Union Cemetery is a cemetery that is located near Stepney Road in Easton, Connecticut. The site dates back to the 17th century and is reputed to be one of the most haunted cemeteries not only in Connecticut, but also in the entire United States.[1] Connecticut demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren have even written a book about the cemetery entitled Graveyard.
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The most famous character said to haunt the cemetery is the mysterious "White Lady", who has been reported by several witnesses, including police and firemen. Many people have taken photographs of her; Ed Warren has even captured her essence on film. She is described as having long, dark hair and wears what looks like a white nightgown and a white bonnet. The White Lady usually appears in the roadway along Route 59 or sometimes 111, often being "hit" by vehicles when she appears out of nowhere. But she is never found after the fact, nor is there ever any damage to the vehicles that pass through the mournful woman.
People who have "hit" the White Lady with their car have never had any damage turn up on their vehicles, except in the case of an off-duty fireman in 1993. He was driving his pickup somewhere between Union Cemetery and Stepney Cemetery, which is ten miles away, when the road in front of him took on a reddish glow. In those few surreal seconds, he saw a farmer with a straw hat sitting beside him and a lady in white approaching in the roadway with her hands reaching out toward him. He slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. He heard a thud and even ended up with a dent from the impact, yet no trace of the woman, or the farmer who had been sitting beside him, was ever found.The fact that he heard and was left with physical evidence of the impact is most unusual in cases of cars driving through or into apparitions.
The White Lady is also said to haunt the nearby Stepney Cemetery in Monroe, Connecticut. It is believed that she walks back and forth between the two.
Another character considered to haunt the cemetery is "Red Eyes". A person walking by the cemetery caught a glimpse of a pair of red eyes in the brush peering at him through the darkness. As he ran from the entity, he heard footsteps following him. Cosmic Society’s Donna Kent speculates that it was the specter of Earle Kellog, a man who was set afire across the street and burned to death in 1935, or a man, killed by a drunken driver, who provided his name—and a number of choice expletives—to a group of boys trying to capture electronic voice phenomena (EVP) in the cemetery one night.