Hartford County holds four of Connecticut's ten most haunted places

With Halloween approaching, four Hartford County places rank among Connecticut's ten most haunted in HauntBound's 2026 index. The index ranks 83 Connecticut sites by separate published accounts and how far back they go, not by fame or search popularity.

Snedeker House (exterior viewing only) ranks #7, Connecticut's most famous haunted site. The Snedeker family rented the Meriden Avenue duplex, a former funeral home, in 1986. Three separate published accounts describe activity there, the earliest dated to 1986. The family and investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren described assaults and blood-red water in the sink, dramatized in the 2009 film The Haunting in Connecticut. Its writer has since said he "made up the rest," and neighbors reported none of it.

The Mark Twain House & Museum ranks #10. Samuel Clemens, known as Mark Twain, lived in the mansion from 1874 to 1891, writing 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' there. One firsthand published account, retold in four later publications, describes activity there. Staff describe cigar smoke and a woman in white identified as daughter Susy, who died there in 1896.

Also in the top ten: the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery (#5) and Lake Compounce Amusement Park (#9).

The New London Ledge Lighthouse ranks #1 statewide.

"We rank by evidence, not legend: independent published accounts, documented history, and how far back the reports go. We don't claim ghosts are real, or that they aren't. We document where the reports concentrate, and we show our work," said Ben Fineman, editor of HauntBound. The ranking shows each site's documented record.

Visiting:Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Upson Road, Burlington, is open for daytime visits.Snedeker House, 208 Meriden Avenue, Southington, is a private residence, exterior viewing only. Please do not trespass.Lake Compounce Amusement Park, 185 Enterprise Drive, Bristol, is open seasonally into November.The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, offers daily and fall ghost tours.

For media:The full ranking: https://hauntbound.com/most-haunted/connecticut/The fact sheet, with Hartford numbers and cleared images: https://hauntbound.com/press/fact-sheets/connecticut/Photos: Lake Compounce Amusement Park and the Mark Twain House & Museum, on the fact sheet.Venue contact: lakecompounce.com and marktwainhouse.orgA short version follows.

HauntBound (hauntbound.com) is a family-friendly field guide to more than 6,000 documented haunted and historic places across the United States, ranked by published evidence rather than legend. No venue pays to be listed or ranked.

Media contact: Ben Fineman, Editor, HauntBound, editor@hauntbound.com

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