At the age of eleven, Andrew Lake had his first experience with a haunting during a summer getaway in Scituate, Massachusetts. He has been fascinated with the paranormal ever since. From 1987 to 1996, he worked in the field of home health care as a medical equipment technician. While visiting patients’ homes he would sometimes hear strange stories about the moment of someone’s passing and the occasional family ghost story. During this time, he shared an apartment with two friendly ghosts in the historic village of Hope, Rhode Island. In 2006, Lake formed Greenville Paranormal Research in order to sincerely investigate and document reports of ghosts and the locations they are said to haunt. Besides working on his own documentaries about haunted New England towns, he has contributed to the radio programs “Spooky Southcoast” and “Ghost Chronicles.” He is also one of the cast and crew on Jeff Belanger’s Webcast television show, “30 Odd Minutes.” He lives in Greenville, Rhode Island.

Acknowledgments

Preface

Massachusetts

Chapter 1: The Inn at Duck Creeke, Wellfleet

Chapter 2: The Fearing Tavern Museum, Wareham

Chapter 3: Lizzie Borden Bed-and-Breakfast/Museum, Fall River

Spotlight On: Anawan Rock, Rehoboth

Spotlight On: The Freetown State Forest, Freetown

Chapter 4: USS Salem, Quincy

Chapter 5: Stone’s Public House, Ashland

Chapter 6: The Groton Inn, Groton

Spotlight On: The Victorian, Gardner

Chapter 7: The Houghton Mansion, North Adams

Spotlight On: The Charlemont Inn, Charlemont

Chapter 8: Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Lenox

Rhode Island

Chapter 9: Quonset Air Museum, Davisville

Spotlight On: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Exeter

Chapter 10: Slater Mill Museum, Pawtucket

Spotlight On: Nine Men’s Misery, Cumberland

Chapter 11: St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center, Woonsocket

Spotlight On: Belcourt Castle, Newport

Chapter 12: Tavern on Main, Chepachet

Spotlight On: The Village of Chepachet

Chapter 13: Stillwater Antiques, Greenville

Spotlight On: Historic Cemetery Number Two, West Greenwich

Spotlight On: Moosup Valley, Foster

Chapter 14: Hopkins Mills, Foster

Connecticut

Chapter 15: Captain Grant’s, 1754, Preston

Spotlight On: The John York House, North Stonington

Chapter 16: Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry

Spotlight On: Benton Homestead Museum, Tolland

Chapter 17: Boothe Memorial Park and Museum, Stratford

Spotlight On: The White Lady of Union Cemetery, Easton

Chapter 18: Abigail’s Grille and Wine Bar, Simsbury

Spotlight On: Makens Bemont House Museum, East Hartford

Chapter 19: Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford

Chapter 20: Killingworth Café, Killingworth

Spotlight On: New London Ledge Lighthouse, New London

Chapter 21: Whitehall Mansion Inn, Mystic

Ghosthunting Travel Guide

Visiting Haunted Sites

More Southern New England Haunts

Afterword

About the Author