Daniel Benton Homestead — Connecticut's 18th-century haunted house museum

The Daniel Benton Homestead in Tolland, Connecticut, is a Cape Cod-style house built in 1720 that has been preserved as a museum by the Tolland Historical Society. The homestead is associated with multiple hauntings spanning its three centuries of existence. During the American Revolution, the house was used to hold Hessian prisoners of war, several of whom died of smallpox in the cellar. Visitors and staff have reported the sounds of moaning coming from the cellar, as well as cold drafts that seem to carry an unpleasant odor. The most prominent ghost is said to be Jemima Barrows, a young woman who fell in love with a man her grandfather disapproved of. According to legend, the grandfather murdered her lover and Jemima died of heartbreak shortly after. Her apparition has been seen on the staircase and in the second-floor bedrooms, described as a young woman in a white dress who vanishes when approached. Paranormal investigators have recorded anomalous electromagnetic readings throughout the house, particularly in the cellar where the Hessian soldiers were held.