THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The historic Octagon House is said to be especially active in a storage area known as the dark room. Witnesses have reported apparitions resembling shackled and abused enslaved people inside the house. Some accounts also describe the disturbing appearance of blood dripping down the walls before vanishing without explanation.
The Abijah Thomas House, aka the Octagon House, is a historic octagon house and private residence originally built in 1856. Its outer walls are bricks made by slaves on the property. Witnesses say the house is haunted, especially in the “dark room” or storage room. Apparitions of shackled, abused slaves and blood dripping down walls have been reported.