| Mina: Haunted houses in Oxford, Massachusetts and New London, CT |
| From 1983 until 2002, I had owned, along with my late ex - husband Bob Wunsch, a small but comfortable ranch style home in Oxford. The house was located on a quiet cul-de-sac. Although Bob and I had just moved from a house in Dudley, Massachusetts that was a hotbed of paranormal activiity, we had joked about the possibility of ghosts following us to this house. We moved into the Holly Street home in September 1983. All was quiet until January 1984 when we both began to hear noises in the house, like the sound of footsteps in the hallways, kitchen and livingroom. Doors that were tightly shut would open by themselves. On rare occasions we would hear the soft whispering voices of a male and female. In all the years we had lived in this house together, we never once felt frightened or threatened by paranormal activity, in fact we used to joke about it. We didn't need to do any research on the house, since Bob was the original owner of the newly built home in 1977, and the area in which the housing development had once been a thickly wooded area. However, Oxford history documented Native American tribes living in that area during the 17th century, so maybe the former woods were a 'pass through' for restless spirits. In 1999, Bob and I decided to separate, but stayed very close, best freinds, often visiting eachother and calling eachother every other day on the phone. In 2001, Bob died suddenly. Although Bob had contacted me after his death through Jim, and I had seen fleeting images of his spirit at Jim's house, I wondered if he had gone back to the home he had loved for so many years. Not long after Bob passed away, I contacted the bank and began foreclosure and auction proceedings on the house, which remained empty for many months. It was not long after this that my former next-door neighbor called to tell me something. She had been outside cooking on her grill when she heard Bob's calling out "What are you burning tonight for supper?"...something he had often teased her about while he was alive. She would also hear his voice over the fence, saying "What's the temperature in the pool?" I have also been told that during the time that the house was empty, a dim light would be seen inside the home, and a figure that closely resembled Bob could be seen through the kitchen and livingroom windows. I often wonder if the new owners of that house on Holly Street have ever experienced anything of a paranormal nature. Since Bob's untimely death in 2001, our beloved home has gone through three owners. If you find this site and have encountered anything "strange", be sure and write to let me know! A Haunted House in New London, CT For a few short weeks in December of 1974, I drove out to Connecticut to visit a high school friend. She had married a Navy man and the couple rented a very old house in New London, while he was stationed there. My freind Ella was often alone in that big old house while Jerry was out at sea, so my visit was a comfort to her. The house itself was built in the early 1800s and had been owned by a succession of sea captains over the years. It was now in very bad repair, and the third floor was off limits because of the roof that was slowly caving inwards. Ella had told me that the house was long known to be haunted, but she never really noticed anything unusual while living there, until my visit. While nothing spectacular happened during my stay, the only two things both Ella and I had witnessed was seeing a pair of legs at the top of the dark stairs one night, wearing black knee-length boots, typical of sea captains of long ago. We had also seen a face staring in at us through a second floor window one night...a very strange looking face, pasty white with slit eyes and pointed ears. A visiting neighbor also saw the face and ran outside to investigate, but could not find anything. It was strange because there was no way anyone could have gotten up to the second floor, there were no trees nearby nor a window ledge for standing. After my visit with Ella was over and I returned to New Jersey, she told me that the haunting occurances began to happen more often, now progressing to loud deep voices booming at her from other rooms, telling her to "leave or die". She was also pushed from behind and slapped in the face. A year later, I discovered that Ella and Jerry had divorced, and Ella returned to her family in Georgia. I never heard from her again, and I often wonder if that house is still standing, and if so, is there a ghostly presence still haunting its' interior. Contact us : mina@texashauntsociety.com |
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