CTRealtorCarl t1_j4xtdqi wrote on January 19, 2023 at 12:30 AM

2 for Bethany...one is complete legend "The Downs Road Monster" having to do with a creepy abandoned road that would have connected Bethany to Hamden.

Another is "Murder by a madman" which is written on a gravestone in Sperry Cemetary... this one is less legend and based on truth but worthy of legend if you look it up!

TCPottery t1_j4y00aq wrote on January 19, 2023 at 1:18 AM

Oh, Carl! You let us buy in this spooky town? I think I have to ground you!!

CTRealtorCarl t1_j4y2o7y wrote on January 19, 2023 at 1:37 AM

Instead of spooky think historic. 😬

TCPottery t1_j4y7zvk wrote on January 19, 2023 at 2:15 AM

If Historic = Murder House

CT_Cryptids t1_j56qjdc wrote on January 20, 2023 at 8:01 PM

The Downs Road Monster and the Charles Sanford murders are somewhat related because the murders happened near the southern end of Downs Road. There’s not a direct line, but Sanford may be how stories of the Downs Road Monster began.

The whole thing is a bizarre tale. Sanford definitely had a mental illness but he likely snapped because his uncle — no joke — was murdered by a cult in New Haven.

http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2013/03/murdered-by-maniac-guest-post-by-james.html?m=1