Just in time for those who enjoy learning about haunted happenings and paranormal events, Webster’s Samuel Slater Experience will hold a frighteningly delightful presentation on Friday, October 17, at 6 p.m. Seats are limited, so your registration is required by visiting samuelslaterexperience.org or emailing samuelslaterexperience.org or calling 508-461-2955. The Slater Experience is located at 31 Ray Street, Webster.

Join Thomas D’Agostino and Arlene Nicholson as they present some of the most haunted mills in the region, complete with ghost voices and other evidence that the long dead are still on the clock. This free one-hour presentation is supported by the Webster Cultural Council.

According to D’Agostino’s press release “New England is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in America. Countless mills creating all kinds of goods sprouted up along its rivers and streams. Many of these mills were the site of tragedies that left an indelible psychic scar on the property which resound to this day.”

Being the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, New England is renowned for potentially haunted mills that are now abandoned. Most manufacturing has moved away from North America as owners are continuously in search of the cheapest labor available. With these abandoned structures’ cavernous and echoing interiors that have been abandoned for decades, mills are the most obvious places for ghosts to establish their homes, aren’t they? Local abandoned mills and factories include Slater Mill in Pawtucket RI, North Grosvenordale Mill in Thompson CT, Ram Tail Factory in Foster RI, and Mordecai Mill in Massachusetts. Many of these mills were sites of difficult labor, accidents, and even suicides, which are often the source of ghost stories. Drownings, tragic deaths, and the hardships faced by mill workers contribute to the legends of the past. The eerie and abandoned nature of these structures attracts ghost hunters and paranormal investigators. 

Tom D’Agostino and Arlene Nicholson are well known regionally for their decades of paranormal research and investigations, with 18 books published on the ghosts, legends and folklore of New England. 

Ghostly legends abound in many of New England’s former mills and factories and with the research and visits that Tom and Arlene have done, this presentation is sure to put you into the mood for a cool and seasonal attitude. Don’t forget to register at the Samuel Slater Experience. Just ignore those ghostly apparitions! Bwaaa, ha, ha, ha!