Wander through eerie indoor and outdoor spaces where ocean legends come alive. This limited-time experience blends Halloween thrills with maritime lore for all ages. Brave adults and older kids can join a haunting guided tour through the Museum’s shadowy corners. The town of Greenmanville has been overtaken—infested by creatures of the deep.
The Glastonbury Glawackus is a 1939 Connecticut cryptid legend, described as a fierce, unidentified creature (part-cat, dog, or bear) that terrorized the area with blood-curdling screams and livestock attacks. Coined by The Hartford Courant editors, the name combines "Glastonbury," "wacky," and "us". It is likely a Fisher cat.
The Lordship Mermaids are a series of19th and early 20th-century mermaid sightings reported near the Stratford Point Lighthouse in the Lordship section of Stratford, Connecticut.
Melon Heads are American urban legends depicting small, humanoid creatures with bulbous, oversized heads and feral behavior, primarily centered in Ohio, Michigan, and Connecticut. Often described as remnants of medical experiments on children, they are said to inhabit forests, particularly near rural roads, and attack visitors to their territory.
