[WinterWhisp]

Hi everyone!

I have been trying to dig up any local ghost stories for Vermont. I know, a bit off topic for the forum, but it's been harder to dig up online than I had hoped (I need it for a painting I have to do for a show, and while the "Vampire" in Woodstock was interesting, it isn't "ghost", and the children of that doctor was too unsettling for me... so I'm still hunting for a good story!) I figured I'd ask here! Any good local lore?

Thanks in advance!

[jackmccullough]

There's a Vermont author named Joe Citro who specializes in collecting and publishing ghost stories. I think he's probably a good writer, although my general impression is that he must be a credulous fool if he believes all that stuff. On the other hand, I don't think he ever claims that he believes the stories he tells.

https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-A.-Cit...rwt_scns_share

[harry chickpea]

Joe is fine. He would be the one to contact, if possible.

The beginnings of the spiritualism and transcendentalism have some roots in Vermont. There was a farm that catered to "outsiders" and purported to be haunted and have seances and so forth. It was visited by a few of the big names of the times. Locals never paid a whole lot of attention, as it was felt that there was trickery involved.

Gold Brook covered bridge in Stowe had a ghost, according to some. Waterbury Inn might have had one. I vaguely remember talk of one in Barre.

[VTsnowbird]

Supposed to be a haunted RR bridge in White River Junction, might make for a good painting.


http://theyankeexpress.com/content/h...ailroad-bridge

[tkln]

Yeah "Emily's Bridge" in Stowe (the Gold Brook one Harry mentions) is constantly visited by tourists and is also a popular teenage hangout.