Friendly Ghosts Haunting Local Restaurant

DERBY- The friendly ghosts haunting downtown Derby's Twisted Vine Restaurant continue to be as lively as ever. The Norwalk-based paranormal investigation team, Ghost Storm, captured video last weekend during another overnight excursion at the historic, 127-year old former bank-turned-eatery, located at 285 Main St. Click on the following link to watch the latest ghostly happenings: 

https://youtu.be/aSPTt6kmPiY

Ghost Storm is currently offering Dinner & Ghost Tour at The Twisted Vine, which includes house salad, choice of entrée, coffee, tea and dessert, a cash bar, along with a lecture/round table discussion and tour of the circa 1892 building. The cost is $49.95 per person. Tours are already booking into July, and happen on Thursday nights. More information can be found online at  https://twistedvinerestaurant.ticketspice.com/paranormal-dinner-ghost-tour?fbclid=IwAR1hJDIwVMiy18L0rOQoCNlCSg94QsdL7cfqiyTayjW3R8CMi3Ict-RhRi4

The team also hosts overnight excursions. For more information contact Grossman at  nickrobertgrossmann99@gmail.com or 475-283-8514. You can also visit Ghost Storm’s website at vagaparanormal.com to check out some of their latest videos.

Annual event offers folks some spooky fun in Derby

Who knew that the Grim Reaper uses a wheelchair?

This creepy fella is actually my husband Ralph. He and I had a great time Saturday night getting into the spirit and telling a scary story outside the Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home on Elizabeth Street in Derby.

We were part of the Derby Cultural Commission's second annual Haunted Lantern Tours event, which by all accounts was a big success.
The walking tour stopped at several downtown locations where stories about "The Dark Side of Derby" were recounted. 
The tour ended with people getting a chance to go inside the historic (and haunted?) Sterling Opera House across from the Derby Green.

We hope those who took the haunted tour and heard the spooky stories enjoyed themselves as they learned some Derby history and legends.

 

A 'graveyard' was set up on the Derby Green.

Before the tours the Cultural Commission sponsored a "Fright Night" for kids 12 and under, which featured a Halloween costume contest, magic show and more.

To see photos from the daytime event visit the Cultural Commission's page on Facebook.

Sterling staircase shimmers with spirit

Opera house orbs obvious in unretouched photo

Staircase at the Sterling Opera House, Derby, Ct.

I took this picture Friday afternoon.You can read more about the visit here.

Stay tuned for a spooky story ...

Opera house always has something to offer

 Ghosts? Spirits? You be the judge

 

I was lucky enough to visit the historic Sterling Opera House this afternoon for an almost-Halloween story.

Isn't it a remarkable building? It is filled with energy, say those who can feel those sorts of things. I just know that I feel "something" indescribable when I go inside the 19th-century structure on Elizabeth Street in Derby.

The architectural detail is magnificent, even if the ornate railings along the first balcony seen here are not high enough to suit me.
I had to walk in the second row up so as not to feel like I would fall to the floor below. 

After I uploaded this photo on the computer I saw what I can would call a mist in the balcony.
Do you see what I mean? What do you think that could be?

Stay tuned for a story in the paper about the Sterling Opera House...