Comments on: Welcome to the Gates of Hell: Maudslay State Park

By: Richard Janvrin

Richard Janvrin — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:20:24 +0000

I've visited Maudsley 100's of time, I use a provokation tactic. Nothing ever works, I've investigated other areas and this is nothing compared to those

- Resident of New Hampshire.

By: lawrenda

lawrenda — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:52:29 +0000

O MY WORDS. PEOPLE WOULD THINK ME CRAZY. LAST NIGHT MY SON AND FRIENDS ASKED ME IF I WANNA GO TO A HAUNTED PLACE. AT FIRST I LAUGHED AND I SAID NO. MY SON ASKED ME TO GOOGLE IT. I DID. O MY THE STUFF I READ. I WAS FEARFUL FOR MY SON. I CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM WHAT I FOUND. I ASKED IF I COULD GO. THEY SAID SURE. I WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN. WE FOUND THE STATE PARK. WE FOUND BELLS GATES. WE ALL GOT OUT BUT THE DRIVER. SHE WAS READY TO LEAVE WHEN WE WERE. SHE WAS SCARED AS HELP AFTER I TOLD HER WHAT I READ. IT WAS ALL HER IDEA TO GATHER PEOPLE AND GO. ALL 4 OF US WENT UP TO THE HELPS BLACK GATES WEARING ALL BLACK WITH HOODS. BLACK GANGSTERS LOOKING FOR GHOST. HAHAHA. WELL WE ALL CLIMB UP ON THE WALL. I SWEAR SOMETHING WAS PULLING ME OFF THE WALL. I STRUGGLED TO GET ON IT. EVERYONE WATCHED. THEY HAD NO PROBLEM. I THEN FELT SOMETHING GRAB MY COAT ON THE LEFT SIDE AND WAS PULLING AND PUSHING ME BACK AND FORTH. I CAME CLOSE TO FALLING ON THE ESTATE SIDE. I PUSHED MY SELF HARD TO THE LEFT AND GRAB THE BRICK WALL. THE KIDS THAT I LOST ME BALANCE. I SWEAR I DID NOT LOSE MY BALANCE AT ALL. WE DECIDE WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE LOOK OUT. THEY CHOOSE ME. I BOY WAS I SCARE FOR THEM. ALL3 JUMPED INTO THE ESTATE YARD. MY SON SAID YELL MR JINGLES. IRIS. HE SAID LOUDER. I DID. HE SAID SCREAM THAT NAME. I SCREAMED ON THE TOP OF MY LUNGS…… MR. JINGLES. BY THEN I COULD BEARLY SEE THE KIDS. I WAS FREEZEN. MY BREATH WAS FOG. THE KIDS HAD FLASH LIGHTS. I COULD NEARLY SEE THE LIGHTS. I THEN SAW MY SONS FRIEND STOP. I THEN SAW THICK FOG SURROUND THE KIDS LIGHTS. MY SONS FRIEND RAN BACK AND FELL. HE WAS SCREAMING GET OFF ME. I WAS SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER FOR MY SON AND HIS LADY. I COULD FAINTLY SEE THERE LIGHT COMING TOWARD ME. THEY HAD THICK FOG CHASING THEM. MY SONS GIRL FELL AND WAS SCREAMING SO LOUD IT WOULD WAKE THE DEAD. I ENDED UP JUMPING OFF THE WALL TO HELP THEM. I RAN TO MY SONS FRIEND. HE HAD BLOOD ALL OVER HIM. I FELT SOMETHING GRAB ME. I WAS SCREAMING SO LOUD THAT THE GIRL IN THE CAR DROVE HET CAR RIGHT UP ON THE BELLS GATES AND FLASHED HER HIGH BEAMS AND O MY U WILL NEVER BELIVE WHAT WE ALL SAW…3 GHOST. THE DEID COP HAD MY SONS FRIEND. THE GIRL IN A WHITE DRESS HAD MY SONS GIRL FRIEND. AND MR JINGLES WAS HEADING TOWARDS MY SON. THE BRIGHT MAD THEM MORE PISSED OFF. WE ALL GATHERED TOGETHER SCARED AS HELP. WE BACKED AWAY SLOWLY AND JUMPED THE BRICK WALL. AS I WAS THE LAST TO GO OVER MR JINGLES GRAB MY COAT AGAIN. I FOUGHT TO GET OVER AND I DID. WE ALL GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE OFF MADLY. I ENERGY UP HOME STILL SCATED AS HELP. I CLEANED MY WOUNDS AS THE OTHERS DID. I TOOK EVERTHING OUT MY POCKETS. O NOW SOMETHING IS MISSING AND SOMETHING WAS ADDED. MY KNIFE IS GONE, BUT I HAVE A BELL INSTEAD. I HAVE NOT BEEN RIGHT SINCE. I HEAR THINGS AND C THINGS. WHAT HAPPENED? SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME. SIGNED LAWRENDA

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:44:24 +0000

Coincidentally, I've taken some nearly identical photos as the ones you have, such as the pole at 1:17. I've always been interested in the history of Maudslay and the mysterious, eerie vibe of the park, despite its daytime beauty. I've been researching it a lot lately and you're right, there isn't much information out there. If you'd like to chat about it sometime, email me at atrue2004@yahoo.com. I'd be happy to collaborate :)

By: wow

wow — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:04:04 +0000

Mary… regardless, there’s a man who lives off the river trail who will shoot any unleashed dog that comes on the property. he called him a jerk because he risked that

By: owell

owell — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:44:20 +0000

I dont know why they named it Maudsley? They should have left it Moseley estate. The new name erks me…hate it..I used the place as my own personal playground through the early 70's and early 80's unit it went public. Yeah i wasnt supposed to be out there but what else was a young boy to do in the area back then and it was my back yard(literally). I never saw any ghosts day or night and i think most of the rumors or legends were started by the caretaker to keep us kids out of the estate. It didnt work and just made more people want to explore the grounds. It was a great place to grow up and in my opinion ruined by progress.

By: Brody Maddox

Brody Maddox — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:59:46 +0000

Runner, Actually thats's not my dog. I'm guessing it was some sort of hellhound.

By: runner

runner — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:33:02 +0000

1:37 minutes in is evidence you let your dog run unleashed in Maudsley, at the Gardens. You're a jerk.

By: andy weston

andy weston — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:37:01 +0000

the dogs graves would that be all the jack russels the moselys owned. I remember as a boy hanging out at the farm as a matter of fact mr mosely gave me my first dog, a black lab named satan. when we fished the river we always got a strange feeling and rode our bikes as fast as we could past the estate gates.

By: @ecobject

@ecobject — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:59:13 +0000

Great article and movie (slideshow)

By: deb

deb — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:14:56 +0000

I first visited the Moseley Estate back in 1975 – 76. At that time I gained permission from Helen’s nephew to do a four seasons photo essay and subsequently a short video of the estate. I still have many of the photos, but sadly the old B&W, reel to reel video has long since disappeared.

After living out of state for many years, I’m now semi local and have been bringing my daughter to the Moseley’s. What we have not been able to locate is the grave of “Araby”, one of the Moseley’s horses. It should be in about the same area as the dog’s graves, but we have been unable to find it.

I’m curious as to where you have read/heard the “ghost” stories.