly history) and walked the perimeter of RA in the day. You can sense it has it’s own story to tell if you are in tune to that type of thing or just stay quiet long enough you can get feelings of what it was like there back in its hay day.
Full of life, a neighborhod of working class factory workers, some of the houses around there have hints of that rich history in the architecture, a few original stained glass windows preserved here & there, the architecture of the buildings that have stores on the bottom & apts on top & the roofs form peaks or “princess towers”, as I called them, on the corners of the house,with the original tiling on the roofs, etc.
Kinda cool cuz my old apt on Kossuth wasonce one of the 1800′s era mansions of that area when Washington Park was “da bomb” Doctors, Lawyers, Politicians, etc. all lived on the park in their mega mansions.
I had the original 1893 fireplace in my apt but the chimney had no lining so I could not use it :(
Basically the hot shots lived by the park & the “little ppl” around the factories over by Remington and diff areas of the E Side & all over Bpt actually.

]]> By: Max http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1672 Max Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:48:37 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1672 I recently went to the abandoned factory with my friend. This was before I heard rumors of it being haunted. Though I saw nothing, I constantly heard hammering from inside some of the tall buildings that seemed to have no entrance. I didn't assume a haunting simply because I'm not a superstitious person. It certainly weirded me out though because I wondered why on earth anyone would be working in a broken down factory. In addition, the friend I went with is a photography major in college and took tons of photos with a high quality camera. I'm interested in taking a look at them but I don't know what to look for. Could someone email me with info? Thanks. I recently went to the abandoned factory with my friend. This was before I heard rumors of it being haunted. Though I saw nothing, I constantly heard hammering from inside some of the tall buildings that seemed to have no entrance. I didn’t assume a haunting simply because I’m not a superstitious person. It certainly weirded me out though because I wondered why on earth anyone would be working in a broken down factory.

In addition, the friend I went with is a photography major in college and took tons of photos with a high quality camera. I’m interested in taking a look at them but I don’t know what to look for. Could someone email me with info?

Thanks.

]]> By: Stephen Clouse http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1659 Stephen Clouse Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:27:47 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1659 In the interest of keeping my job, I'm not going to mention the name of the security company I was ( and still am) working for. Sweet dreams. In the interest of keeping my job, I’m not going to mention the name of the security company I was ( and still am) working for. Sweet dreams.

]]> By: Stephen Clouse http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1658 Stephen Clouse Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:13:46 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1658 I used to work there as a security guard back in 1996-97. I would work third shift sunday(midnight) through Friday(morning) and I'm here to tell you that was one scary-looking place! As far as ghost stories about people hearing banging noises, I've had incidents like that during my time there. One night when I was doing a tour through one of the buildings( not sure which Bldg, but it was on the second floor), I had finished checking out a room and was leaving when I heard this banging noise and sounds of people screaming for help. I turned around , went back in, only to find no one there. I shined the flashlight around because I think someone was playing tricks on me, and I find bloody hand prints all up and down the fire-door. I got the hell out of there and that was my last tour for the night. The next day I found out that years ago an explosion had killed a bunch of people that were working there I used to work there as a security guard back in 1996-97. I would work third shift sunday(midnight) through Friday(morning) and I’m here to tell you that was one scary-looking place! As far as ghost stories about people hearing banging noises, I’ve had incidents like that during my time there. One night when I was doing a tour through one of the buildings( not sure which Bldg, but it was on the second floor), I had finished checking out a room and was leaving when I heard this banging noise and sounds of people screaming for help. I turned around , went back in, only to find no one there. I shined the flashlight around because I think someone was playing tricks on me, and I find bloody hand prints all up and down the fire-door. I got the hell out of there and that was my last tour for the night. The next day I found out that years ago an explosion had killed a bunch of people that were working there

]]> By: KAYLA http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1627 KAYLA Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:44:40 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1627 the crazy thing about Remington Arms is that i literally live exactly across the street from it and i have to walk pass there everyday to get to high school and sometimes as i walk on by i can hear things (okward) the crazy thing about Remington Arms is that i literally live exactly across the street from it and i have to walk pass there everyday to get to high school and sometimes as i walk on by i can hear things (okward)

]]> By: Steve http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1589 Steve Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:38:38 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1589 Cool...Be careful. You staying overnight? Take pics! Cool…Be careful. You staying overnight? Take pics!

]]> By: luis canales http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1588 luis canales Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:38:39 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1588 i dont believe in ghost so to prove you people wrong im going to Remington arms factory this sunday and if there are ghost in there i will post another comment and tell you guys and girl everything that happen i dont believe in ghost so to prove you people wrong im going to Remington arms factory this sunday and if there are ghost in there i will post another comment and tell you guys and girl everything that happen

]]> By: JUNEDOG http://www.damnedct.com/remington-arms-bridgeport/comment-page-2/#comment-1583 JUNEDOG Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:59:02 +0000 http://www.damnedct.com/?p=1126#comment-1583 its all bullcrap remington arms is no more haunted than my car.....give me a break ppl!~!! its all bullcrap remington arms is no more haunted than my car…..give me a break ppl!~!!

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