Explore an encampment where you’ll experience the life of a pirate. Stay for ship making, racing, crafts, and walking the plank like a pirate! Spend some time listening to stories of real-life pirates like Captain Kidd who visited Connecticut in 1690 and is said to have left behind treasure near modern-day Milford, CT.
Explore an encampment where you’ll experience the life of a pirate. Stay for ship making, racing, crafts, and walking the plank like a pirate! Spend some time listening to stories of real-life pirates like Captain Kidd who visited Connecticut in 1690 and is said to have left behind treasure near modern day Milford, CT.
Get into the spirit of the season & meet the ghosts of New Londoners who have ghoulish stories to tell – hear their tales & talk with them if you dare! Experience the city's oldest house at twilight & make s’mores over an open fire.
Get into the spirit of the season & meet the ghosts of New Londoners who have ghoulish stories to tell – hear their tales & talk with them if you dare! Experience the city's oldest house at twilight & make s’mores over an open fire.
Join Traci Boiselle, Connecticut Landmarks museum interpreter, paranormal investigator with 18 years of experience with The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS - as seen on Ghost Hunters), and co-founder of "When History Speaks" for a look into the theories, tools, and methods used in paranormal research. Traci will explore the history of the Hempsted Houses, including her family connection to the property, and share paranormal evidence and findings from local New London County investigations. Following the presentation, VIP ticket holders will accompany Traci and staff to the Hempsted Houses across the street for a 45-minute guided paranormal investigation of one of New England’s oldest dwellings: the 1678 Joshua Hempsted House.