Hidden in Plain Sight: Mysterious Places You Never Knew Were in Connecticut | NBC Connecticut

All around Connecticut there are spaces and places that people may not even know exist. We took a look at four. Learn more or submit your ideas for more adventures here: nbcct.co/u4kEivj
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[@holycats8]

You missed something with the green cemetery. A part of it still exists in the basement of The First Church of Christ, also known as the Center Church. Benedict Arnold's wife is buried there.

[@kin56311]

3:04 dude i literally passed that house for 2 years of middle school and never saw anyone go in or go out. I was always suspicious about that house..

[@Lovetrain-io6kt]

Paige dang

[@chickpeagaming100]

same, that house always creeped me out

[@oliverjohn5566]

I know where that is!

[@sandhanitizer15]

Anyone wanna meet up and sail through the underground tunnel?

[@pollypurree1834]

I heard a story all of my life that downtown Derby has tunnels underneath it that were built as air raid shelters.

[@andreyoung3536]

This is true. If you dig deep enough you can fine pictures.

[@musicglenn]

apparently there are huge tunnel systems all over the US and beyond

[@mackmcmillan9905]

1:52 - Yeah, 2022 and beyond is gonna have to disagree with ya, there, unfortunately.

[@amccutcheon1988]

Fly over dudleytown area and try to get an interview with Dark Entry Forest Association. Lou Milano from i95 ROCK FM did some coverage of this area but it is shrouded in mystery.

[@wolfpack1061]

Care to explain any deeper on this ? Very interesting

[@johnnywrench5579]

In New haven the cemetery under the Green still has ground level places under some buildings were you can see headstones in the basement I think it is under the church too .

[@brendans8141]

Remember the tree that was knocked over on the green in a storm and had a skeleton on the roots

[@safesidetreatments8166]

We live in an interesting state! #connecticut #safesidetreatments

[@tonytone5462]

You moved the headstones but you didn't move the bodies? Poltergeist

[@jessbragg1]

2:18 I can see that, anyone else notice the PENTAGON at THIS part of the video 2:02 ? Top left side, and the flag seems to be were the pentagon would of completed its star shape.

[@chickpeagaming100]

jeez i just noticed that, thats real weird.

[@Constellation3232]

I believe it's a reference to the 3-6-9 number patterns.

[@chickpeagaming100]

@@Constellation3232 oh maybe

[@oliverjohn5566]

Pentagram

[@ocsrc]

The Rad Domes I remember from when I was a kid. Huge circular green domes covered huge spinning satellite radar dishes

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the Upload 👍 !! Like in poltergeist !! XD

[@elonmartin3294]

It's spray paint I'm sure they know about the underground river

[@heuristicalgorithm8465]

what'd you guys get, a $10 drone so everyone can hear the buzzing? 😂

[@godness7770]

WoW!

[@niquitalashon9004]

Why did mummy tape his mouth he eat too much then spit it out

[@ocsrc]

Most people don't know that where there are Central offices for the phone company usually AT&T you will see a park or other municipal building or open space that was built in the end of the 1940s or 1950s and underneath our bunkers used to house telecommunications equipment for the military to be able to communicate in the event of a war They have hardened cables that directly connect each of these facilities The smaller towns usually just have a hardened basement underneath the central office but the larger cities all built these block long hardened nuclear bunkers that could withstand anything but a direct strike I've seen quite a few of them and some of them have been decommissioned but most still sit quietly waiting for the day they will be called upon But take a look at your city and look at the map and you'll see a park directly across from the central office or next to it or some other town buildings that usually when you look at the date they were built it's usually the 50s Here in my town they built the high School stadium over the top of it and it's two city blocks square It's amazing that the people that are still alive that saw these places built never spoke about them People took the Cold War and National Defense very seriously and they don't talk about these places even now and when they built the one in my city the city was much much smaller and it was the largest building project to date that was built here I looked for photos and you would think that there would be photos taken of this being built but because it was part of the National Defense there weren't any photos taken

[@RagsCS]

Do you have any idea where buildings like this could be?

[@ocsrc]

@@RagsCS I have seen many in my region of the country. Not sure about other areas. The northeast has a lot of them.

[@RagsCS]

@@ocsrc I'm from RI. Are you talking about those telecom brick buildings hidden away in residential areas? Or something different.

[@ocsrc]

@@RagsCS the little brick building was a central office. Some of them it had hardened basements with blast doors but others had much larger bunkers and even in towns like where I grew up that the town only had 5,000 people and the entire Valley had about 15,000 people but they built a bunker under the central office and next to it and they made a little Park over the top of the bunker In larger cities they tore down entire neighborhoods in the middle of the city and built the Office buildings and skyscrapers and usually this was adjacent to the central office it was always right next to it Many times it would be the state capital but not always. But anything that was a public project after World War II especially the mid fifties to the end of the '60s it was a pretty good bet there was a bunker underneath it and the bigger the project the bigger the bunker

[@jfpiv]

The only remaining long lines facility that I'm aware of is the main hub bunker Cheshire. The rest are falling apart, torn down, or repurposed

[@WSNO]

Hilliardville mills

[@WSNO]

Also nice to know that Connecticut has an equivalent to the Boston Common bones

[@WSNO]

Btw i'm from MA but CT is like a second home to me

[@pollypurree1834]

The New Haven Green is actually an old colonial cemetary. Bones only last 75 years so they are long gone. There is nothing but soil under the ground. In England, cemetary plots can be reused after 75 years because of this reason.

[@Pappysan]

Not necessarily so. It depends on several factors, but we have found intact skeletons thousands of years old.

[@Shaolin_way]

Recent storms uprooted trees and exposed skeletons.