After the lack of, well, anything paranormal during our tour of the Lizzie Borden House on Sunday, I somehow managed to talk my poor scaredy cat husband into going on a local ghost tour. I love ghost tours because they’re a combination of history and paranormal and he loves….um, well, nothing about them. He loves history – just not when ghosts are involved. But despite the fact he is scared to death that he didn’t really want to go, he said yes when I asked him to go. So, I just left it at that. Usually I have to drag him, literally, to that sort of stuff.
We debated which tour to go on, but ultimately decided on Newport. The last time we went on the Newport tour was almost two years ago, which you can read all about here if you like.
The tour took us around some haunted locations including blood alley, The White Horse Taven and The Pilgrim House Inn, which is apparently haunted by a little girl named Jessica. The tour was 90 minutes and started from the Marriot and ended at Trinity Cemetary.
Overall, the tour was uneventful except for one weird light anomaly in Washington Square. Washington Square is part of the Newport Historic District and was the site of many hangings and apparently screams can still be heard coming from the square late at night.
I took three pictures in a row (within seconds of each other) and the anomaly started to appear at the top of the first picture and then got a little lighter in the second picture. By the third -it was gones. Check it out:
It could have been anything I suppose, but I found it interesting. The tour was fun and educational and I would do it again in a heart beat.
They run the tours nightly & you can check out Ghost Tours of Newport website for more info.
Dude! That’s a major orb! I want to take a local ghost tour down here. You’re so right about the historical aspect I love that. I also love touring old homes which in New England is soooo much fun!
No shoe laces came untied on this tour.
Being a Newport native i can confirm the sounds of screams and cries from Washington Square. There are plenty of places in Newport where paranormal activities have been experienced. Coupled with the deep history of the city and sprinkle in it’s unique beauty and charm and you have an undying visitors stop in New England. (guess you can tell I love this town) Next time, visit the cemeteries on Farewell St. Great place for some late night snapshots.
Awesome, I love paranormal stuff. And the history behind it all is amazing!
We SO need to hang out. I can be the Thelma to your Louise…just Ghost Hunter style.
I need to go on a ghost tour soon…we haven’t been able to do anything like that since the kids came about, but hopefully we can do more soon!
WM
TBH, I thought it was the moon at first, that’s how big it is. Very very cool.
It looks like you’re kind of a big deal around here, if you know what I mean, but if you happen to get some extra time, I’d love for you to stop over to Tales of an Unlikely Mother.
I hail from CT and worked in Boston news for a long time before we moved.
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Glad you enjoyed the tour and thanks for posting your pictures online. You can also post your photos on the ghost tours of newport facebook page. Usually clearer white almost see through orbbs are reflections of water dropletts. However,your picture has a little more solid structure and is more of a yellow color. It appears you have an actual orb, not a reflection. Well Done!!!