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Last year me and my boyfriend went to dudleytown in mid November (08). I’m sure it’s just out of frustration of cleaning up after trespassers and whatnot, but it really plays into the entire Dudleytown mythos… that temptation of the unattainable. I’ll also back up the “vigorous discouraging” attitude of the locals… it’s surreal. With the recent upswing in paranormal popularity, from ghost tours in New Orleans to all the shows on various cable networks, I think the Dark Entry Association is really missing out on a potential “oddity/curiosity cash cow” for the Cornwall area. When we got there, each time we went, it was deathly silent upon setting foot in the actual grounds wherein you find the hollows, cellars and foundations. On the way to the grounds, you hear the usual rustling of leaves in the wind, the chatter of woodland animals, etc. Quite literally, you can’t hear anything.
One thing that has stayed with me was the utter silence. But I will go on record to report that even going while the sun was up was *very* creepy. Perhaps it was because of all the local legends and scary stories I had heard about going in “after dark,” but I only went during daylight. This stepped up in intesity if memory serves after the release of the first Blair Witch Prokect film, which it has been said took a lot of cues from the Dudleytown storyline. I had the pleasure of visiting Dudleytown a couple times before they really started cracking down on trespassers as heavily as they do people “loitering/trespassing” around Union Cemetery. It is heavily patrolled by local and state police, who will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any trespassers. The remains of Dudleytown are on private property owned by the Dark Entry Forest Association who vigorously discourage all visitors. Our Damned Experience: We have yet to visit Dudleytown as a group, but Kate visited back in the day-she didn’t have any unusual experiences of note, but did find a number of old foundations and a few odd bumps in the ground. Dudley), but why would anyone let that get in the way of a good spooky story? Quite simply, there are no curses, otherworldly events or dark tragedies in the actual history of the town. Of course, much of the mythology around the “curse” of Dudleytown have been debunked (by a Dudley descendant, no less-the Rev. In short, it’s become a damnation destination. As you might expect, the area has also drawn the attention of those enthralled with dark forces and demonic rituals, plus a healthy number of amateur ghost busters and teenagers simply searching for trouble.
Since then, it has been home to all sorts of alleged paranormal experiences, with visitors witnessing all manner of spirit and phantom as well as having unsettled feelings of dread and fear. The Warrens famously recorded a Halloween special from Dudleytown in the early 1970s, declaring it officially “demonically possessed,” which essentially opened the supernatural floodgates. Over the years, there has allegedly been everything from suicides to demonic possessions, and all the hysterical drama in between. The story goes that anyone who has tried to live in what had been Dudleytown has come into some terrible misfortune. The surrounding forest slowly swallowed up the homes and buildings, and today, the only remnants of what had been are a few crumbling foundations and empty cellars. Whatever the cause, Dudleys died off and the settlement’s population continued to dwindle until about the turn of the 20th century, when the last resident finally gave up and abandoned what was left of the town. Of course, there are others who simply believed the Dudley clan was cursed, as an inordinate number of Dudleys supposedly came to untimely ends, and that the curse extended to the village they helped found. Some attribute the demise of the town to multiple mundane factors-the depletion of the farmland, the decline of the area’s iron industry, the natural progression of younger Americans heading west to settle new lands, etc. Homes were built, the land was farmed, iron was forged, the town grew and prospered, and all was well. They helped create what became a thriving community, known then as Owlsbury, primarily fueled through the region’s growing iron industry. Like much of Connecticut, settlers came to the area around what is now the quiet little town of Cornwall in the mid 18th century, and that includes the first Dudleys who came from England (via Guilford) to the Litchfield Hills in 1747. The Damned Story: One of the most renowned damned places in Connecticut is the abandoned-and allegedly cursed-village of Dudleytown.īut as with many “dark” places, Dudleytown wasn’t always like that.