The haunted Seguin Lighthouse rests in the Gulf of Maine near the mouth of the Kennebec River. It was established in 1795 and is the second-oldest lighthouse along Maine’s coastline. It’s also the highest lighthouse in the state.
THE HAUNTED SEGUIN ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
One of the most fascinating aspects of the island is its haunting history. Legend has it that music fills the air with an eerie melody. In the mid-1800s, a lighthouse keeper purchased a piano for his wife to help her pass the long days on the small island. The piano was said to come with only one piece of music, which his wife played over and over again. The lighthouse keeper, so annoyed by the melody, destroyed the piano with an ax. He then turned the ax on his wife. Later, realizing the full scope of what he’d done, he took his own life.
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There’s something about old lighthouses and their histories that I find compelling. Once places of light now turned into places of darkness–it makes me wonder about their pasts. It never ceases to amaze me how bizarre and downright creepy their stories tend to be.
No one seems to know who this mysterious, murderous lightkeeper was, but the sound of his wife playing the spooky tune has been reported by visitors. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1985. While clearing out the place, a Coast Guard officer reported being awoken in the middle of the night by a ghost screaming, “Don’t take my furniture! Leave my house alone!” The boat the Coast Guard had loaded with all the furniture sank the following day.
No one lives in the lighthouse now, but legends and spooks remain.
Source: The Times Record
