COLONIAL INN
Concord, Massachusetts
CONCORD’S COLONIAL INN
Rooms 24 and 27 are central to the inn’s haunted reputation, with reports of apparitions, unexplained voices, lights activating on their own and other unusual occurrences.
THE CASE
Built in 1716, Concord’s Colonial Inn was already nearly sixty years old when the American Revolution reached Concord. During the fighting at nearby North Bridge, part of the building became a makeshift hospital for wounded Patriot soldiers. Room 24 reportedly served as an operating room, and Room 27 as a morgue. Today, those rooms are at the center of the inn’s haunted reputation. The first documented modern ghost report came in 1966, when a honeymooning guest claimed she woke to find a gray, shadowy figure standing beside her bed.
These visits were, for all intents and purposes, RISEUP field trips to test the claims and possibly document paranormal activity. Both trips were in the offseason, so we were able to book Rooms 24 and 27. Four members of the group attended on March 2, with five joining the February 17 investigation.
THE ELIZABETH WILSON INCIDENT
On this stay we were joined by Cody and Satori, who employed their knocking method to further communication with any spirit energy still “residing” at the iconic inn. One session in particular still boggles our minds as we delve further into the limits and boundaries of spirit communication. This is the Elizabeth Wilson incident.
REBECCA DEMISCH
We were fortunate to also make contact with Rebecca Demisch, who, along with her husband Jurgens, purchased the Colonial Inn in 1970. Upon Jurgens’ passing, it was sold to Michael and Dorothy Harrington in 2012. Rebecca was kind enough to give us some of their history.
DR. TIMOTHY MINOT JR.
Dr. Timothy Minot Jr. lived and worked on the western side of today’s inn, which is now home to the Liberty Restaurant. He subsequently turned his home into a makeshift field hospital to care for wounded American militiamen. Dr. Minot used the current Liberty Room as the hospital’s main triage center, with Room 24 serving as his operating room and Room 27 functioning as his morgue.
A conversation with the doctor was unexpected but very welcome, and it provided a fascinating end to a remarkable night at the Colonial Inn. Of keen interest was his description of the light that emanates from Cody and Satori. It is not the first time it has been described in that way.
