The Curse of Dudleytown
I was looking for a spooky story to post for Halloween and found an article about an abandoned village with an alleged curse. The article talked about how state troupers in residents of the Dark Entry Forest in upstate Connecticut closed all access of Dudleytown when it became besieged with trespassers. You can read about that here.
“The story has all the makings of a really great horror story: historical figures, mysterious happenings, ghosts, a curse,” wrote author Gary P. Dudley in his 2001 book “The Legend of Dudleytown.”
Yes, it does. After reading the first article, I decided to do a little more research and found the following sites that may interest you.
Quoted from GhostVillage.com
All Dudleys can trace their heritage back to a Saxon named Dudd, who was titled Duke of Mercia and died in 725 A.D. It was Dudd’s land that would eventually become the site of the Dudley castle.
An old English word for land was “leigh,†so the area was called Dudd’s leigh. Many centuries later, when the taking of a surname became necessary, some people took a name based on their occupation (such as Smith or Baker) and others took their surname based on the land they came from, i.e., Dudley.
The story and curse of Dudleytown actually begins in England in the year 1510. Edmund Dudley was beheaded for plotting to overthrow King Henry VIII. At the time of the beheading, a curse was allegedly placed on the Dudleys for their treason.
The curse states all Dudleys from Edmund Dudley’s lineage would find themselves surrounded by horrors. Edmund Dudley’s son, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, followed in his father’s footsteps and also tried to overthrow the crown by marrying his son, Guilford Dudley, to Lady Jane Grey (the original “queen for a dayâ€).
Behind the Legends: The Curse of Dudleytown
Dudleytown Front Page: This site presents compelling evidence that contradicts the infamous legends.
