HauntBound Press Fact Sheet · Updated September 2026
The Most Haunted Places in Connecticut
Connecticut has 83 documented haunted locations in the HauntBound index.
Top 10 identified after source-level analysis of the 17 strongest Connecticut candidates.
By the numbers
- Total documented
- 83
- Museum / Historical Site
- 21
- Cemetery / Burial Ground
- 14
- Outdoor / Natural Site
- 12
- Family-friendly
- 82
- Bookable
- 25
- Oldest documented site
- First Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground) (1638)
- Most-reported phenomenon
- apparitions
Ranked
- 1. New London Ledge Lighthouse HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this museum site, across three kinds of published source. Seven later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include electrical anomalies and objects moving. 4 original accounts · documented across 6 decades, 1920-2015 · retold in 7 later publications
- 2. Daniel Benton Homestead Built in 1720, the Daniel Benton Homestead held one family for six generations and twenty Hessian prisoners in the Revolution, their carved rafters surviving in the cellar. In 1777 Elisha Benton came home with smallpox and died soon after; Jemima Barrows, who nursed him against both families' wishes, caught it and died months later, and both were buried on opposite sides of the path. A bridal figure said to be Jemima appears at the windows. 3 original accounts · documented across 5 decades, 1934-2022 · retold in 5 later publications
- 3. Union Cemetery Union Cemetery in Easton has recorded burials since 1761 and was formally organized in 1902. Ed and Lorraine Warren named it among the most haunted graveyards in the country and devoted a 1992 book to its lore. Its best-known figure is the White Lady, a woman in a white gown reported walking Sport Hill Road at night; several drivers describe striking her with their car and finding no body or damage afterward. 3 original accounts · documented across 5 decades, 1940-2021 · retold in 8 later publications
- 4. Gunntown Cemetery Gunntown Cemetery has been used since 1790 on a hill above the Naugatuck River, named for the Gunn family, and holds veterans of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren declared it haunted, though the cemetery has no single documented founding tragedy behind its reputation. Visitors report ragtime music from the woods, a man leading a horse by lantern light, and a large black dog that disappears suddenly. 4 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 2004-2026 · retold in 6 later publications
- 5. Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this burial ground, across six kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and disembodied voices. 2 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1960-2013 · retold in 2 later publications
- 6. Lighthouse Inn (Meadow Court) HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across four kinds of published source. Four later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and objects moving. 2 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1930-2011 · retold in 4 later publications
- 7. Snedeker House HauntBound identified three distinct published accounts at this historic home, across seven kinds of published source. Six later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and phantom smells. 3 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1986-1992 · retold in 6 later publications Disputed by its originator. The ghostwriter hired to write the book behind the family's haunting claims has said in interviews that he 'used what I could, made up the rest, and tried to make it as scary as I could.'
- 8. The Bradley Playhouse HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this working theater, across four kinds of published source. Three later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots. 2 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2005-2019 · retold in 3 later publications
- 9. Lake Compounce Amusement Park HauntBound identified two distinct published accounts at this documented site. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and electrical anomalies. 2 original accounts · documented across 5 decades, 1981-2025 · retold in 2 later publications
- 10. The Mark Twain House & Museum Samuel Clemens, known as Mark Twain, lived with his family in this 25-room Hartford mansion from 1874 to 1891, writing Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in its third-floor billiard room. Daughter Susy died in the house at age 24 of meningitis in 1896 while the family was abroad, and they never returned; the home reopened as a museum in 1974. Staff report cigar smoke in the billiard room, a woman in white identified as Susy, footsteps in empty corridors, and knocks attributed to the family's longtime butler, George Griffin. 1 original account · documented in 2014 · retold in 4 later publications
By city
- Hartford: 12 documented sites
- New Haven: 12 documented sites
- Mystic: 4 documented sites
- New London: 4 documented sites
- Burlington: 3 documented sites
- Voluntown: 2 documented sites
- Newtown: 2 documented sites
- Fairfield: 2 documented sites
- Seymour: 2 documented sites
- Watertown: 2 documented sites
- 37 more across the rest of Connecticut
Press images
- New London Ledge Lighthouse Digitalpilgrim, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_London_Ledge_Light.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/new-london-ledge-lighthouse/hero.jpg
- Daniel Benton Homestead Marty Aligata (Msact), CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Benton_Homestead_Museum,_Tolland,_CT_(January_2026).jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/daniel-benton-homestead/hero.jpg
- Union Cemetery 2112guy (2007) hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/union-cemetery/hero.jpg
- Gunntown Cemetery 2112guy hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/gunntown-cemetery-naugatuck/hero.jpg
- Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery John Phelan, CC BY 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seventh_Day_Baptist_Cemetery,_Burlington_CT.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/seventh-day-baptist-cemetery/hero.jpg
- Lighthouse Inn (Meadow Court) New London Bee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lighthouse_inn.JPG hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/lighthouse-inn-meadow-court/hero.jpg
- The Bradley Playhouse John Phelan, CC BY 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradley_Playhouse,_Putnam_CT.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/bradley-playhouse/hero.jpg
- Lake Compounce Amusement Park Wildcat1 hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/lake-compounce-amusement-park/hero.jpg
- The Mark Twain House & Museum Dave Wright, CC BY 2.5, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Twain_House.JPG hauntbound.com/images/locations/connecticut/mark-twain-house/hero.jpg
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Superlatives
- Oldest documented site: First Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground) Documented since 1638.
- Most documented: New London Ledge Lighthouse 4 distinct published accounts.
- Top haunted stay: Whitehall Mansion Inn Overnight stays bookable.
- Most family-friendly: Gunntown Cemetery Family Comfort rating: High.
Methodology
For purposes of the HauntBound Index, "most haunted" means the location with the strongest documented record of reported haunting phenomena. We evaluate the quantity, independence, persistence, and documentary quality of published reports. We do not attempt to determine whether paranormal phenomena are real, and we never count a source that only establishes a building's history as evidence of haunting claims. Repetitive coverage is subject to diminishing returns, so a story retold many times does not outrank a story independently documented. Rankings never consider commercial relationships.
The 2026 Index reflects sources identified and classified as of September 15, 2026.
Updated September 29, 2026: documented totals now exclude the private homes, operating hospitals and venues with nothing left to visit that were withdrawn on September 25 and 26. The ranked ten are unchanged.
Updated October 19, 2026: listings that could not be sourced, or that are private or have no public access, were withdrawn after an October review, so some of the state's town counts are lower. The documented total stays as published until the November update.
This is a documentation ranking, not a visitation guide; sites not open to visitors are marked on their entries.