About this episode
Join host Kristin as The Grim opens the gate to Gunntown Cemetery — one of Connecticut's oldest and most haunted burial grounds, tucked into the quiet folds of Naugatuck where history and the paranormal collide.Established in 1790 on a modest hill above the Naugatuck River, Gunntown Cemetery holds the remains of the men and women who carved a community from New England wilderness. Among them rests, David Wooster, a Revolutionary War veteran who fought for the very independence that allowed this settlement to thrive, buried beside his wife Anna in a testament to love and loss. Enos Gunn, the founding family patriarch whose name the cemetery bears, surveyed and settled this land alongside his wife Abigail, their legacy etched not in marble but in the stone walls and fields that still surround the grounds. Spanning nearly a century of American history, Leverett Osborn lived from the aftermath of the Revolution through the Civil War — a man who witnessed Naugatuck transform from an isolated farming settlement into an industrial borough, and whose long sleep anchors the old world to the new.But in Gunntown, the dead do not rest quietly. The cemetery's reputation for paranormal activity is among the strongest in New England, certified haunted by famed investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Visitors report phantom music — a mournful fiddle or solemn hymn drifting from no visible source — and a phantom child in 19th-century clothing who darts between headstones before vanishing entirely. A tall, featureless Shadow Man paces the tree-lined perimeter, his presence causing cell phones, cameras, and lights to flicker and fail. Dogs refuse to enter from the road. Temperature drops strike without warning, even on summer nights. EVP recordings, unexplained orbs, and the unmistakable sensation of unseen fingers along a shoulder have made Gunntown one of the most investigated paranormal sites in Connecticut.This is what locals call a thin place — where the veil between the living and the dead is frayed, where Revolutionary drumbeats echo alongside a child's laughter, and where the pioneers buried beneath moss-covered slate never quite let go.Support the showSupport The Grim by buying a cup of our next Grave Grind!https://buymeacoffee.com/kristinlopesFind All of The Grim's Social Links At:https://www.the-grim.com/socialmedia
