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THE GHOST STORIES In JANUARY of 2008 we rented the house
to a young family of four that had a fire in their Jarrettsville home and moved into The Salem Farm House for three weeks
while their house is being restored and cleaned. ~ Every
night for 5 weeks, after the parents had put their 4 year old daughter to sleep, they heard a loud thud and footsteps
running down the hall to the bathroom. They would run upstairs to their daughter’s room to find her sleeping
peacefully. ~ On numerus occasions, in the middle
of the afternoon when the daughter was trying to take her daily nap, she would call her mother upstairs and ask her to
tell the man & woman in the corner to stop talking. She said she couldn't sleep with all their noise.
The mother aske the ghosts to be quiet & they listened. ~ In the
middle of the day, the daughter played and jumped up & down on her bed with a little boy & a little
girl. ~ In the middle of one afternoon the daughter was standing at
the top of the steps. She called her mom & told her that a man was trying to push her down the stairs. She
asked her mom to make the man stop & suggested putting him in a "time-out" for being mean. The mother
put the ghost in a "time-out" & he never bothered the little girl again. ~ On a few occasions,
the parents would hear a baby's crying coming through the baby moniter. But it wasn't their baby who was crying. ~ Although the parents would hear other noises besides the jumping and running, they never witness
any " Ghosts". It was, however, evident that their daughter was seeing real images as if they had rented the house with the man and the
two children. ~ The parents were quite relieved to get
back into their own house.
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In JUNE of 2008, we rented the house full time to a middle aged lady name
Suzanne.
She has signed a 1 year lease & lived at The Salem Farm House alone with her two "pug" dogs. ~ During the first night at her new home,
Suzanne had a dream that she was being choked. She said she felt like she was floating above the room,
watching herself being choked by a woman dressed in clothing from the 1800’s. When Suzanne woke up,
she could feel the woman sitting on top of her with her hands around her throat. ~ Suzanne also told us that her dogs were always staring at
something in one corner of the Parlor.
In DECEMBER
of 2008, Suzanne went on vacation & asked for a dog-sitter
while she is gone… ~ A 35 year old mother & her 3 year old son went over around 6pm to take care of the dogs.
The mother was writing a note to Suzanne while her son is playing in a nearby closet- he liked how the lights
automatically went on & off when he opened & closed the closet door. Suddenly, the child was
leaning up against his mom’s leg, looking at the ground. The mom asked if he was ok, he
said ‘yes’. The mom asked if something was wrong, the son said ‘no’.
Then, the child asked his mom, “Mommy, who is that lady?” The mom asked, “What
lady?” The child said, “The lady in the closet.” When the mother opened the doors to
find no one there, her son turned and ran towards the dining room looking for the lady, asking " Where did the lady go?"
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WHY THE GHOSTS CAME BACK........ In 2001, the Salem Farm House went under extensive
restoration. The project took two years. In 2005, the project was entered in a Nation wide Traditional Architectural Competition
put together by the Old House Journal Magazine and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The competition was called
the " The 2005 Great American Home Awards ". The Salem Farm House won the " Kitchen Restoration Award "
and placed second in the " Interior Restoration". The Awards were displayed in the June 2005 issue of Old House
Journal. When it viewed by the author Chippy Irvine, she requested photographing the Salem Farm House to be part of a book.
The book, Shades of Country
(order from Taunton Press ) is now out and on the bookstands. We love it and it's on display
at the house. Thanks
Chippy.
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