Ghost Bride of Bellamy Bridge - Marianna, Florida

This story takes us to Jackson County Florida, May 1837.  A young couple was married that day.  Samuel Bellamy a prominent farmer and Doctor married his long time sweetheart Elizabeth, with whom he grew up with in North Carolina.  Their wedding was held at a new plantation Samuel had built where they would spend their days as a married couple.  However, those happy days would never happen.  Read the full story>>

The haunted Bellamy Bridge near Marianna, Florida said to be haunted by the ghost of a bride

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Forlon Bride of The Lighthouse Inn - New London, Connecticut

In 1902, steel tycoon Charles Guthrie built a summer home in New London, Connecticut which is halfway between Boston and New York City.  Guthrie hired landscaper Fredrick Olmstead who was the man who laid out the plans for Central Park in New York City, to give the mansion the fabulous gardens that it has today.  The beautiful mansion overlooks Long Island Sound.  However, it would not be a private residence for long and a horrible accident would mark the building forever.  Read the full story>>

The Lighthouse Inn - New London, Connecticut is haunted by the spirit of a bride

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Ghost of Esther Hale - Beaver Creek State Park near East Liverpool, Ohio (Hambleton Mill Ghost)

In the late 1830s, in a former town called Sprucevale, Ohio located along the banks of Beaver Creek, lived a young woman name Esther Hale. She had a small cottage near the Hambleton mill by the creek. Esther fell in love with a local man and was engaged to be married to him one summer afternoon.  As the wedding date came, at the ceremony Esther waited patiently for her groom to arrive.  However, after hours passed, he never showed. This would spell the end for Esther...   Read the full story>>

Although this is not the ghost of Esther Hale, this is how she may appear if you encounter her along the banks of Beaver Creek