Haunted Travels

Good evening ladies and gentlemen let me welcome you all to Haunted Travels. I will be your hostess for the evening. So would you like to hear a little haunting tale ? Well how about I tell you about a haunting that will leave you either a skeptic or a firm believer in ghosts. Join me will you ?

My tale begins in a town called Mystic, Conn. where there are reports of a historic whaling ship said to be home to the ghost of a long-ago seafarer. The whaling ship I am speaking of is known as the Charles W. Morgan in which several people have reported seeing an apparition below deck. If your wondering Mystic's Seaport Shipyard Director Quentin Snediker is also a believer in the ghost.

It is reported that a five-member team from the Rhode Island Paranormal Research group visited Mystic Seaport on Friday night to spend time on the Charles W. Morgan, which is the famously known whaling ship where several visitors have reported seeing the apparition. It is widely known that the 165-year-old craft made 37 ocean voyages in search of whales during the 60 years it was in use. It is also widely known that about 1,000 men worked on the Morgan over those decades.

Recently the ship is said to be due for its $3.5 million restoration next year, which is said to be one of the main attractions at the Seaport maritime museum. A group known as the Rhode Island Paranormal Research Group became interested in the Morgan after receiving reports from three other different groups of people about the apparition.

The visitors said that while touring the ship last summer, they saw a man in what appeared to be 19th-century clothing working below deck. They said the man had a pipe in his mouth and nodded to them but he didn't speak.When they returned to the main deck and asked a museum interperter what the man was doing, they were told that no one was down below and that no one was assigned to be on the boat that day. One of the guys from the paranormal research group reported to The Day of New London that he automatically questioned, but "the visitors insisted that they saw something down there."

The guy from the paranormal research group said that when he asked the three groups for more details, they responded with the same accounts. The three groups were from Massachusetts, Arizona and New York and did not know each other. They visited within a week's time of each other. It is said that the reports were the same told by the visitors in question. The head director of the paranormal research group said that he recieved about 40 other reports of possible paranormal activity before those groups related their experiences. The museum officials did give the group permission to conduct their investigation. The museum officials reported " We're interested in what they find out," said the museum publicist Mike O'Farrell, who attended Friday night's investigation.

Other investigators on board the ship said that their few hours on the ship convinced them that there was enough evidence of paranormal activity in certain areas to warrant a return visit with other equipment for paranormal activity. A lady by the name of Renee Blais, who described herself as a " sensitive " who reportedly uses touch and smell to connect with a place's energy, said she felt the presence of a seaman named Gerald. It is reported that she also felt a sense of " sickness, death and despair " among about 15 or so men as they rode out a large storm in their cramped quarters.

Some museum employees were said to not be surprised by the reports of the whaling ship being haunted. One of the ships longtime museum interpreter's who used to be assigned to the Morgan by the name of Dawn Johnson, said she used to hate going down below to close up for the night. It is also said that she reported from her own experiences being below deck that it felt cold and clammy. She reported hearing moaning and creaking as well and she always wondered what it was.

The group also recently investigated reports that at a place known as Ledge Light in New London Harbor believes that its brick lighthouse is haunted by a woman and a group of children. The group plans to return there on June 3.

Alright ladies andgentlemen this ends my tale for the evening. So what do you think ? Do you believe in the haunting ? I believe in all the reports of the haunting myself. I really hope that you enjoyed hearing my little tale of this haunting from Mystic, Conn. I am hoping you will come back for another spine tingling tale when you have the chance. Thanks for joining me.

For now sleep tight.