Haunted ghost-town with Halloween feel?
Online bidding began on Tuesday for an entire village in Connecticut named Johnsonville, an abandoned town in the Moodus section of East Haddam, Ray Hardman reports on wnpr.org.
Legend has it -- and auctioneers have exploited the notion -- that Johnsonville is haunted.
In the 1870s, it was a thriving mill town, using the power of the Moodus River to make twine for fishing nets.
"The buildings are all empty, but it looks pretty good, David Collins, a columnist recently wrote, according to Hardman.
"Obviously, some paint work [is needed] here and there, and some shutters are off here and there, but I wouldn't say it was a creepy Halloween feeling," Collins wrote. "In general, it looks pretty interesting, pretty good."
For more of Hardman's report, including a slide show and video of the village: http://wnpr.org/post/sale-abandoned-connecticut-village
For a Bloomberg video about the village: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/johnsonville-ct-ghost-town-for-auction-n_Fxn4PUSr6z_2Fch4v2wA.html
Online bidding on the village begins at $800,000, and continues through Thursday, according to Hardman.
Johnsonville, CT
Legend has it -- and auctioneers have exploited the notion -- that Johnsonville is haunted.
In the 1870s, it was a thriving mill town, using the power of the Moodus River to make twine for fishing nets.
"The buildings are all empty, but it looks pretty good, David Collins, a columnist recently wrote, according to Hardman.
"Obviously, some paint work [is needed] here and there, and some shutters are off here and there, but I wouldn't say it was a creepy Halloween feeling," Collins wrote. "In general, it looks pretty interesting, pretty good."
For more of Hardman's report, including a slide show and video of the village: http://wnpr.org/post/sale-abandoned-connecticut-village
For a Bloomberg video about the village: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/johnsonville-ct-ghost-town-for-auction-n_Fxn4PUSr6z_2Fch4v2wA.html
Online bidding on the village begins at $800,000, and continues through Thursday, according to Hardman.
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