of Massachusetts, known as Plymouth Rock, where the Pilgrims first landed, and the Salem witch trials, is also home to five of America’s Most Haunted lighthouses’
The Haunted Bell
Baker’s Island Light
Bakery on the Isla de la Luz, just six miles from the coast of Salem, home of the famous witch trials, it is haunted by a ghost, fog horn bell’
This sounds a warning bell mechanization of seafarers of impending danger, and one person only once before being struck by lightning destroyed’ The keeper had to go out in the storm and manually strike a hammer against the bell, at specified intervals to maintain maritime security’ The bell has been replaced, the new bell, but on several occasions and as guardian of the frustration was a child’
Seventeen years later, during a tour of the lighthouse of steam, the tutor and their fellow passengers heard the bell’ Having lost a few passengers in a broad area of proximity, a whirlwind rose abruptly from the sea, the boat capsizing and drowning, but a little of all passengers’ The old guard, who survived, it was thought that the bell sounded the alarm’
According to legend, the bell, also destroyed by lightning, you can hear the alarm, even when there is no apparent danger’
The Ghost Walk
Boston Harbor Light
Boston Harbor Light on Little Brewster Island was the first lighthouse built in the pre-Revolutionary War colonies’ The original structure, cone-shaped Premier and illuminated by candles, oil lamps, and was later destroyed by the British Army garrison in Boston, after the colonial militia attack twice’
When the war was over, a new tower was erected, which was 75 feet above sea level, and prevailed against hurricanes, gale force winds and high seas more than 200 years’ A new Fresnel lens was installed in 1859, Boston in the visible light to enter miles’
Brewster recently had its share of wrecks, but not as much as other lights’ Sailors speak of a “ghost walk” a few miles of the island, where the signal light can not be heard’ New England and others think of this area is haunted’
The Pirate Conservative
Faro de la Isla de Aves
The first keeper of Bird Island alleged assailant, William Moore’ Moore, who fought against the British during the War of 1812, the Government have enough money to justify its departure from the solitary life of a keeper’
He was assigned to the Bird Island Light in 1819, taking his wife, who apparently got married when I was financially successful’ Ms’ Moore, who was suffering from tuberculosis and addiction to snuff, is banned from leaving the island, fears that her husband, once past, she would never return’
Humidity Faro aggravated his condition, and despair to snuff, so the people in distress in the continent could hear their screams’ Moore implore the doctor to allow local smoking, but he firmly refused’ The people, worried about the weeping took pity on her and her snuff smuggling, despite the fear of her husband’
When she died, Moore raises a flag of distress, and a minister went to the island, made the funeral rites and Jete to sleep’ Villagers angry Moore guilty of death, and who in turn blamed for not respecting their wishes’ Rumors that Moore robbed and murdered a child covered the real cause of his death’
According to legend, many of his successors, Moore said he saw a ghost old Vout more, knocking on the door the night’
The Long Goodbye
Gurnet (Plymouth) Light
Plymouth Gurnet or Light, America’s oldest wooden lighthouse dating from the war, is also one of its most haunted’
Today, the Coast Guard Plymouth operated light, many people still believe in the spirit of an old guard of women haunted rooms, awaiting the return of her husband’
Hannah remains behind to care for the light, while her husband was fighting for American independence from Britain’ His neighbors noticed him standing vigil in her window every night, waiting for her husband, who unfortunately was killed in action’
Some say they keep their faithful vigil Hannah, who appears briefly in the window and then quickly disappear from sight’
The warning cries Night-Shadow
Minot Ledge Light in the
Minot Ledge Light is but a tower that is on a reef Jütting at sea off the coast of Scituate’ The first time, takes less than a year before a sea of angry, he said’
Isaac Dunham, the first goalkeeper to Minot Ledge urgently warned his superiors about the flagship of the instability in vain, and retired after fourteen months frustrating’
One day, Dunham’s successor, John Bennett, stole a flag indicating that the lighthouse needs a ride to the coast’ He left his two assistants, Joe Anthony and Joe Wilson in charge, when suddenly, a wild, nor “a package of Easter one hundred miles per hour winds attacks’ Bennett attended helpless from the shore when the storm destroyed a lighthouse , killing his two assistants’
Several fishermen reported seeing a ladder Antoine rolling, screaming, and “Stay away!” in his native Portuguese’ Subsequently reported to have seen guards in the shadow of the lamp in the room, hearing ghostly whisper in the night, hearing or feeling the soft touch on his shoulders’ Both Joes taps used to signal the end of a shift’ Holder, you will hear Taps suicides, and the other was insane and was taken to land on a jacket’
Then there are the windows ”’ It usually takes a day to clean the windows for air pollution from gulls, but each new owner of the wizard points to a sparkling clean windows before you reach them’
These stories are true or legend? A visit and find out’