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October 24, 2013
THEY WILL NEVER FORGET THIS SCARY NIGHT!
By Chris Holly
I am going to tell you a story that I have been told is true. Since I did not experience it firsthand I am only able to repeat to you what was told to me.
This event took place in the mid 1960's in a small town along the Long Island coast. This little town is located adjacent to the coastline of one of Long Islands Rivers. The town looks like many small New England towns you may find along the Coast of the Eastern seaboard of the United States.
Many of the houses and buildings in this little town date back to the 1600's. It is an old area full of history. One of the houses, an old mansion was built during the 1750s, still remained at the time of this event, a few hundred yards behind a little church that was built about a hundred years later in the 1850s.
The event I am going to tell you about occurred in the mid 1960; s .At that time the old house still existed with the church built in front of it with an old graveyard filled with broken headstones and fallen grave markers attached to the side of the church. At the time of the encounter the church, graveyard and old house had stood together in this old town for as long as anyone could remember. Everyone at that time in this little town believed the house was haunted as well as the graveyard known to have a ghost or two wandering its grounds supposedly seen by many in town.
The church was renovated in the very early 1960s. That was the same time period a new young pastor took over the congregation. He was determined to build the church back to being strong and beautiful. Along with the renovation of the old church a lovely little cottage was built on the grounds for the pastor to live in.
The old house behind the church was commonly known in the little town as not only being haunted but also very dangerous.. Everyone in town knew to stay far away from that house. The only ones who went near it were the people hired to be caretakers of the property.
Now and then, back in the 60s, you would hear a story floating around town that someone in town heard screams or saw strange people looking out of the windows of the old mansion. There were old word of mouth stories told that once a very crazy doctor and his witch like wife lived there. Town legend claims the couple practiced monstrous experiments on both animals and humans killing and burying the dead on the mansions property. Claims of seeing both ghostly figures of people and animals wandering the place have been passed on for as long as anyone could remember
My knowledge and interest in this old mansion and the church and graveyard came by way of my cousin who lived in town during the 60s. She would tell me the rumors and handed down stories of this mysterious property.
My cousin is older than I am. She was in her late teens at the time of the incident. It was October about a week before Halloween when the event happened.
My cousin and her boyfriend were driving around this sleepy little town looking for something to fill there boredom with a few friends when one of them brought up the old mansion and all the ghostly tales that were told about it. They decided it would be fun to take a closer look at the old house and the graveyard and go on a little ghost hunt of their own. Being young and foolish it never occurred to them that this may be a very dangerous even deadly thing to do. They soon found out that fun was far from what they would encounter on this cool October night.
My cousin, her boyfriend, two other girls and one other boy all were packed into the bright red ford mustang that belonged to my cousin’s boyfriend. Slowly and silently they entered the dirt drive way of the old mansion that drove along the side of the old graveyard, church and pastors little house. They parked the car at the back corner of the graveyard so they were in between the house and the graveyard.
The group of friends got out of the parked car and made their way in to the graveyard to see if they could find a ghost and have a giggle. The five teens walked along under the moonlight reading the old grave markers while the wind blew the red and gold fall leaves about their feet. It was a typical fall night in the northeast and perfect for hunting ghosts.
As they walked along the rows of old gravestones the five teens began to feel uncomfortable and a bit frightened. The two girls in the group started to hear noises behind them as they walked along the grave markers. One of the girls insisted she could hear someone or something following them. The group started to feel very uncomfortable walking among the dead and decided it may be more fun to venture on to the deserted mansion to have a look around. The five teens had no idea what a dangerous decision this would prove to be.
Together they walked towards the old mansion. They were giggling and acting silly as they continued on with their ghost hunt. As they approached the old house one of the girls noticed something in the window on the second floor in the front of the house. She stopped dead in her tracks hushing the others pointing for them to look at the window. The five kids stood there watching the dark house when my cousin’s boyfriend whispered: "Did you all just see that?"
He too saw something or someone standing at a window on the second floor. The group stood still silently watching. The other boy in the group suddenly yelled out- "BOO"- which sent the other four kids jumping clear off the ground. The group laughed and continued walking around to look at the side and back of the strange old house.
As they made their way to the back side of the mansion they noticed a broken down shed in the corner of the yard of the house. The group of five walked towards it to see what the little building was used for. The shed was a small duplicate of the large main house. The teens thought it may be an elaborate playhouse and wanted to take a closer look.
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October 24, 2013
THEY WILL NEVER FORGET THIS SCARY NIGHT!
By Chris Holly
I am going to tell you a story that I have been told is true. Since I did not experience it firsthand I am only able to repeat to you what was told to me.
This event took place in the mid 1960's in a small town along the Long Island coast. This little town is located adjacent to the coastline of one of Long Islands Rivers. The town looks like many small New England towns you may find along the Coast of the Eastern seaboard of the United States.
Many of the houses and buildings in this little town date back to the 1600's. It is an old area full of history. One of the houses, an old mansion was built during the 1750s, still remained at the time of this event, a few hundred yards behind a little church that was built about a hundred years later in the 1850s.
The event I am going to tell you about occurred in the mid 1960; s .At that time the old house still existed with the church built in front of it with an old graveyard filled with broken headstones and fallen grave markers attached to the side of the church. At the time of the encounter the church, graveyard and old house had stood together in this old town for as long as anyone could remember. Everyone at that time in this little town believed the house was haunted as well as the graveyard known to have a ghost or two wandering its grounds supposedly seen by many in town.
The church was renovated in the very early 1960s. That was the same time period a new young pastor took over the congregation. He was determined to build the church back to being strong and beautiful. Along with the renovation of the old church a lovely little cottage was built on the grounds for the pastor to live in.
The old house behind the church was commonly known in the little town as not only being haunted but also very dangerous.. Everyone in town knew to stay far away from that house. The only ones who went near it were the people hired to be caretakers of the property.
Now and then, back in the 60s, you would hear a story floating around town that someone in town heard screams or saw strange people looking out of the windows of the old mansion. There were old word of mouth stories told that once a very crazy doctor and his witch like wife lived there. Town legend claims the couple practiced monstrous experiments on both animals and humans killing and burying the dead on the mansions property. Claims of seeing both ghostly figures of people and animals wandering the place have been passed on for as long as anyone could remember
My knowledge and interest in this old mansion and the church and graveyard came by way of my cousin who lived in town during the 60s. She would tell me the rumors and handed down stories of this mysterious property.
My cousin is older than I am. She was in her late teens at the time of the incident. It was October about a week before Halloween when the event happened.
My cousin and her boyfriend were driving around this sleepy little town looking for something to fill there boredom with a few friends when one of them brought up the old mansion and all the ghostly tales that were told about it. They decided it would be fun to take a closer look at the old house and the graveyard and go on a little ghost hunt of their own. Being young and foolish it never occurred to them that this may be a very dangerous even deadly thing to do. They soon found out that fun was far from what they would encounter on this cool October night.
My cousin, her boyfriend, two other girls and one other boy all were packed into the bright red ford mustang that belonged to my cousin’s boyfriend. Slowly and silently they entered the dirt drive way of the old mansion that drove along the side of the old graveyard, church and pastors little house. They parked the car at the back corner of the graveyard so they were in between the house and the graveyard.
The group of friends got out of the parked car and made their way in to the graveyard to see if they could find a ghost and have a giggle. The five teens walked along under the moonlight reading the old grave markers while the wind blew the red and gold fall leaves about their feet. It was a typical fall night in the northeast and perfect for hunting ghosts.
As they walked along the rows of old gravestones the five teens began to feel uncomfortable and a bit frightened. The two girls in the group started to hear noises behind them as they walked along the grave markers. One of the girls insisted she could hear someone or something following them. The group started to feel very uncomfortable walking among the dead and decided it may be more fun to venture on to the deserted mansion to have a look around. The five teens had no idea what a dangerous decision this would prove to be.
Together they walked towards the old mansion. They were giggling and acting silly as they continued on with their ghost hunt. As they approached the old house one of the girls noticed something in the window on the second floor in the front of the house. She stopped dead in her tracks hushing the others pointing for them to look at the window. The five kids stood there watching the dark house when my cousin’s boyfriend whispered: "Did you all just see that?"
He too saw something or someone standing at a window on the second floor. The group stood still silently watching. The other boy in the group suddenly yelled out- "BOO"- which sent the other four kids jumping clear off the ground. The group laughed and continued walking around to look at the side and back of the strange old house.
As they made their way to the back side of the mansion they noticed a broken down shed in the corner of the yard of the house. The group of five walked towards it to see what the little building was used for. The shed was a small duplicate of the large main house. The teens thought it may be an elaborate playhouse and wanted to take a closer look.
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