TRUE HORROR: 'Dudleytown' Insanity Disease of Dark Entry Forest Mystery

In connecticut exists a failed town in the wilderness. Today all that is left of it is the cellars and foundations of 26 families homes. Over the course a few hundred years the town would grow and wither away into nothing and serves as an interesting topic as to what happened. Whats more interesting however, is why this town seemingly had an issue with the nearby woods of Dark Entry Forest. Those that lived here, would have an unusually high rate of insanity, where people would say they saw something in the woods. But did they really? Lets discuss that in todays episode!

Thank you for watching Roanoke Tales and I hope you enjoy TRUE HORROR: The Dark Entry Forest's Failed Dudleytown Insanity Explored

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[jacobwhitley]

Bro, I've been watching you for about five years. In that time, I graduated high school, joined the marines, and got married. You've been making my day better over 10 states, 8 countries, and 3 continents. Love ya man and keep it up

[SuperUltraDevin]

I’m from CT and have been to Dudley Town. The birds do not stop chirping. While it is darker it isn’t like night durning the day. It’s just a dense canopy.

[RedneckResin]

I live in CT and you can't even access Dudleytown anymore there is a state trooper permanently stationed right outside the only entrance left

[elleofmusic]

Metal/mining poisoning in the groundwater was my immediate thought, too. And the shadowy conditions of the area could also have contributed to growth of hazardous molds that would've had an easier time of causing problems in the days before refrigerators, airtight food storage, and all the other modern conveniences we rely on these days to live in otherwise inhospitable areas. An especially dark forest with an abandoned village kept closed off in private property sure makes for a good backdrop to spooky stories, tho! I wonder if there's staircases left standing among the ruins...

[MerryMachiavelli]

I've heard the Dudley Town story so many times and you are the FIRST one to make any mention of the fake ghost horse and the long periods of time where absolutely nothing happened. Seriously, thank you! I know you're not here to debunk or anything, but it just feels more real when you present actual facts.
Loving this channel btw❤

[TomHoffman-uwpf]

The Appalachian Trail goes right through Dudleytown. The AT is the I-95 of the hiking and backpacking world. Anyone is free to hike it at any time. That said, I'd advise you to stay on the trail. Follow the white paint blazes. The blazes are 6" tall and 2" wide. The AT is a public right of way. It will give you a good look at Dudleytown. Just stay on the trail.

[SloeeolS]

I grew up in Guilford, CT. The wildest thing is my neighbors are the Dudley’s, the same Dudley family that William spawned. Their farmland next door to my mothers house (the house I grew up in as a child) is insanely haunted as well. I’ve always believed it’s the same curse that followed them. I have also been up to Cornwall to explore Dark Entry Forest (Dudleytown) and have seen (and heard) some absolutely insane things. I know people who haven’t experienced anything at all, and I know others (myself included) that have experienced a whole lot. Thanks for covering it, my man!

[whyjnot]

For anyone who wants a mental image of the area: It is the bottom of a valley with hills on three sides, completely overgrown with trees. Plots where houses once stood can be seen, only a handful though. Some foundation stones were also visible 15 years or so ago. There is also a very short little arch bridge that you don't even notice if you are on top of it. There is one main axis that the houses are on. They are on both sides of this street.

It really does live up to the name of Dark Entry. It is not as if it would be like nighttime in the middle of the day, simply that there is little direct sun.

Something to note about the geology of the surrounding hills is that they are not just rocky, but apparently have a relatively large amount of iron in them.

edit: I live a couple of towns away and have been here more times than I can count. It used to be one of my favorite places to go hiking. Before the Dark Entry Forest Association stopped allowing people free access.

[garyosborn]

I grew up in Litchfield and this was part of my “haunting “ grounds, I’ve been up there many times, hiking, cave exploring, and beer party on that modern house s patio back in teenage days! There are birds, plants a plenty, nothing out if the ordinary. Camped out there one weekend long ago, totally freaked ourselves out but we all returned alive!

[christopherbarrett]

I have a friend who lived on the outskirts of Dudleytown, I always found it to be a nice place to visit and never really encountered anything that gave me any sort of bad vibes. We even used to sleep out in the back of his mom's truck some nights out by the woods. I don't mean to dispel any magic, but yeah... Interesting video, I get the intrigue and the lore. The locals definitely got tired of people coming up, having seances and accidentally setting fire to their forest. That's why you can't really go there anymore.

[Veridiansolar]

It's refreshing to find a channel that gives all the facts even if they contradict the spooky vibe. Subscribed.

[TheZTunes]

I am born and raised and currently live in Conn. (aka CT) nice job with this!and thanks for the props, this is a beautiful part of New England. PS I grew up in Easton - home of Union Cemetery. Our
neighbors one town over, were the Warrens!

[peachcobbler]

As someone from the area, it’s so amazing to see stuff like this get talked about by others. Also-I appreciate the recognition of the underrated beauty of CT

[joaovitorsilva]

Bro I live in Brazil, hearing your storytelling made me improve a lot speaking English. I love your Storys and the chills they give me. Hope your channel keeps growing :)

[blivvy]

I live in CT and I've heard stories about Dudleytown since I was a teen. Really cool to see it covered! A lot of land in CT is said to be Indianburial ground, and you'll see many towns and rivers are named Native American words. As teens, my friends and I took interest in ghost hunting. We went to cemeteries said to be haunted, there's quite a bunch, but we would never go to Dudleytown! We heard stories passed down from friends' older siblings & their friends. Legend had it that once you entered DT your car may die. A perfectly running car would have the battery just stop and be unable to restart. Once you enter the road to DT, it's eerily silent, no bugs or any of the normal sounds you hear, and even in the daytime it's dark. There was a story that a dead car was pushed by an invisible force with them finding handprints on the back, but that's a pretty common ghost story detail. There're also legends that small creatures live in the woods there, and I've even heard that tiny dwellings had been found for them, possibly built by someone to appease them.
As a sidenote, I had the honor of meeting Lorraine Warren at a presentation she gave. Her stories were so interesting! At the end, she did some meet & greet and I got to show her pictures (old school developed film) of what I believed to be orbs that I'd taken at one of the cemeteries. She asked me some questions about it then concluded they were very clearly orbs. The trip to that cemetery had some unexplainable occurrences and I stopped looking for ghosts after that! My old house was said to be on Indian burial ground, and we had a few weird things happen there over the years too. The strangest was hearing native type drumming and chanting in the middle of the night/early morning hours one night in my basement room. I looked for the source of the noise, opening windows to see if it was from the neighbors, going upstairs to check, but my parents were sound asleep with the tv off. My cats were freaked out too (eyes wide, ears back, tail poofy) so I watched tv for a while to try to relax. When I turned it off an hour or so later to try to sleep, I heard the drumming and chanting again! I turned the tv back on and didn't sleep that night.

[glitchesnstitches]

Thank you for posting these lengthy stories. I work 12 hour shifts and I love spooky stuff to pass the time. The historical ones are my favorite

[christinaFaith]

I LOVE Mr. Ballen and watching his video made me look up other videos and I saw yours.

[Nullzeros]

I wonder how many of these types of stories are just from the environment that people weren’t aware of. Like eating dangerous food, or hazardous gas coming up from the ground. Love these videos though, especially the historical ones. Glad to see you make more of them.

[TheAshHeritor]

As much as I love your main channel, these stories are just awesome. Love the real or "real" horror stories.

[TheBlazzer]

As a Danbury resident, I was pleasantly surprised to see you cover something from my neck of the woods! Haven't been to Dudleytown because, y'know, private property, but you find foundations of old houses all the everywhere around here. The long stone walls are neat too.

So yeah, Dudleytown's a neat story, but failed settlements and farmsteads are nothing new.