Brattleboro Retreat Tower
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Natural landmark · local-legend
The Story
Retreat Tower is said to draw uneasy sensations and a phantom figure falling from its summit without reaching the ground. New England Legends investigated the familiar suicide-jumper explanation and found no record supporting it. The program separates that legend from a documented death near the tower, preserving the haunting without repeating the popular history as fact.
The Hauntings
Retreat Tower is said to draw uneasy sensations and a phantom figure falling from its summit without reaching the ground. New England Legends investigated the familiar suicide-jumper explanation and found no record supporting it. The program separates that legend from a documented death near the tower, preserving the haunting without repeating the popular history as fact. Tower and adjoining cemetery folklore grouped here; no separate whole-hospital haunted listing created.
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Plan Your Visit
Public woodland trails are open dawn to dusk; tower itself is locked and closed for safety. Do not enter hospital facilities or disturb the cemetery. Research physical status: extant tower interior closed.