The Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry is a unique place, home to one of the leading puppetry schools in the world as well as dozens of antique puppets and marionettes, making …
Investigations
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InvestigationsLegendsWeird Places
Buried in a Barrel: The Grave of Capt. Sluman Gray, Lebanon
by Ray Bendiciby Ray BendiciCapt. Sluman Gray’s final whaling voyage was a long, strange trip.
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How about a poltergeist with your chicken parmigiana? Didn’t think so.
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HauntingsInvestigations
Cemetery at the Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown
by damnedadminby damnedadminThe headstones in this cemetery have no names—only numbers.
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Connecticut CuriositiesInvestigationsWeird Places
Center Church, New Haven
by Ray Bendiciby Ray BendiciCenter Church in New Haven is a little different from your normal centuries-old place of worship as it was built over a cemetery — not on, but over, as the original tombstones …
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Connecticut CuriositiesInvestigationsWeird Places
Classic Auto Wash & Detail Center, Cromwell
by Ray Bendiciby Ray BendiciSure, you can get your car washed in any number of fine establishments, but how many of them have a dinosaur ripping through the roof?
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Abandoned PlacesInvestigations
Connecticut State Hospital, Middletown (Asylum for the Insane)
by kngfrankby kngfrankGetting inside the abandoned sections of the Connecticut Asylum for the Insane is said to be pretty difficult.
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Atop Mohawk Mountain sits a curious stone tower that has looked out over the Litchfield Hills for nearly a century. Update: We recently visited.
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Connecticut CuriositiesInvestigationsWeird Places
Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill
by Ray Bendiciby Ray BendiciWe may take it for granted, but a state park solely dedicated to the fossilized footprints from creatures that lived over 180 million years ago is sort of an unusual attraction. Plus, …
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In Groton, there exists an unusual complex that has been dated back to nearly 2,000 B.C., with stone chambers and mysterious formations. Behold: Gungywamp! We finally visit Gungywamp for ourselves to get …
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When she was alive, Hannah Cranna was known as “The Wicked Witch of Monroe,” a reputation that continues to follow her over 150 years after her death.
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We finally venture to Tarrywile Park to visit Hearthstone Castle in all its overgrown glory.