by matthewmeans@me.com | Oct 16, 2024 | Abandoned Buildings, Graveyards
Can a tomb still feel haunted even though it was never used? Little is known about this abandoned 19th-century crypt in the woods of Northeastern Connecticut. Once thought to be a mere root cellar, it has since been identified as the unfinished family burial chamber...
by matthewmeans@me.com | Oct 9, 2024 | Abandoned Buildings, Legends & Lore
Is this abandoned stone chamber proof that Vikings settled in New England? This simple but well-constructed shelter in an Oneco, CT, pine forest is one of a number of similar buildings throughout the region with origins that remain a mystery. Some believe these were...
by matthewmeans@me.com | Aug 19, 2022 | Graveyards, Legends & Lore
Smaller than a shoebox, this diminutive headstone marks the anonymous resting place of a would-be bank robber, shot dead during a failed heist in Deep River, CT. On a cold December night in 1899, he led a band of criminals on a daring mission to raid the cash-laden...
