Gilson Road Cemetery, Nashua, New Hampshire
Many tales and urban legends have evolved around this cemetery, making its history hard to pin down. However, among the tales told are of a gruesome Native American battle that took place on this parcel of land in Southern New Hampshire long before a cemetery appeared. It's believed that when the land was blessed and non-natives began to be buried, the spirits of the Native Americans arose angered. Today, their angry ghosts roam through the cemetery creating an overall oppressive and ominous feeling.
Another tale is that an insane medicine man was banished to this area. He would lure young braves to this area and promise to unleash spirits that would follow the braves, making them stronger and wiser than others in their tribe. Instead, the medicine man sacrificed the braves to dark spirits that prolonged his maddened life. He died on this spot and now haunts the area still looking for victims to bring him back from the grave.
The origination of Gilson Road Cemetery is just as strange as the urban legends. The cemetery was started with little documentation, many graves are unmarked. Some believe that this area became an illicit area to dump bodies of the murdered and later became a cemetery. Overall, it was an isolated area, and a strange place to start a cemetery.
One fact is known about Gilson Road Cemetery - it's incredibly haunted.
The most common paranormal activity that people witness are light anomolies. Many people have reported seeing orbs float up out of the ground and disappear into the night sky. Others have seen streaks of light zigging and zagging through the gravestones at a high speed.
Others that have been to Gilson Road Cemetery have witnesed full apparitions. Most commonly a woman in white is seen walking between the graves. Many have seen her appear at an unmarked grave and disapear when she reaches the stone wall in the back of the cemetery. Others have seen ghosts that have appeared in 18th century clothing to more modern suits and dresses.
Another common ghostly phenomena that is witnessed at Gilson Road Cemetery are the sounds of whispering. Many have reported hearing the names whispered in their ear only to turn around and find no one. Others have stated that the whispering contains threats, telling people to 'get out' or threatening death. Many have heard the whispering not only in the cemetery but also the wooded area near it.
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Hi everyone, I received this email from Kevin and wanted to put it in the public comments, if you have any info please leave a comment or feel free to email me. Thanks!
Hi,
Im looking for any information you might have on the Gilson Road Cemetery in Nashua either historical or paranormal. I live maybe a mile from the cemetery and have witnessed some unbelievable things there. I've begun to look up the historical records of the Gilson family and have tried to find record of the "accident" that gave the biker his name. Its almost impossible to put everything into one email. The Gilson road area and site was allegedly the scene of a large battles between indian tribes. This I havent been able to prove. It seems like that text has been copied and pasted to many ghost hunting sites without any reference to its source. The closest I could find is a 17th century battle between the Penacook and Mohawk which almost killed off the Penacook but the location is not clear.
The first time I was there, it was a spur of the moment decision. Our group had just begun to investigate haunted places and had only been to Blood Cemetery, which has a few stories of its own. We met a small group of kids there who, apparently were there ALL the time. For some reason this particular cemetery has an almost addictive quality because they had been going several times a week, for months. We later met other people who said they were there over the course of 6 months or more regularly to witness things happen. The following things happened to us among others:
My finance was haunted by a ghost who we identified as John Gilson, who apparently hates intruders into his cemetery and is bitter about the deaths of his children at young ages. He liked to see himself as a cowboy or gold prospector but never made it out west. His wife may have died in childbirth. Much of this information was given to us by other friends with some psychic ability.
There is a ghost (presumably), called by the regulars there "the biker", who appears most nights and is always dressed in the same clothes. He rides westward away from Main Dunstable Road. We were told by a friend with some psychic awareness that he is a watcher and rides by to see who is in the graveyard. After his arrival each time, activity within the cemetery increases dramatically. We got one picture of him which shows his face blurred and the rest of his body in focus. We actually got in our car to follow him once and he had somehow transported himself way ahead of us. There is no way he could've physically traveled that distance that fast. Ive seen him personally 3 times. Others say he has been seen as late as 3am.
A voice that says "I can do it" has been heard in the left part of the cemetery near the wall on several occasions. Voices are often heard if you are very quiet but most times people are way too loud and its frustrating not to be able to hear anything.
People with us complained of something touching their legs.
Activity or energy in the woods behind the rear wall. Once, someone we met there had been hanging out there with a friend and they didn't know that it wasn't illegal to be there after dark. He spotted a police cruiser and jumped the rear wall only to come face to face with a man in old fashioned dress. He looked away and when he looked back, the man was gone.
Definite cold spots, especially near the front row of graves at certain times. My finance's sister didn't believe me that the temperature was at least 10 degrees colder in one spot until i pulled her into it.
The cemetery seems to push you back when viewed from the road, and the sense of depth perception within can be really strange.
Thank You for your help, KM
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My names Tim and i have been going to the gilson rd. cemetery for the past 2 yrs now, i try my best to go once a week,and i can personally tell you that i have seen apporitions of a man in a hooded sweater about 20ft behind the back left wall. i also have many pictures of orbs at this cemetery " 17 to be exact" i havent experienced voices since ive been going there but, there was one night on april 14th 2006 that i went there alone "which i highly recomennd nobody do under any circumstance" and as i was walking along the back wall i heard crackling of leaves about 5 ft behind me and when i looked nobody was there, i then turned around and headed back for my car and as i stepped over the left back corner of the wall i was violently shoved over the wall....i got to my feet turned around to find absolutely nothing behind me, as i was walking back to my car i again was pushed as soon as i got to the entrance of the cemetery as if something was trying to tell me to stay away....i havent been to the gilson rd. cemetery since
At HollowHill.com, we have many pages of articles about Gilson Road cemetery. We also feature a map showing which areas are the most haunted. Ours was the first website to post information about Gilson Road cemetery, and we've been researching there for nearly 10 years now.
We consider Gilson Road cemetery one of the most reliably haunted locations in New Hampshire.
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