Lighthouses, beautiful beacons shining in the night, signaling to ships for safe passage into port, warning of treacherous rock and structure looming in the dark waters below.

Their history is an important one.

Lighthouses have long been part of maritime navigation, and though automation has all

but made the profession extinct, the tales of keepers from centuries past give us a glimpse

into the often lonely yet meaningful existence on saltwater

soaked ledges. But as beautiful as they are, Louses have a dark side too. The legend and lore surrounding the light

stations of New England date back hundreds of years. Hauntings, ghost sightings,

paranormal experiences.

When you stand in the presence of a lighthouse,

whether you believe in the supernatural or not, it's hard not to feel like you're in the

presence of something or someone. I always say that whether you believe these

stories or not, the spirits of the keepers of the past are with us.

They are there one way or another.

Whether you believe they're actually literally there or figuratively there, their spirits are

interacting with us every day. So it is very much a presence you feel at these places for sure.

I'm Kylie Lowe and together with Lighthouse Historian Jeremy Dantramont, we're exploring the legend

and lore surrounding Maine's Lighthouse on Dark Down East. Jeremy Dantramantramant is a Lighthouse Historian for both the U.S. Lighthouse Society and the American Lighthouse Foundation. His passion for

Lighthouse began with an appreciation for the ocean at a young age.

I grew up, you know, being kind of fascinated by the ocean. I grew up in know being kind of fascinated by the ocean I grew up in Lynn

Massachusetts if you're from that area in North Shore Boston everybody knows Lynn

Lynn City of Sin you never come out the way you went in I've heard that saying

yeah so I grew up in Lynn and I just was fascinated by the ocean. I used to look at an island off the Lynn coast called Egg Rock. It wasn't until years later that I found out there was a lighthouse there, but there had been a lighthouse there, but there was just something that fascinated me about it. But it was really in the 1980s, and by that time I was, I was grown up by that time I was I was grown up by that time and I really got into photographing

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