#haunted lighthouses

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Bird Island Light

Sippican Harbor, Massachusetts

The Haunting: William “Billy” Moore was the light’s first keeper when lit in 1890. Some say he was a convicted pirate who served his sentence at the lighthouse, while others claim he was being punished for stealing money from the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. By all accounts, however, Billy had a vicious temper. He lived there with his wife, Sarah, a small, frail woman who many friends suspected was beaten and abused by Billy. One day in 1832, Billy raised the distress flag on the island, bringing the mainlanders to see the trouble. They found Sarah dead in the house. Billy claimed that she died of tuberculosis but others suspected she had somehow been murdered by Billy.

After Billy disappeared from the island, his replacement claimed to have seen the apparition of a frail-looking woman who came to the door with an outstretched hand. When the door was opened, she would fade away. This ghost, who might be Sarah Moore, was last seen in 1982 by two local fishermen, who say the weeping spirit still looked quite distressed.

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Whether they're casualties from shipwrecks or dutiful keepers, where there are lighthouses, there are often ghosts. Among our books on ghosts, hauntings, and the occult are Lighthouse Legends & Hauntings (1998) by William O. Thomson and Lighthouse Ghosts: 13 Bona Fide Apparitions Standing Watch Over America's Shores (1999) by Norma Elizabeth and Bruce Roberts. Have you ever seen a lighthouse ghost?

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Absecon Lighthouse

Absecon Lighthouse, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the 3rd tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States. A structure which extends 171 feet in to the sky and 228 steps to reach the top. In April 1854, the Powhatan wrecked off the coast. Three hundred and eleven passengers and crew were lost. This tragedy was only one of many earning the Absecon Inlet the nick name of “Graveyard Inlet”.

In an effort to prevent further wrecks, the U.S. Lighthouse Service commissioned funding from Congress to build a lighthouse on Absecon Island. Designed by Lt. George Meade, the construction began in 1854. Lt. Meade replaced Major Hartman Bache to oversee the building. He would later go on to command the Union Army at Gettysburg. The first lighting took place on January 15, 1857 with a kerosene flame focused through a huge 36-plate, First-Order Fresnel lens (which it still retains). The final cost was $52,436.62. The white light shone brightly towards the sea. One could spot it 19.6 nautical miles from shore. The Absecon Lighthouse served its purpose for many years until being decommissioned in 1933. Since then, the tower has been restored and the lost Keeper’s house rebuilt.

Reports of paranormal activity date back to 1905 when one such keeper claimed to have spotted the Jersey Devil at the top of the tower. Since then, visitors and employees have experienced activity such as smells of pipe and cigar smoke, sounds of footsteps in the tower and the sound of the tower door opening/closing. Dimes have been said to appear in strange locations and partial apparitions have been seen. Not to mention the reports of eerie laughter. Seven deaths have occurred on the property. Thus, is the Absecon Lighthouse haunted by former lighthouse keepers and their families?

Absecon Lighthouse, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the 3rd tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States. A structure which extends 171 feet in to the sky and 228 steps to reach the top. In April 1854, the Powhatan wrecked off the coast. Three hundred and eleven passengers and crew were lost. This tragedy was only one of many earning the Absecon Inlet the nick name of “Graveyard Inlet”.

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Gibralter Point Lighthouse Toronto Island, Canada

The haunting: This lighthouse was so-named because the governor at the time of its building thought it should be fortified as strong as the Rock of Gibraltar. The ghost here might be that of J. P. Radan Muller, the lighthouse’s first keeper, who supplemented his income as a bootlegger of American whiskey. In 1815, soldiers from Fort York came to the island in search of some of Muller’s whiskey. He obliged, but when they requested seconds, so the story goes, Muller refused and a fight ensued. Muller was never seen again, although it is assumed that he was murdered by the soldiers. The remains of a body were discovered in 1904 and reburied.

According to a 1958 short documentary about the lighthouse, workers and visitors have witnessed many forms of unexplained phenomena there, including lights in the windows where there should be none, the shadowy form of a man drifting across the sand in the moonlight, blood stains on the staircase, and an eerie moaning sound. Today, the lighthouse stands unused as a historical landmark.