"The Scariest Place In New England"
THE LEGEND
Dudleytown is now unhabited except for the woodland creatures and some say "other creatures" who live there. Located in Cornwall, CT, it is believed to be one of the most haunted places in America. Here is the legend of Dudleytown.
1510-1930
In 1930, a Dr. William Clark built a house in Dudleytown. He was called away on business to NY and when he returned, he found his wife upstairs laughing hysterically. In the short time he was gone, his wife had completly gone insane.
In an attempt to overthrow the King of England in 1510, Edumnd Dudley was beheaded for his efforts. His son, John had his own plans for the King when he married his son to a woman named Lady Grey. It didn't work and the three were beheaded. The remaining son of John fled England and moved to America in 1630 bringing with him a curse that had been placed on his family for sins against the King.
During the years after Dudleytown was founded, many strange things started happenening.
~Men would go "mad" for no reason at all. Most would end up dying a paupers death.
!Six members of one family all died from a Cholera epidemic.
~Gershan Hollister was found murdered in William Tanners home...altough Tanner was innocent, he went "mad" and repeated "demons" over and over again till he died.
~The town was frequently struck with epidemics that killed hundreds.
~One man lost his wife after she was killed by lightening.
~Crops failed and it was very hard to get anything to grow there.
~They were an abundance of missing farm animals.
~Mysterious fires.
~Families finally had enough and started moving out and Dudleytown quickly became a ghost town.
The town is now deserted.
DUDLEYTOWN TODAY
Dudleytown is now private property. It used to be open to the public but now it is closed. The reasons for this are as follows:
~Vandals
~A fire that recently destroyed 4 acres of land on Cook Rd.
~People irritating the residents of Cornwall for stories and photos and such.
~Since the release of "The Blair Witch Project" many people have come to Dudleytown, which is a privately owned by an Historical Society, in hopes to shoot their own "documentary". This has gotten out of hand so much, the Society shut it down to preserve it.
DUDLEYTOWN DIRECTIONS
I will post the directions and the warnings here. Please remember you must abide by the warnings or you will be prosecuted.
TAKEN FROM THE WARRENS WEBSITE. YOU CAN REACH THEM AT WWW.WARRENS.NET
*WARNING*
If anyone is on or near the property, your car, bike, motorcycle (etc) will be impounded and you will be arrested on site by either local or state police. Heavy fines are also being issued to those caught on the premises. This property is privately owned. Due to the recent fire that burned several acres, the property has been closed for public use.
The Dudleytown story is very long and complicated. The Dudley family was besieged with horrible occurrences the minute they moved there because of an 18th century curse on their family. The land seems to have absorbed the curse, and families who have lived there since have also had problems.
Recently there have been some serious accidents concerning people returning from Dudleytown so I implore you to BE VERY CAREFUL and take some holy water with you!
Now for the actual directions:
Dudleytown is basically located on the back side of the same mountain that Mohawk Ski Resort is on. The side road used to be called Dark Entry Road, but now I think the sign is now Bald Mountain.
I do not advise going there at night for several reasons:
It's creepy enough in the daytime.
It will be next to impossible to find the ruins in the dark.
Besides the psychic phenomenon, the place attracts some real weirdoes (our apologies to all weirdoes reading this message!)
MORE DETAILS:
Get a map of Connecticut and find the village of Cornwall Bridge. It's in the NW corner of the state, just west of Mohawk Mt. From Cornwall Bridge, go south on rt. 7 for 1-2 miles to the jct. of rt.45. 45 is comes as a fork in the road with 45 going off to the left. After getting on 45, drive slow because the next turn is only about 1/2 mile further.
It is a left hand turn and last I heard was a road called Bald Mt. Rd. This road is narrow and a steady climb for about a mile till it dead ends at the top. Park at the top (but not in anyone's yard) and walk in on the trail that begins at the end of the road. The initial part of this trail is usually very muddy. After a short walk, you will notice some stone walls on the right that I think are part of the old village.
On your left and not as obvious are the remains of the old village. Very little structure (if any) remains of the buildings. All that does remain are holes representing the foundations of these buildings.
These foundations, although within 20 feet of the trail are not all that obvious if you're not really looking for them. Remember my previous message about being careful.
