In Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire there’s a small stonewalled cemetery that has many ghost hunters more excited than a crackhead firing up his pipe. Is it really haunted, or is it just wishful thinking? Well, as you know, on this site, I’ll never give you that answer, as I would prefer you to think for yourself, and find out for yourself.  I can however give you the facts. Hopefully, this information here will enable you to make an educated decision as to whether or not visiting Gilson Road Cemetery is worth your time.

Nashua History
Once again, as for many allegedly haunted places, the historic facts of the actual cemetery are mostly forgotten by time. Nashua, on the other hand, has a solid, and bloody history. In the beginning (1673), the place wasn’t even called Nashua, and it wasn’t considered New Hampshire. It was actually Dunstable, Massachusetts.. well, and Dunstable, New Hampshire. It was kinda cut in half by the state line, so they redrew the map, so it was only in New Hampshire.

I’m getting this historic crap from Wiki, but we didn’t even have states back then so… They were colonies…Whatever.

It was later named Nashua after the river that flows through there. Who cares? Right? What we want to know  is what went on there that could give people the impression that the place has paranormal activity. That’s what we’re really after.

If you know anything about American history, you know New England had MORE than its fair share of bloodshed, and suffering. When the European settlers arrived there, they were attacked regularly by Native Americans defending their home from unwanted, outside invaders. Lets not forget the French-Indian War, or the American Revolution. This was a very dark time for everyone involved, both by people of European descent, as well as the Native Americans who called it home.

If you were involved in that kind of continuous horror, could YOU forget it?

Maybe the land itself can’t either.

Legends (Quoting the same crap.)
There are a couple of legends that are reposted everywhere on the net, and they say the same thing word for word. I’ll do that too.

“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.

“Some believe that this area became an illicit area to dump bodies of the murdered and later became a cemetery.”

I think that there was another story about the ‘Gilson Farmhouse” catching fire, and the boy running away from it and burning to death before he could get help.

For the most part, I gotta call shenanigans.

There is no evidence to back any of that stuff up, and as far as we know, these little stories are nothing more than big lies. That sounds a bit harsh, but let’s keep it real. We have nothing to go on to even remotely prove, or substantiate these ideas.

They’re fun to think about, though.

The Cemetery
The cemetery itself is isolated within hills, and trees, and surrounded by a decaying stone wall. The headstones of the graves go back as far as the late 1700s, but there are broken, and warn away stones which MAY suggest that older graves exist there. The newest stones are from the early 1900’s, and there are a lot less gravestones than there should be if you take into consideration the size of the whole cemetery.

There IS one grave that stands out as being unique in that cemetery… Well, it would stand out in ANY cemetery. It’s got a hole drilled in it. That headstone belongs to 5 year old Walter Gilson and it not only looks different, but it sits all by its lonesome with no other graves around it.

The graveyard is located on Gilson Road, right across the street from the Tanglewood Drive Condos.

Reported Experiences
Whispers
One of the most common things that’s reported by visitors, and hunters alike is the faint voices heard with no discernible point of origin. People hear voices when hangin’ out in there. Sometimes the voices are even malicious or threatening. Aside from the possibility of it being imagination, it cannot be explained. Also, imagination can be the culprit in one or two cases, but a large amount of people have claimed to hear things. Is it possible that they are ALL imagining it?

Difficulty Breathing
Difficulty breathing… How else do you want me to describe it?

Being Followed Or Watched
There have been reports of people visiting this location feeling uncomfortable as if they were being watch by something they could not see. Other reports even claim to hear footsteps behind them, and following them, yet seeing nothing. These feelings have been reported to be strongest near the back wall.

Crazy Lights
Some people claim to have seen different colored, depending on the witness, balls of light rising from the ground and into the air. Others report seeing ‘laser’ like beams of light appearing instantly, and disappearing just as quickly.

Apparitions
Some people have even reported seeing full bodied apparitions. Some have old 18th century clothing, and there is one in particular that is described as a ‘Lady In White’ who walks along the graves, until she comes to the rear stone wall, and vanishes into thin air. Another is a report of the ‘Gilson Boy’ at the road trying to flag people down only to disappear into mist when you get close.

Other experiences include, feeling a force keeping you from entering the graveyard, or taking a picture through the hole in Walter Gilsons headstone to possibly capture some other spooky stuff.

The Verdict
I haven’t formed an opinion of whether or not the place is haunted. I’ve never been there, and I have not done a ‘Paranormal Investigation’ in the location, so what the hell do I know? Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that anyone else has done an actual investigation either. So what the hell do THEY know? I’ve looked all over the net, and I continue to find the same thing. MANY teams of ghost hunters visit the place looking for ghosts, snapping pictures, and coming out with mists, and orbs, happy that they’ve done what they’ve set out to do. They’ve found their ghosts. They’ve used EMF meters, and other gadgets to try to be scientific, but the objectivity seems to be missing, as they continue to try to find their ghosts. This is ‘Ghost Hunting’. That’s great! I love it, but it’s not Paranormal Investigation. I’ve looked at all of the pictures, and although some of it IS intriguing, the methodology leading to the the evidence isn’t solid enough to be backed up. None of it stands up to any degree of scrutiny.

With all that said… I have to say that I DO recommend the location. Based on the overwhelmingly unanimous opinion by ghost hunters, I would say the place is definitely worth checking out. Let’s hope future visits bring solid results that hold up to questioning.

Thanks
This location was suggested to me by a friend of The Beyond, Bobby Elgee of Sights Unseen Paranormal. Thanks Bobby!

Location Ratings

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