A follow up on last year’s murder case. [April 20, 2011] A Waterbury man who killed a 16-year-old girl at the base of the iconic cross at Holy Land USA in Waterbury …
Ray Bendici
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Glad to see that there will be a new chapter in Holy Land’s unusual story. [June 28, 2013] Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary and a partner have bought the former tourist attraction Holy …
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Maybe if we all chip in, we can buy it! [August 12, 2011] Holy Land USA, the long-abandoned tourist attraction atop a hill in Waterbury, is up for sale according to the …
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Abandoned PlacesConnecticut CuriositiesInvestigations
Holy Land USA, Waterbury
by Ray Bendiciby Ray BendiciWe’ve all seen it while driving along either Route 8 or I-84 through Waterbury: the huge corss high atop Pine Hill. Many already know about it, but the 50-foot high cross marks …
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“Pinchey” got pinched without his pants! [May 15, 2009] An alleged home invader in New Britain lost his pants while trying to flee the scene of the crime … Source: New Britain …
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Maybe he was just trying to help fertilize it? [June 29, 2009] A Bridgeport homeowner was hit by a thrown milk crate when he objected to a man defecating on his lawn …
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He probably shouldn’t have eaten all that porridge. [November 20, 2012] A Trumbull couple awoke to find a stranger sleeping in their guest room bed, a drunk man who had crashed his …
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Gee, can you imagine that … some idiots showing up to see this house. Who would do that? (Albeit very respectfully from a moving car.) [March 23, 2009] The new horror film …
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Well, well, well … talk about unbridled excitement. [January 30, 2010] A young horse was rescued after falling into an old well on the property of a Litchfield riding stable … Source: …
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Horse hair toupees? [July 17, 2011] Police are investigating a case involving a New Hartford horse that mysteriously had a chunk of its mane cut off … Source: Waterbury Republican-American
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The Makens Bemont House in East Hartford, commonly known as The Huguenot House, is known for a pair of spirits alleged to roam its 300-year-old rooms — Benny and The Blue Lady.
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Spontaneous human combustion? Probably not. [December 5, 2009] North Stonington police were called to what they thought was a brush fire only to find a human body ablaze … Source: New London …
