Round Table Foundation Parapsychology Lab (1948) · Camden Harbor Maritime History
The Camden Ghost Walk was originally created by Maine tour operator Sally Lobkowicz through her company Red Cloak Tours, dedicated to preserving New England history and folklore. In 2022, Red Cloak Tours joined American Ghost Walks, and tour developer Allison Jornlin refreshed the Camden script with new material.
The tour begins at the Village Green off Washington Street and Elm Street and covers Camden Harbor, the Lord Camden Inn, and the Camden Opera House. A notable stop on the operator's own itinerary is the site of the former Round Table Foundation, a nonprofit parapsychology lab the operator's copy states was founded in a renovated Camden barn in 1948 to study telepathy and extrasensory perception, with reported CIA-linked scientific involvement and celebrity visitors including author Aldous Huxley. American Ghost Walks also operates tours in Kennebunkport, Boothbay Harbor, and Bar Harbor, Maine, part of a broader multi-city brand with programs across the Midwest and beyond.
The tour lists a minimum age of 13 and runs rain or shine, daily at 7:30 PM.
Sources
- https://www.americanghostwalks.com/camden
- https://www.americanghostwalks.com/tour/camden-haunted-history-tour
ApparitionsUnexplained ActivityReported UFO Sighting
The Camden Ghost Walk opens at the Village Green with a story the operator's site attributes to a local figure it calls the Pitcher Man, said to appear on the bridge toward Rockport. The tour continues to Camden Harbor, where the operator's copy describes reported encounters with 'ghostly castaways' aboard local schooners, and the Lord Camden Inn, where a spirit the operator's site names Harold is said to roam the halls, with reported activity concentrated around Room #302. The Camden Opera House is tied by the operator to a former actress whose spirit its copy blames for pranks and credits for fortunate coincidences.
The tour's most detailed historical stop concerns the Round Table Foundation, a nonprofit parapsychology laboratory the operator's site states was founded in 1948 in a renovated barn owned by Roy Hines. The operator's copy describes experiments there involving psychic Eileen Garrett and scientist Andrija Puharich, whom it describes as having CIA connections, alongside visits from collaborators including psychic Peter Hurkos and author Aldous Huxley. The operator's copy also references what it calls the first documented UFO sighting in the United States and Camden's reputation, per the operator's site, as home to one of America's only haunted post offices.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history verified independently for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Notable Entities
Harold (Lord Camden Inn)
Media Appearances
- Boothbay Register
- WGME CBS 13
- Wiscasset Newspaper
