Fort Delaware
Haunted Dwelling — Fort Delaware
ADDRESS:
LOCATION:
Ford Delaware is located on 178-acre Pea
Patch Island, 15 miles south of Wilmington, near Delaware City, and
close to the junction of U.S. Highway 301 and Highway 7.
DESCRIPTION:
A pentagonal military fortress, complete with a dungeon.
HISTORY:
Housed confederate prisoners during the
Civil War, and was used as part of the coastal defense networks of World
War 1 and World War 2. In 1951, it became a state park, was restored
and opened to the public.
Photo courtesy VisitTheFort.com
HISTORY of MANIFESTATIONS:
A lot of prisoners have been held here,
including pirates and confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Most of
the ghosts seen here come from that time period. Human pain and misery,
violence, survivor guilt and death in such a place often produces
restless spirits that can't let go of this world and enter the next.
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In the dungeon — People have heard moaning, and the sounds of
clanging chains, from the prisoners held here long ago in unpleasant
conditions.
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Under the ramparts and the parade grounds: fleeing
Confederate soldiers have been spotted by the living, perhaps an
emotional imprint of a failed escape attempt.
In 1985, a visitor snapped a picture of a see-through Confederate Officer standing in an archway, still being held as a prisoner of war, after all these years, not willing to go to the other side for various reasons.
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It seems pirates who were caught long before the Civil War
also are hanging around the place. A park ranger was quite surprised one
day to see a pirate, dressed in a beautiful green silk shirt and white
silk pants, looking out a window at the fort, wistfully yearning to be
free.
Still Haunted?
Yes indeed.
Many prisoners of old are still not free, despite the fact that they are dead.
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