LOCATION FILE
Smuttynose Island (Isles of Shoals)
FOLLOWRye, NH
DIRECTIONS →Access is limited. Check hours, permits or bookings before you go.
OVERVIEW
One of the Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire coast, long associated with legends that Blackbeard buried treasure and left a bride in the islands; in 1873 two Norwegian women, Karen and Anethe Christensen, were murdered here, a crime for which fisherman Louis Wagner was tried and hanged.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Visitors and boaters report an apparition said to be a woman awaiting a ship that never returned, and unease near the site of the 1873 killings.
VISITING
The island is undeveloped; the Isles are reached by seasonal boat tours.
SITE PLAN
UPLOAD A PLANNo plan on file yet.
A plan of the building or grounds is what a second team opens on a phone in the dark. Going there? Volunteer to map it, then upload your plan.
EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
INVESTIGATION RECORD
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HISTORICAL RECORD · 0 CITED ENTRIES
SIGN IN TO CONTRIBUTENo cited entries yet. Deeds, newspaper reports, census lines, photographs, ledgers — anything with a source.
COMMUNITY EVIDENCE
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GROUP FINDINGS