Connecticut is home to an impressive number of hotels that are said to be haunted. For those who believe in them, hauntings are usually said to be the result of scandal or tragic death on the premises, although some hauntings seem to be cases of the former tenants simply not wanting to leave, while others seem to have no obvious explanation at all. If you're in search of such mysteries in the New England state, stay at one of these hotels.
Talcott House is actually an old bed and breakfast inn located in the city of Westbrook. The stories about Talcott House claim that former innkeepers and employees have reported numerous instances of supernatural events. Ragtime music is said to play for no reason, bed sheets come undone without anyone having touched them and a in-house piano plays by itself. The original owner died in a fire, and the inn itself caught on fire in the middle of the night while being renovated.
Talcott House
161 Seaside Avenue
Westbrook, CT 06498
(860) 399-5020
talcotthouse.com
Captain Grant’s Inn is a historic old Preston hotel built by William Grant for his wife Mercy in 1754. The captain died at sea, but Mercy and several more generations of the Grant family maintained the house. It is now in the National Register of Historic Places. The inn is also well known for being haunted, albeit from ghosts of a rather friendly variety. The most common ghostly occurrence in the hotel is knocking. Guests have frequently reported hearing raps on their room doors, but with no one being on the other side. In 2007, researchers from Shekinah Investigations stayed in the “Adelaide Room,” said to be the most haunted room in the house. On film, they caught a faint, child-like voice saying what they believed was “I love you.” They, too, also heard five loud raps inside the room in the early hours of the morning. Rather than being ashamed of it, the inn seems to be rather proud of its reputation, and lists several articles concerning it on the press page of its official Web site.
Captain Grant’s Inn
109-11 Route 2A
Preston, CT 06365
(800) 982-1772
captaingrants.com
The Lighthouse Inn was originally a private mansion known as Meadow Court. It was popular among the social elite of the time, the early 1900s, and often celebrities like Joan Crawford and Bette Davis spent time in the mansion. In 1927, Meadow Court was converted to a hotel. It was so large it became the site of parties and weddings, and the ghost at the Lighthouse Inn is said to be the spirit of an unfortunate bride who visited the hotel in 1930. The story goes that while walking down the inn’s staircase, the bride fell and was killed almost immediately. Ever since, her ghost has walked the hotel. Locals and guests have reported gentle breezes where there should be none, the lingering smell of woman’s perfume, and even the occasional fully visible apparition of a young woman.
Lighthouse Inn
6 Guthrie Place
New London, CT 06320
(877) 447-0250
lighthouseinn-ct.com
