Seeking ghostly experiences and paranormal thrills in New England outside of Salem, Massachusetts this Halloween season?
Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Office of Statewide Marketing and Tourism want you to consider a visit to their state and the 130 paranormal locations on the official Connecticut Haunted History Trail.
The new map highlights haunted landmarks, paranormal lore, witch-trial history, and centuries of unexplained stories across nine categories, including haunted homes, museums, and theaters, cemeteries, hiking trails, ghost and paranormal tours, restaurants, lighthouses, witch, occult, and metaphysical collections, hotels, and sites connected to Connecticut’s colonial witch trials.
“Connecticut has nearly 400 years of stories to tell, including chapters of our history that deserve to be remembered and understood,” Governor Lamont said. “This trail gives people an opportunity to learn more about that history, while also discovering the extraordinary places, legends, and stories found throughout our state, and supporting the many small businesses and attractions that make Connecticut so unique.”
“Travelers continue to seek experiences that give them a story to take home with them, and Connecticut has extraordinary stories hiding in plain sight,” Morgan Nyerick, director of the Connecticut Office of Statewide Marketing and Tourism, said. “Our tourism strategy is about finding unexpected and highly memorable ways to connect people with the places, businesses and history that make Connecticut different. The Haunted History Trail takes something people are already fascinated by and turns it into a reason to travel across the state, discover communities they may never have visited and experience Connecticut through an entirely different lens.”
“Trails make it incredibly easy for travelers to turn an interest into an itinerary,” Connecticut Tourism Director Rachel Lenda said. “What makes the Connecticut Haunted History Trail especially exciting is the range. Someone might come because they are fascinated by witch-trial history, another visitor may want a paranormal tour, and someone else may want to stay in a historic inn, visit an old cemetery, or hike somewhere with a great local legend. With more than 130 stops across the state, there isn’t just one way to experience this trail—and that gives visitors a reason to explore more communities, stay longer and come back again.”
The official map reveal was held at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield on Wednesday, September 16, and was attended by Steve Gonsalves and Shari DeBenedetti of Ghost Hunters, author and Connecticut witch-trial historian Beth M. Caruso, and psychic medium Angelina Diana
Explore the Connecticut Haunted History Trail website right here (including the interactive map) and get a preview of the map below.
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