Travel Day Trips Presents Ghostly Encounter at Ventfort Hall
Yes on one of my day trips I finally got to see Ventfort Hall in Lenox, MA. This mid 19th century mansion is now a museum situated on Walker St. just down the road from downtown Lenox. It was a still, hot, humid summer afternoon in August 2008 when I entered the mansion eager to see the house and exhibit. I purchased my ticket and sat down in a folding chair waiting for the tour guide to begin her lecture. In a few minutes two more people came in and sat down. Finally the guide finished her previous tour and joined us, standing in front of us making some small talk before her official speech began. About 20 feet away was a heavy oak door leading out to the back veranda. No one had used the door since I sat down for a good five minutes or more. No one was near the door, or on the veranda. We were all a good way away from the door when it suddenly opened by itself halfway, paused for a second and then shut as if someone or something had pushed it shut. It was exactly as if someone had opened the door and left the room. We all watched this on a sunny hot summer afternoon. There was no wind or breeze, barely a movement in the air outside. The door was heavy, and if it was moved by the wind, it should of stayed partially open of just slowly close again, not as if it was pushed closed. We turned to the guide who had also witnessed this as it to say, and....? She said that she thought that the previous occupants were still here and then changed the subject and began her tour. On the tour one of the interesting tidbits was that previous owners did conduct seances in an area above the main door. No explanation was given for the occurrence but it did happen and there were four witnesses on that day.
Will you see a ghost if you visit Ventfort Hall? I can not say but you will see a very interesting house, one of the remaining Victorian estates left in the Newport of the North that was Lenox, MA. And it was used in the movie, Ciderhouse Rules as the orphanage. The Ventfort Hall Association that owns the house has done a wonderful job of restoring the house which had fallen on hard times. I am sure the previous occupants are grateful even if they get tired of hearing the story from time to time.
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