Paranormal Encounters with a chance of Meatballs

Ghost Tour of Edmond Hall includes dinner and a show

What is it that goes bump in the night? Is it ghosts and ghouls, sprits from another realm? Or just a figment of our imagination? Connecticut’s paranormal streak continues with a Ghost Tour of Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, to be led by ghost hunter, Nick Grossman.

The tour and dinner will be held on January 27, 2024, from 7:30 to 11 p.m., to be led by Nick and Bill Bachlechner.

A profile written for the Danbury News-Times, said that some of the staff are “true believers” in the paranormal and have had experiences with specters – which they believe to be the spirits of Mary Elizabeth Hawley and Judge William Edmond. Some staff members even said they have experienced phantom music from a radio that turns on by itself.

Grossman, who has already visited the building and believes that it is full of ghosts, is no stranger to the hunt. As a seasoned paranormal investigator, he has been to public places and private homes around the Connecticut and Massachusetts area searching for evidence of a world beyond our own. He also hosts a Connecticut Cryptid and UFO Awareness Convention that takes place in Trumbull, with dates for June in 2024.

Back in 2019, the New Haven Register reported a hunt at the Twisted Vine restaurant in downtown Derby, which they also believe to be haunted, perhaps by the ghost of a child.

While some may snuff at the idea of a paranormal investigation, believers abound. Twisted Vine has a special page on their website offering a paranormal dinner and tour as well as private events and psychic readings. The popularity of ghost hunts has only increased in the past few decades and the restaurant was featured on the Travel Channel show Kindred Spirits, according to their website.

There’s no guarantee that Edmond Town Hall will itself make it to the small screen for their haunts, but a video posted on the event page shows several examples of possible paranormal phenomenon are presented.

Whether you choose to believe in ghosts or not is really up to you. The point remains that many people do, who have propelled this industry from something people do as a hobby to a world wide industry with specialized tools, textbooks and guides. It’s about as hard to ignore the appeal that ghost hunts have in Connecticut as it is to ignore things that go bump in the night. Here’s wishing to the attendees at the Edmond Town Hall are not scared too bad should anything go bump.