Movie Tourists Haunting a Connecticut House

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  03.23.09 | 12:00 PM ET

Publicity still for “The Haunting in Connecticut” via IGN

Hollywood’s latest big-screen horror story isn’t even in theaters yet, but The Haunting in Connecticut is already drawing visitors to the real-life suburban home that spawned the urban-legend-turned-movie—and its living residents are not pleased. “Most people are respectful. They stay on the road. They might take a picture,” homeowner Susan Trotta-Smith told the AP. “But we have had a few problems with people kind of rudely coming up to the door and scaring our kids, telling them the house is haunted.” Added a local police sergeant: “There are creatures looming in the night but not inside the house. They happen to be people who are trespassing on the property, looking in windows and that kind of stuff. People are going to be disappointed. There are no ghosts.”

The movie is based on stories about the house—a former funeral home—that went around the paranormal research community in the 1980s. It lands in theaters on Friday, but don’t expect a glimpse of the real deal; filming took place in Manitoba.


Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


4 Comments for Movie Tourists Haunting a Connecticut House

Taylor 03.24.09 | 5:25 PM ET

I live in Connecticut and see the house maybe 4 times a month when i have to drive through there. I think people just dont understand that it is not really haunted anymore and should just give the woman some peace!!!!

Sarah Stanley 03.25.09 | 1:41 PM ET

I live 30 seconds from the house and drive by it about 5 times a day.  The house was definetely haunted and people that used to live near there even observed things going on in the house.  I’m not sure if it’s still haunted but this is absolutely a true story.  Instead of the people in the house getting so annoyed why don’t they be smart and charge people to come inside and see their house?  Nobody has any patience for anything anymore!  People are just curious…get over it!

Elizabeth 03.30.09 | 6:42 PM ET

what is the houses name

danny 04.13.09 | 6:10 PM ET

what is the door number of the house please reply

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