Haunted Happenings Podcast 
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

On December 4, 1872, an unmanned, abandoned merchant ship named the Mary Celeste was discovered adrift on the Atlantic ocean. She was fully stocked with six months’ worth of food and supplies and was completely seaworthy, but all of her passengers had inexplicably vanished without a trace. To this day, scientists are still trying to unravel the mystery of the crew's baffling disappearance. Join me as I explore the intriguing story of the Mary Celeste, the greatest unexplained maritime mystery of all time.

Barry Pirro's Haunted Happenings podcast is now available on iTunes and Spotify.
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Upcoming Events

 All lectures are free except where noted, and registration is required for most. To register, please click on the program you are interested in, or call the number provided in the description. If the registration link does not work, it means the library has not posted it yet. Please check back. 

  • Monday, June 5, 2023 @6:30 p.m. -  "Mermaids: Their Incredible History in Lore and Mythology" VIRTUAL lecture sponsored by Kent Library, Kent Falls, NY.  Registration is required. Click HERE to register. 
  • Monday, October 15, 2023 @5:00 p.m. - "A Ghost Hunter's Favorite Cases" - LIVE lecture at Brewster Library, Brewster, NY. Registration is required. Click HERE to register. 
  • Thursday, October 26, 2023 @12:30 p.m. - "Harry Houdini: A Magician Among the Spirits" LIVE lecture at Clinton Community Library, Rhinebeck, New York.
  • Thursday, November 30, 2023 @6:00 p.m. - "The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe" LIVE lecture at Beacon Falls Library, Beacon Falls, CT. Registration required. Registration link TBA. ​​​​​​
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​All lectures are free except where noted, and registration is required for most. For details, please click on the program you are interested in above. If a lecture does not have a registration link, it means that one has not been provided yet. Please check back. 
     I recently ran an investigation at Dover Library in Dover Plains, New York. While I was there, I was sensing that at least one of the ghosts in the library was a young boy. That night, I actually captured two EVPs of a boy's voice!
​     You can read the case file and listen to the EVP at the end of the article by clicking HERE.
On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 I was on WPLR's "Chaz and AJ" Show! It was a LOT of fun, and I got to spend over 40 minutes talking about ghosts and joking around with the DJ's. Check it out!
     Thanks to the sixty-five amazing audience members who came to see my ghost hunting lecture at Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, CT last night! 
     After the lecture, a woman named Melissa shared the following story and video:
     "I used to manage a tavern/restaurant in Stratford. It’s a bar-restaurant, and it’s one of the oldest taverns in the state. The story I’m about to tell you happened a couple of years ago, and the owner had passed away a few years earlier.
     The restaurant was closed at the time, and there were stacks of beer in the basement. The employees came in the next day and found one of the stacks of beer on the ground. We couldn't figure out why the stack would have fallen, but there are security cameras down there so we decided to take a look at the video from that night.
​     On the video you can see something grey that comes from the right and moves to the left that looks like a spirit coming along. As soon as it got to the stacks of beer, it literally knocked over a stack of about fifteen cases of beer. You have to see the video, it’s unbelievable. There was literally no one in the restaurant at the time."
I conducted an amazing investigation at a haunted house in 2020 in Ulster County, New York. The following video clips are from a home security camera showing lights turning on and off in the empty house. The activity went on for a full 40 minutes. 
(Clip 1) The sunroom lights on the far right side of the screen are on a dimmer switch inside of the sunroom just to the left of the window. As you can see, no one is in there. 
(Clip 2) The floor lamp that is turning on and off in the second video is behind the camera. It was left on so it would look like someone was at home while the family was away. You can actually hear the switching turning on and off. 
On October 28, 2020 I was interviewed by the Anna & Raven show about my knowledge of Ouija boards. The interview was short and fast-paced, but a lot of fun. Check it out!
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Welcome to Connecticut Ghost Hunter. My name is Barry Pirro. I have been studying and investigating the paranormal for more than fifteen years. I run paranormal investigations, give lectures on a variety of paranormal topics, and I have been interviewed by several radio programs. The producers of the paranormal TV shows Ghost Adventures,  Paranormal Survivor, Ghost Nation, and Kindred Spirits have expressed an interest in airing some of my case files. 

I provide professional, private investigations to anyone who is experiencing paranormal activity in their home or workplace. This includes, but is not limited to, reports of hauntings, poltergeists, residual energy, and other forms of supernatural phenomena.

My goal as a paranormal investigator (aka "Ghost Hunter") is to help clients understand the phenomenon, to share evidence that either supports or disputes claims of paranormal activity, and to try to help remedy the situation. I am very sensitive to paranormal activity and rely not only on scientific instruments, but on my inner intuition to pinpoint areas of activity.  If your house is haunted ... I will know it.
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My paranormal investigations run the gamut from ghostly sightings to spirits who make themselves known in terrifying ways. On my Case Files and True Ghost Stories pages you will read about:
  • The Ghost Girl Caught on Video. This amazing video is unlike anything you've ever seen before -- a full body apparition of a ghost captured on a home security camera. Watch the video by clicking here. 
  • The Haunting of An American Icon -- I was invited to the former home of one of the most famous American icons in history. Why? Because his spirit still roams the halls of this stately manor. Read all about this amazing paranormal investigation by clicking here. 
  • When Darkness Calls -- A family is tricked into believing they experienced a visitation from a deceased loved one until it finally reveals itself for what it is -- a demon straight from hell. Read the full story here. 
  • The Enfield Demon -- A woman and her daughter are terrorized by a demonic force that did everything from materializing in front of her to making her belongings vanish, never to be seen again. I was the only person able to successfully rid the home of this demon, and I did it simply with the power of prayer. Read the full story here. 
  • The haunted apartment where loud knocking is heard on the walls, and a mysterious woman and child have been sighted. Read more here.
  • Two sisters repeatedly attacked by a demon in their Upstate New York home. Read more here. 
  • The sighting of a ghostly figure believed to be that of the New York Revolutionary War outlaw, Claudius Smith. The presence of this spirit haunts the grounds of a private home and was actually photographed walking across an empty field. Read more and see the photo here.​
  • The family plagued by spirits including that of a little girl who says "Good morning"; a dark figure that is seen standing in doorways; a wolf-like creature who makes his presence known to children; and the hurling of objects at the homeowners. Read more here. 
  • The totally unexplainable phenomenon that one family came home to one day - Physical evidence of a ghostly presence in their home. Read more here. 
  • Four tales of vanishing and reappearing objects. Not merely misplaced keys or the TV remote, but the family car! Read more here. 
  • The home where lights turn on and off by themselves; where the figure of a woman in Victorian dress stands at the foot of a staircase; and where footsteps can be heard walking up the stairs at night. Read more here.​
  • The grandfather who bore the scar on his forehead from a ghostly sighting he experienced as a young boy. Read more here.   
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