That’s gonna leave a mark. Again. [June 17, 2009] A house in Canterbury was struck by lightning on Monday night, the second time the house has been hit in the last four …
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The 1974 incident on Lindley Street—which allegedly featured moving furniture, disembodied voices and levitating objects—is one of the most-documented hauntings in state history.
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One of the lesser-known sites in Connecticut is the Little Genesee Settlement. Genesee is a dual curiosity—an abandoned Colonial-era settlement and potentially an astronomical calendar or spiritual complex of sorts.
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Little People’s Village in Middlebury is a complex of crumbling doll-sized houses that’s rumored to be the legacy of a crazy woman who thought she was “Queen of the Little People.” As …
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Obviously, they’re not going to let a little thing like it being a fictional place get in the way. [March 6, 2011] A University of Hartford professor was among the team in …
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For a number of decades, the former popular destination that was Pleasure Beach was a ghost town, slowly rotting away. In 2014, the city of Bridgeport finally got around to cleaning it …
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In case you haven’t heard, 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, which is being celebrated by astronomers around the globe, and it seems, by space itself.
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In our ongoing salute to the International Year of Astronomy, I was intrigued by this recent story detailing how a Scottish scientist has estimated that there are at least 361 “intelligent” civilizations …
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Snakes on a car? And coming out of his pants? Insert your own joke here. [July 27, 2009] A Hartford man claims that a 12-inch snake slithered out of his pants while …
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A nice find. Remind me later to tell you all about the story of John Trumbull’s bones — they’re not anywhere near his tombstone. [Jan. 31, 2009] A lost miniature painting by …
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Must be some dust in here … [August 30, 2012] A wedding ring that had been lost for a decade was found in a garden, reuniting a man with the ring given …
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Since the United States seems to be lacking in destinations for religious pilgrimages, in 1958 the Montford Missionaries decided to construct a replica of one of the most-visited sites on the planet, …