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Rhode Island: Boys’ Reformatory

Rhode Island Paranormal Research Team, Scituate, Rhode Island The group collected some very eerie EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) at Saconawa Prison, which used to be a boys’ reformatory. “We had a recording of Ray and Barbara setting up the equipment, but in the background, you can hear someone saying, ‘Get out!’ in a very ominous […]

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Vermont: Old School

Granite State Paranormal A case in point is an investigation at an old school in Vermont. Legend has it that a janitor who passed away in the 1930s had been seen and heard in the school. “One of my guys went over there,” Jim Snell said, “and was walking around doing Electronic Voice Phenomena work. […]

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Ashland, MA: John Stone Inn

W.R.A.I.T.H. One of T.J.Tucker’s most interesting investigations was conducted at the John Stone Inn in Ashland, Massachusetts. “It was just a friend of mine and I who went to the inn. There’s a legend that John Stone haunts it and that the guy that he killed haunts it, but there’s also a little girl who […]

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Waterbury, CT: House

Skeleton Crew Paranormal Research Society One of the group’s strangest investigations was conducted at a house in Waterbury, Connecticut. Jim (Petrino) said, “We got a call that some people were sitting on the front steps and would not go inside until we got there. When we arrived, the girls were trembling on the steps, and […]

Ghost Hunters of New England
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Ghosts and Haunted Places in New England

Do you believe in ghosts? Ghost hunters say two of the most active haunted places in New England are Houghton Mansion in North Adams, Massachusetts, and Carousel Gardens Restaurant in Seymour, Connecticut. Sample these scary stories from Ghost Hunters of New England by Alan Brown. Read on, if you dare… Houghton Mansion 172 Church St. North […]

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Bangor Ghost Hunters Association

Greenbush, Maine Harold Murray, director bangormaineghosthuntersassociation.com Harold Murray had a paranormal experience when he was young, but that is not what turned him into a paranormal investigator. “Watching the Travel Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel — this is what did it,” Harold says. “Every year, they have these specials on. I’m a retired […]