Ep. 271 - The Curse of Dudleytown

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Tucked away in the northwest corner of Connecticut, are the remains of a once thriving place called Dudleytown. This town has earned a reputation as the most cursed town in America. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast?si=42hLSHtP4XlwDlil Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Dudleytown-Cornwall-Genealogical-Historical/dp/0788417789 https://www.amazon.com/Cursed-New-England-Stories-Yankees-ebook/dp/B07DKXHFDZ/ref=sr_1_7?crid=2J2G3X7ZHDLUC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bz7QahZ4hQ7LtR9BDnHFc-BLpEEx7NHgm-5_sIbhgeFxPB4hCzWWniNQ6FmpErNphJUzkcACRSDEs-N0BDlkkiEOfR874qoBPGv0d73fHg6OapXzzCdNzBsV7MBbHV9BB1nMlHW7wihCP7kk7s7kgqHJAbEWhTZ_korYDy-x3bEYpxGf1MYlKvywBIKzjxdrMZScs95PobsyG5-BPdLBON--bGAAx4TmC112FkhPfBtlcK7Zrg7uQi7p98JIDrOlVUk8cMmkY3BZKX3Zes7hdjmTzWhECVv2LjTTFZA9mVQ.xn1j7UaMAWr-MdVe1d3ndQGQS4QpgWIqyrnAqemzJE0&dib_tag=se&keywords=joseph+citro&qid=1761404243&s=books&sprefix=joseph+citro%2Cstripbooks%2C124&sr=1-7 https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Hunters-audiobook/dp/B01H49631O/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IAOFUNNDEXJB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fktpfjBq0fjhbIUIEERFUXCfJbOk7qXsms6JxPcHEYzV5QvJrZDrqEb0SPQlvZzIxPXLHQZJWtQISe002HVUWMUoFYopjkxrwnKMJMLyUKeOPCSkQipRTgA-z_W1sfiVoeoWayxZDYvx1hAb3mpxAgG-ughiim3HXspkokElpwV8Ri4k08bSc9a5fusG7_g12VYqL_TPRuYYtm61HeeY9CjIMVcdXlNNVHsSTqrGj0M.HLRkktmk1YAUiLi-hGKcFjP_yYScm3W9XhhPKbfNrIc&dib_tag=se&keywords=ghost+hunters+ed+and+lorraine+warren&qid=1761404303&sprefix=ghost+hunters+ed+and+lorraine+warren%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-1 https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-dudleytown-curse-connecticuts-village-of-the-damned/ https://cornwallhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-truth-about-dudleytown.html https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/dudleytown https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/29/nyregion/the-view-from-dudleytown-a-hamlet-that-can-t-get-rid-of-its-ghosts.html https://i95rock.com/mystery-of-dudleytown-ct/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/10/26/114149786.html?pageNumber=96 https://www.ghostsofohio.org/lore/elsewhere_lore_5.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.6	There are places in the world where you should never go. Forbidden places. Places so dark and steeped in superstition that only the most foolhardy people dare to venture
1:15.7	there. Places full of shadows. Places where, legend has it, that evil things dwell.
1:23.9	There is one such place tucked away in the northwestern corner of Connecticut, just south of the village of Cornwall.
1:30.3	If you follow the winding roads through the area, you'll eventually come to a location known as the Dark and Tree Forest,
1:37.3	which, based on the name alone, should give you some sense of what lies ahead.
1:42.3	Here the trees grow thick and heavy, blotting out the midday
1:45.7	sun and casting long shadows. Through the dark entry forest cuts the dark entry road.
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