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Wood Island Lighthouse

Biddeford, ME, United States

Wood Island, Biddeford Pool, ME

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THE STORY

Reported Haunting

Wood Island Lighthouse has guided mariners along the coast of Maine since 1808 and is associated with the ghost of its former keeper, Captain John C. Knickerbocker. Visitors have reported mysterious footsteps, apparitions, unexplained lights, and strange sounds echoing through the lighthouse. Its dramatic maritime history has made it one of New England's best-known haunted lighthouses.

Historic lighthouse off Biddeford Pool associated with a famous murder-suicide and ghost stories.

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