Other Listings Nearby [Browse Billerica, Ma    Browse Ma    ]      Maps of area: [ Google Maps       Live Maps ] Search for more Info: [ Google Search    Live Search    You Tube Search    Local Newspapers    States History ] Dudley road Login to view Address Billerica, Ma 01821 Cheap hotel in Billerica, Ma. County: Middlesex GPS: 42.531166, -71.287956 WebSite: None     Remove Listing From Site Printer Friendly Version Location Description:            Dudley roadthere is an abandoned insane asylum back in the woods. You can hear screams and chains while walking down the path. Reports of being followed home & haunted by these spirits. November 2003 Update: The story behind Dudley Rd is that there was a Nunnery on the Rd and 3 Nuns were hung for practicing witch craft. And you can now see them haunting the Rd. There is a house that was built on the Rd where the witches were hung and had to be abandoned months later because the house began to sink. The house is still there and in oddly in the ground up to the second floor windows. Every year it sinks a little more. Do you personally know about this location and wish to update the article? Click here to request control!

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loriann Location: NA Last Seen: 1/16/2008 8:04:25 PM       Comment# 1397     10/31/2006 12:00:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i live there...

AnonymousVisiter 66.30.108.198       Comment# 38039 ReplyTo# 1397     8/17/2009 8:43:00 AM       Edit / Flag       my daughter and her friends came home crying one night, saying they could hear moaning and crying out in those woods. as an avowed disbeleiver in that stuff i went to look myself... damn if they were'nt right!!! i now FORBID her from going anywhere near that place....it's truly EVIL...

AnonymousVisiter 1.1.1.1       Comment# 2131     12/19/2006 12:00:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I have heard that apparantly the nuns were hung by a patient at the asylum that escaped...? [69.16.91.171]

AnonymousVisiter 1.1.1.1       Comment# 2357     1/7/2007 12:00:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This how do i get here? [24.91.27.16]

AnonymousVisiter 216.230.77.178       Comment# 6413     10/26/2007 1:25:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This They didn`t hang themselves for practacing withcraft. They hung themselves because the priest at that convent. Right on the tree outside the convent.

AnonymousVisiter 70.88.240.236       Comment# 8408     1/11/2008 10:03:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This what path is it on the road that i take i went looking last night and i couldnt find nothing

AnonymousVisiter 129.133.94.7       Comment# 8697     1/23/2008 8:52:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i went a couple nights ago same results

AnonymousVisiter 71.174.17.204       Comment# 11636     4/6/2008 1:59:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This last night i went with a couple of friends, we were walking down the road and we saw a mysterious figure and heard a whistle... it was so freakin scarey !! we turned around a ran back to our car. we wanted to go later that night, but didn't have time to.

AnonymousVisiter 71.233.0.121       Comment# 11942     4/16/2008 3:07:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This ive been there many times....me and my friend actually walked into the woods...we got lost...we wanted to go inside the aslyum but some how we couldnt find the gate that was around and it was just so creepy in there.....

AnonymousVisiter 68.163.253.145       Comment# 12835     5/11/2008 10:13:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i went there last night looked in there is no first floor so u cant get in. Was veryyyyy creppy the night before a guy came out of no where and took our plate numbers and all he said was "go". scared the shit out of us!!!!

AnonymousVisiter 205.188.116.142       Comment# 13220     5/21/2008 10:11:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I lived in bedford for 5 years all us Coastie chics would go ghost hunting a found lots of creepy things,,,the area where the gate is on the road,I tool a pic of a friend of mine late at night with lights shinning on her from the truck,and when we downloaded the pic on the computer there was a skeleton figure sitting right beside her,we went back the nect day to see what it could have been and there is nothing there..It was sppoky but we would go all the time,,Becarefull cause that place is one haunted area...

AnonymousVisiter 66.228.66.253       Comment# 13424     5/27/2008 11:35:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This go down ottobahn way, a private way off of dudley road... you will see mannequins in woods

AnonymousVisiter 67.158.125.154       Comment# 13533     5/29/2008 12:12:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Went today. Didn't find anything??? Which road or path is it off of Dudley Road?????

AnonymousVisiter 66.30.111.141       Comment# 13633     5/31/2008 12:08:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I went today with my friends and we were driving and heard like clicking of womans heals along the side of the car. We took a few pictures and found soooo many orbs! it was really scary! in one of the pictures you can see a figure of a woman.

AnonymousVisiter 98.216.242.203       Comment# 13643     5/31/2008 9:50:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Which road or Path is it off dudley Road??????

AnonymousVisiter 67.158.125.154       Comment# 13762     6/4/2008 12:47:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This This is urban legend. Story gains more steam from such publications such as Weird New England and Weird Massachusetts. There nothing here but road with a couple farms a Nun retreat, Sisters of St Paul. Nothing here.

AnonymousVisiter 65.66.148.198       Comment# 13940     6/10/2008 2:48:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This The tree with the burns on it was done by my sis friends that place is not haunted at all I jumped the fence to the nun retreat and drank beers all night around that place until the guy with sunken shack called the cops

AnonymousVisiter 70.90.110.253       Comment# 13973     6/11/2008 8:11:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I went there last friday night and there was nothing there, so instead me and my friends hung around scaring other people, they were so scared!

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 14072     6/14/2008 9:28:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This A friend of mine used to live in that area for years.  He's heard the stories but only will confirm this;  Many times in passing the convent he would notice lights inside the windows.  They had the character of candles, either stationary or moving and different colors.  The place was locked and abandoned.

AnonymousVisiter 24.34.165.80       Comment# 14102     6/15/2008 4:26:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Ive gone many times. seen and heard nothing. Convent isnt abandoned its still open. Wheres the asylum though, i know its in teh woods but someone be more specific, how far and around where. etc

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 14105     6/15/2008 5:58:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I've been told the place had gone through periods of being used and locked up.  As of today it is locked up, but there appears to be custodial workers going in.  The asylum I know nothing about as there is nothing else near the property.  However, off of carlisle rd on old causeway rd which used to connect to the southern end of dudley there is some sort of large complex, possibly a small asylum.  Will check when I can.

AnonymousVisiter 24.34.165.80       Comment# 14128     6/16/2008 11:01:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Going down the second part of Dudley road, the large convent on the right called Daughters of St Paul, thats the convent thats supposed to be abandoned and haunted? I only know what ive seen and it appears to be an upkept place with an open retreat home. Is this the haunted convent or is there an old abondoned one somewhere else? any info at all would be appreciated. also heard something about a sinking house on marshland?

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 14129     6/16/2008 11:36:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This That's the place.  A long time Billerica resident confirmed it.  I think the old farm house in front may be more likely the one to watch.  Haven't found out anything about the sinking house.  Will be doing more research on this in the near future.

AnonymousVisiter 24.34.165.80       Comment# 14130     6/16/2008 12:35:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This if you want more people to go i have a crew that usually comes with me and we have infact had a couple experiences with noises but most were thrown out because they could be explained otherwise. We are all local around this area and check out other local spots as well. Like i said if you want people to go with then that would be fun because dudley road is very intriguing.

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 14141     6/16/2008 6:06:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I'll be going soon with a local longtime resident who will introduce me to the sights, during the day.  Scaredy cat! LOL  I think there may be some confusion here as to what is what on dudley road.  He'll help me clear things up and sort them out for everyone.  There may be the possibility that one or more buildings have been torn out and houses built over them after I discussed with him what I saw.  Once I get that settled then I'll be open to going in with a group at night to check things out.

DaronSilvers Winchester, MA Last Seen: 9/19/2009 11:56:25 PM       Comment# 14151     6/17/2008 12:30:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This The sinking house is neither sinking nor a house. It is someone's shed that is shaped like the top floor of a house. You can find it across the road from the house with the chain rope that has the sign "No U Turns" on it. It's just before/ just after the really bad part of the road, depending on what direction you're coming from. Here's a picture of it: The convent is not abandoned. It is used as a retreat house. It's not used all year round, but for the most part it is. At this time, it's in use. The mannequins on Ottobahn Way were put there by the people who live there, probably so no one goes down their private way. I will not believe that there is an abanonded asylum near there until someone can explain where exactly it is. As of right now, I don't think it exists. This road is spooky, but I highly doubt that it's haunted. I have been down more times then I can even remember. If it is haunted, it's most likely because people are giving the place so much attention. The more you feed a haunting, the stronger it becomes.

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 14160     6/17/2008 10:38:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Well said Daron.  That's the sinking house everyone's been talking about? LOL  I thought it was a shed when I passed by.

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 14161     6/17/2008 10:42:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I've been around the neighborhood and only found the Harvard field study place on the end of old causeway.  Its an animal and nature research place of some sort.  No sign of anything asylum-ish anywhere.  Check google earth for a great satellite image.

matrix Vancouver, WA Last Seen: 2/8/2010 7:49:30 PM       Comment# 14168     6/17/2008 3:05:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I took a look at the satellite images (google) and accross the entire road, I don't see anything that even looks like an abandoned asylum.

AnonymousVisiter 71.232.135.138       Comment# 14303     6/21/2008 4:45:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Is there any evidence of nuns being hanged on Dudley road? Because if so it is very difficult to obtain information regarding this matter. I have lived in Billerica my whole life and now live on Dudley road and have yet to see any signs of spiritual activity; nor have I ever been able to obtain any names, dates, or death records indicating these "so-called" hangings. And I can tell you one thing the sisters of St Paul Convent is still up and running everyday so maybe that is why you see the lights on...ah-DOy!

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 14351     6/22/2008 4:03:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I've found nothing to sustantiate the nun hanging story and have interviewed several long time billerica residents.  No proof to be found just stories.  At times in the past according to witnesses, the place had been closed and that's when they saw the lights.  However, I will be checking this out further when I get one of my witnesses to visit the entire dudley road area and go over the stories.  Will report what I find then.

AnonymousVisiter 24.63.109.246       Comment# 14677     6/27/2008 6:48:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I live 5 minutes away and go down the road all the time. I agree it's creepy and I take my friends down there all the time to freak them out, but people need to stop saying the convent is "abandoned". Churches in the area use it for retreats, so it's really not that weird to see lights on or people there

AnonymousVisiter 98.216.167.18       Comment# 15007     7/6/2008 6:40:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Iv'e been up and down Dudley rd at midnight,and at dead time over and over i didn't see anything.and how would one know that spirits follow someone home? I'd say,or think that the best time of the season to visit Dudley rd is at the end of October going into November when all of the leaves and bushes are gone where you're able to see a lot more. And if the sinking house is up to the second floor then would someone explain why there is a cement foundation holding up the house? Thank you; R.LaMarche

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 15123     7/8/2008 7:27:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This that old sunken house looks like an old smithy for the horse farm behind it.  The foundation is definitely a modern replacement.  I'm betting it replaced the old crumbling one or the building was moved here from someplace else, a common thing to do years ago.  In time I'll research all these oddities.  Right now my schedule is full, but I am developing connections with long time residents of the town.

DaronSilvers Winchester, MA Last Seen: 9/19/2009 11:56:25 PM       Comment# 15133     7/8/2008 9:28:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This The "sinking house" is a shack. That is all.

AnonymousVisiter 24.63.48.91       Comment# 15208     7/10/2008 12:38:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i went there with a few friends and the covenent is St Thelca's and its still in use so obviously lights there can be explained...the only weird thing that happened was i had my video camera with me that i had charged all night and tested before we left and when we got out of the car on dudley road it would not turn on. but that it not really enough proof that its haunted...

AnonymousVisiter 66.30.77.248       Comment# 15291     7/11/2008 8:59:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I grew up in Bedford, lived there from 59 to 85 and still go there all the time to the VA. I'm one of what was called "the boat landing crew" back in the day when we use to have bonfires at the bedford landings and partied. I've been down old causeway a million times, that is a harvard place. Before you get that far out on 225 the dump use to be on the left and on the right is the swamp the gypsy moths ate up in the 70's. As for Dudley Road, the convent has been active many times and the area is much more developed than it was 25 years ago. There was a time that it was a rough trip all the way around but we use to go out there to get laid. I think a lot of what is there might be the old timers with houses out there. Once about halfway around is the field we use to go with dates, just before that was a tree with a branch that went straight across the road with a weird notch in it, like a "V". We were always told an indian was hung there and a nun was hit by a car and you could see her face in a tree. That got pranked and faked, but once years later I think I saw the original tree while pumping a septic tank at the house at the corner of Dudley and Nashua but on the short part of Dudley heading towards Concord road. Once when the road swings right coming from the Bedford end a little before the convent we saw up near a stonewall under some big pine trees three mounds that looked like graves, behind it in the woods seemed to be an old graveyard. A few days later the mounds were gone, but the same night we saw them when went by the hanging tree there was a smashed pumpkin with tomato juice or something all over the road. Of course we thought it was head until we got out and looked. But then it was October too. My parents would talk of an animal out there that looked like half dog and half cat, but I'm willing to bet that's a Fischer. The one real thing I know that isn't paranormal was a friend went 4-wheeling in a blazer out there and had problems with his truck. When he came back to get it the property owner wouldn't allow him on his land. It is a bit of a rush to go there, but that's because your head gets to thinkin. But I honestly believe the older residents just want to keep people out and tbh I wish they would stop developing out there. It's a cool place. I grew up near springs brook and there was a swamp behind it that we use to think was haunted. I think that was boyish imagination though. Oh also once out on Gould road in the 70's (71 maybe) a VA patient killed himself and a kid I went to school with dog came come with the head in his mouth.

AnonymousVisiter 172.130.75.158       Comment# 15331     7/13/2008 2:32:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This yea and umm i believe theres a sign on the gate tht says ull b pursecuted or prosecuted [iforgot] if u enter. heheh pur. is crzy but idk

AnonymousVisiter 24.61.248.112       Comment# 15364     7/13/2008 9:22:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This found the street online... went tonight with three other people. nothing happened, but it was still scary at night time. however, the house we saw is not the one in the picture. it literally appeared to be sinking into the ground... but it was a much bigger house. the driveway was chained off, and the side of the house facing the street had sensor lights on the side (turned on). didnt look like anyone lived there.... we turned around at that point (the road looked too rough for the car). where are the mannequins?? we'd like to look into that..

AnonymousVisiter 71.174.23.93       Comment# 16072     7/26/2008 5:09:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This well my friends live there and its really a really nice street(or at least dats wat they say)

AnonymousVisiter 72.93.109.19       Comment# 16232     7/28/2008 11:47:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This my and a few of my friends went there tonight. i heard whisping noises, and got freaked out, and wouldnt go any further, i want to see the asylum though and the sinking house.

Ed224 Boston, MA Last Seen: 1/1/2010 8:32:07 PM       Comment# 16345     7/30/2008 4:09:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I have heard this place is freaky yet interesting. There is also a cemetary near Dudley road. So maybe a few spirits find their way into the street. The asylem is sinking too. there is no first floor so u can't get in. I can't wait till I come here!

DaronSilvers Winchester, MA Last Seen: 9/19/2009 11:56:25 PM       Comment# 16376     7/30/2008 8:40:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Ok, I'm not going to believe that there is an asylum until someone can tell me how to get there. I've looked at satellite pictures, I've searched the whole street and surrounding areas, and I've never seen the place. How do you find it?

AnonymousVisiter 129.55.200.20       Comment# 16756     8/7/2008 9:55:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Is there any relationship between Dudleyville, CT and Dudley Road in Billerica? Dudlyville, CT is an abandoned town, and the area is considered to be one of the most haunted places in the country.

AnonymousVisiter 98.216.130.182       Comment# 17078     8/15/2008 12:13:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I agree with Daron, until someone actually says how to get to this asylum in not going to believe it. People keep talking about it and how the first floor is sinking but no one ever feels like giving directions so the rest of us can checkit out. someone give directions and it would be much appreciated.

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.104.34       Comment# 17187     8/17/2008 10:56:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I drove down Dudley Road yesterday in daylight and didn't want to go past the bridge with a sign that said something like: "Cross this bridge at your own risk." The road got narrower and narrower with lots of trees. I guess it was kinda freaky, but probably more freaky at night!

AnonymousVisiter 98.216.163.47       Comment# 17485     8/22/2008 12:06:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This honestly me and a couple of my friends went there last nightt we saw some things walked towards us. me and my friend got followed home, andd we DID get haunted last night, belive it or not. its too long to explain what happend, we got phone calls from old woman saying that she was in my house, andd there was music playing outsidee my house, andd screaming. no lie. belive it or not, i know what i heard.

AnonymousVisiter 24.61.248.39       Comment# 17486     8/22/2008 12:28:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I'm going with a few friends tonight. Is there really an asylum? Where is it?

AnonymousVisiter 96.252.82.104       Comment# 17749     8/28/2008 11:57:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I was just checking this out on google earth myself and didnt see anything about an asylum. Actually looks like theres alot of nice residences there and I asked my mom who lived off Edgemont ave from 1952 to 1972 and she said dhe never heard of such things there.

AnonymousVisiter 24.62.202.27       Comment# 17756     8/28/2008 3:14:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This where on dudley rd is this path that you can hear all this stuff on???

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 17928     8/31/2008 10:47:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This went today definetely has a creepy curious feel to it that kind of draws you...saw the nunnery and the sinking house...rough roads and narrow...nothing crazy but definetely eerie creepy feeling going down the roads and walking through the woods...where is this asylum????

AnonymousVisiter 24.61.249.190       Comment# 18132     9/5/2008 9:05:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I have seen the shed, as Daron points out. I have been living in Billerica for 20 years... no sign of a ghost. I'll tell you what I've also seen. My sister and I have seen nuns in the convent. It was broad daylight and were either heading out or returning. This must have been a few months ago Proves that the convent is still operational.

AnonymousVisiter 24.147.47.149       Comment# 18359     9/9/2008 6:53:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This There is no asylum. The convent is occupied and it is really terrible that the nuns are bothered all the time by people trying to find where they were hung from the trees. There were never any killings or anything down on Dudley Road. The house is a pump house for the house across the street. They have had to chain off their driveway because there are so many people bothering them. I have lived on Dudley Road for 35 years and never have seen anything ghostlike. There are alot of wild animals etc. down here. Coyotes sound really strange at night when they howl. It is really scary for people that live here when strangers are walking up and down the road late at night for no apparent reason. Please give us a break. Enjoy the road's beauty, but do not invade our space by walking around and trying to scare us. Post where you all live and we can come in groups and walk around.

AnonymousVisiter 98.216.211.47       Comment# 18371     9/9/2008 10:30:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This It's a public road, deal with it.

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 18511     9/11/2008 6:27:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This It may be a public road but you will be arrested if you make yourself a public nuisance.  Respect these people's homes.  With some respect and politeness you may even get some assistance with your paranormal research.  The Billerica Police will side with the residents.  Deal with that.

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.93.197       Comment# 18721     9/14/2008 12:57:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Well said Deepvoid. My name is Rachel and I am the founder of a paranormal group. It's very important that you are respectful whenever you are investigating. Even if the road is public, there are houses on this quiet street. They don't need to be woken up by flashes, and screaming. This is a wonderful paranormal hotspot but not due to all the hype people have said. There is an ACTIVE nunnery. There is fenced in conservation land. There is NOT an asylum and per the town of billerica's financial and business records as researched in the library there has never been any record of one being on dudley road. show me a picture of a sign or the building that clearly shows this asylum ON dudley road and we can talk. We went last week to train our new members but only AFTER stopping in at the police station and explaining ourselves and what our intents were and speaking with a resident who allowed us on his property at night to observe. If your intent is good and you are respectful, I strongly encourage you to walk the part in front of the nunnery quietly and just observe what you feel and here. there is something there, just not sure what.

deepvoid lowell, ma Last Seen: 1/17/2009 5:22:11 AM       Comment# 18781     9/15/2008 4:31:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Thanks, Rachel.  Well said.

AnonymousVisiter 66.30.77.248       Comment# 19841     9/30/2008 12:24:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This ummm...there's public land and a conservation area there too...I grew up in Bedford, I posted a long post above. It's funny, all these years that's the only street in Bedford that people would complain about people walking on. In fact growing up in the 60s and 70s we would cut through people's yards everywhere in town and that was on paths from many before us and no one complained. (like behind where steffinelli's used to be or sunset to dunster and many, many more places.) My street (near the old page school) had horses walking along it everyday, we never complained about that and they left something behind to complain about. But if you rode your bike on Dudley road, by the time you got out to north road there was a cop asking you what you were doing. I'm going back to the days when Zwickers sold mini-bikes and it was fun just to ride out there for the day...we were like 12...was it you that called the cops on us? Get a grip deepvoid, if people are staring in your windows or trespassing than call the cops. Otherwise it's a free country, a beautiful country road and people walking on the street aren't doing anything wrong. Dudley road has always been known for it's snobs, the only people that ever caused problems were those who felt they were better than the rest of us. You're fortunate to live in a beautiful area, it does sadden me that it's been developed so much, but stop treating everyone like they are invading your space. The only person that was worse than you Duds was old lady Hayden. Get over yourself

AnonymousVisiter 209.96.230.172       Comment# 19894     10/1/2008 2:49:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This So stay on the public & conservation land and no one will have cause to complain. But, you really can't expect the residents of Dudley Rd to allow you or anyone else from running around their property looking for a bunch of ghosts.

AnonymousVisiter 66.30.77.248       Comment# 19931     10/2/2008 12:22:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This uhm....that's exactly what I was saying...I'm not gonna invade someones privacy....The conservation land I'm sure is closed at night anyhow. But like I said, as kids riding around the "loop" on bikes the cops would ask us what we were doing. We never did anything wrong out there, I've never been any closer than the street to the convent. It's a country road with fun myths, like I said if people are on your land, peeping in windows then by all means call the cops. But I know if you're not a member of the private dudley road club, not recognized and you're just walking on the street you're gonna get harassed and treated as if you're a criminal....ridiculous. Dont assume people are going to bother you or disturb you just because they're walking on the street. There aren't as many ghost hunters as the snobs that live out there want you to believe. That's okay, because I know another old townie (born and raised in Bedford in the 60s and 70s too) who's an independent recording artist and it just so happens he is writing a song (rock) about the myths. He's played on internet radio stations everyday all over the world, soon dudley road will go global.

AnonymousVisiter 71.232.127.181       Comment# 20014     10/3/2008 9:14:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i live down the street .......the house sinks cuz its wet land!!!!!!! its not to far from the concord river. >>> i never heard anything about an insaneislim at all ... its gut to be local romer...lol i no of one nun that got hung not three....................... i never thought the story had soo meny face and spread sooo far <<< its kinda cool...

AnonymousVisiter 129.55.200.20       Comment# 20220     10/7/2008 10:52:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This was driving down dudley road back in the 80's saw a car approaching dimmed my high-beams car never passed me, stone wall lined the narrow road on both sides no driveways at this area of the road, thought i was seeing thing until my passenger commented " did you see that car"? " where is it"? right then i knew something strange had occurred!

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 20328     10/8/2008 6:14:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Great Post about the car disappearing that is very interesting and i believe it too...Would like to hear more about the dudley rd experience...I really think there is something goin on down there...message back on here if you have some time..Myself along with my paranormal Friends would love to hear more...

AnonymousVisiter 209.96.230.172       Comment# 20392     10/9/2008 12:17:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I think you may be just a bit envious of the people who live on Dudley Rd,I have driven and walked that road many times and have neither been bothered by ghosts nor residents. Maybe you are a Dudley Road resident wannbe.

AnonymousVisiter 24.61.94.9       Comment# 20523     10/10/2008 11:04:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I went there a couple of years ago with a couple of people and we saw the nunnery and the tree and such. Mostly, we just made ourselves scared and saw things that probably were in our heads. However, I went back there recently with one of the people I was originally with and we couldn't find it. We drove up and down Dudley a dozen times and it just wasn't there. That was the wierdest part of any of it. We were so sure we knew exactly where it was...

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 20542     10/11/2008 1:34:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This RE:Comment: I think you may be just a bit envious of the people who live on Dudley Rd,I have driven and walked that road many times and have neither been bothered by ghosts nor residents. Maybe you are a Dudley Road resident wannbe. You Dont Have to be bothered by something to feel as if something is a little out of the ordinary. Maybe you are just a little afraid of the unknown..what lies beyond and what you cannot see...anyways i wish you the best in your future...just remember there were many here before us and the spirits of the souls live on Amen

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 20635     10/12/2008 4:30:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I agree with you completely!....DUDLEY HAUNT IS REAL AND DESERVES RESPECT!!

AnonymousVisiter 76.19.133.55       Comment# 20757     10/13/2008 9:04:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i just went there and it was messed up. me and a few of my boys started walkin down the path and kept hearin sumthin behind us then we started runnin down the path and got to a point where we all stoped at the same time and did not want to go any farther. right when we stoped we started hearin screams and witch crackles coming from all directions then we started seeing flashes of light and sounds of dog chains so we ran back to my car once we got there we heard footsteps from high heels walkin down the road and i shined my lights on the road but no one was there

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 20834     10/14/2008 2:25:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This That sounds crazy man what time did you go was it at night!?

AnonymousVisiter 98.150.168.195       Comment# 20933     10/15/2008 4:15:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This You guys are too funny. I used to be one of the "nuns" from the Daughters of St. Paul who went there often. The "nuns" use the place for retreats, conventions, meetings, and rent it out for similar purposes to Churches and Church groups. I was there when it was a run-down, spider-infested, very spooky-looking retreat house, but now, it's very beautiful and quiet. Believe me, I've never experienced any ghost-like or paranormal activity, although it is kind of "spooky" at night especially when we walk through the place with very little light on. There is a chapel there and many rooms upstairs and downstairs. There is a court yard as well as other paths in the back, making retreat very solemn. So, unfortunately, there is nothing to see there, just darkness at night with just some lights in the retreat house. By the way, the retreat house is called "st. Thecla's Retreat House" and is owned by the Daughters of St. Paul, who have their Provincial House in Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA. Also, someone's imagination has created the "hanging of the nuns", because I know for sure none of the "nuns" got hung......no asylum either.:(

Grimm Lowell, MA Last Seen: 10/15/2008 9:08:39 PM       Comment# 21000     10/15/2008 11:25:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This IF YOU LIVE ON DUDLEY ROAD or are a Nun who worked there, email me at JasonGrimm@GrimmWebsite.com I'd like to do a little interview on the truth about it that gets down to the real info. Possibly do some video of it also and take some pictures. I'm currently living in Lowell, MA. When I was younger in highschool I remember visiting this road because of the legend. "Old Dudley Road" (as it was referred to by most kids) was a really creepy and scary pitch black dark road back then before it was finally paved. Over 15 years ago I visited this road with friends every October. Every time I visited, I'd bump into other kids that were driving thru it as well. It was a VERY bumpy dirt road with holes everywhere that would make the car wobble up and down, throwing the passengers around in the car. The trees would have carvings in them, painted words and emblems, and their were signs people put also. I assume it was kids that did it, though some people would claim that it was done by a cult. That of course wasn't true as far as I know. It was said that someone hack sawed statue of Mary's hands off. I am not sure if this was true but I seem to remember it. I could be wrong. I do remember thinking that someone had to be sick in the head to do such a thing. Anyway, I'd like to do something on the road to put on local cable access and online video YouTube.

AnonymousVisiter 151.203.67.165       Comment# 21009     10/16/2008 6:21:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This ive been their many times and have herd screams and stuf like that but all i want to no is where the cylum is we asked a guy that lived on the road and said theirs no such thing but u could tell he just didnt want kids hangin around their. so please if anybody knows where it is THE CYLUM directions would be apriciated.

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 21127     10/17/2008 2:12:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I think it is in the woods somewhere a ways before you approach the sinking house...i would like to investigate further to see if I can find this Abandoned asylum ....

AnonymousVisiter 209.96.230.172       Comment# 21318     10/20/2008 11:03:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Grimm - in response to your comment regarding the removal of the Virgin Mary's hands. That actually did happen, but not at the convent. The incident happened at a Catholic Church in town, the hands were broken off and later replaced. The statue has since been moved to a more secure site. And to all, once again there has never been an insane asylum on Dudley Road or anywhere else in Billerica. All you need to do to confirm this is to access town Records. C

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 21336     10/20/2008 2:17:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Ok i see...But what about the Nuns were any ever actually hung murdered.. driven out!?!?

AnonymousVisiter 209.96.230.172       Comment# 21513     10/22/2008 10:41:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This No nuns were ever hung or murdered on Dudley Road, the convent is now an active retreat house so there is often activity there, mostly on the weekends, which explains why "sightings" occur from time to time.

AnonymousVisiter 66.30.77.248       Comment# 21978     10/26/2008 10:50:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This "Comment: I think you may be just a bit envious of the people who live on Dudley Rd,I have driven and walked that road many times and have neither been bothered by ghosts nor residents. Maybe you are a Dudley Road resident wannbe." if that is directed at my post above saying the neighbors should get over it because there is conservation land than you really are of base. I grew up in one of the nicest neighborhoods in Bedford, my family was one of the original charter members who started wedgewood. My father was Raytheon upper management starting in the 40s. I would love to live on Dudley Rd if I were to move back to town. But as I wont be moing back I'm hardly a Dudley rd wannabe, especially now that it's all yuppies anyhow. If I could go back to the 60s, hell yeah I'd love to live there but not now. Not just Dudley rd either, the proerty taxes are brutal, the town dumped every good thing that was available for the youth, I still wouldn't drink the water after what BASF did to our water supply, the town sold out years ago to businesses. I wont even get into the damage the condos on shawsheen did in the pits, use to be several rare species of birds living in there. Bedford has really changed, some may like it better but not me. I'm happy in my home, in a town that wont allow changes, no new businesses and it shades of Bedford past. It's still pretty close though and I'm in Bedford all the time, care to guess where?

AnonymousVisiter 64.12.116.204       Comment# 21979     10/26/2008 11:08:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Iv lived in Billerica for 32 years Grad of B.M.H.S. . and my family has been in Billerica since 1940. The story's of Dudley rd are just story's. I use to ride my dirt bike down there and have drank there on more than one occation at night when I was in high school.. even back in 1991 there was story's. But at that time it was the nuns were practicing satanism and it was the convent of the crooked cross and there was a well in the basment that was the gate to hell lmao.. Its so funny how things change over the years. I had a friend that lived there on Dudley rd His parents still live there and I know for a fact that its just a made up story.. Yes it is a scary place at night and its a great place to bring your girl friend.. But its just a made up story buy some juniors back in the late 80's to screw with the freshman in BMHS one night.. Its what we call hazing..lol.. This is comming from a townie.. Yes you might find ghosts in the area. There was native american artifacts found all through the area and surrounding towns. There were men killed in the civil war in the surrounding towns as well as the grave yard that is up the street.. But nothing ever was real about the myths about the convent, asylum, satanism hangens or anything of that nature.. It was a lets go scare the hell out of the freshman cuz thats what we did for fun!!!! But have fun looken Just respect the people that live down there they will call the cops ...

AnonymousVisiter 64.12.116.73       Comment# 21993     10/27/2008 12:03:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Ya let me guess Carlisle..I wish Billerica would stop the building too.. I did security at the Ratheon hanger and building when they decomitioned them. Iv seen some strang things inside the building up on the hill. I had to go in the buildings 3 times a night during the winter months. The hanger and the one up on the hill Strange mist floated down the main hallway into the reception area at 2 ish in the morning..

AnonymousVisiter 98.217.152.198       Comment# 22518     10/31/2008 1:26:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Daron Silvers, something is on that road, trust me. some weird stuff happend at my house afterwards. i've also been having really weird dreams and odd conincidences. this has been going on since the end of april of this year. before i went to dudley rd. everything was fine. Brianna

AnonymousVisiter 98.217.152.198       Comment# 22519     10/31/2008 1:28:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i said that cause u think there isn't

AnonymousVisiter 72.71.229.39       Comment# 22699     11/1/2008 10:00:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Ladies and Gents, let's examine the facts of this subject by extracting the postings by those in the know - the Nun, the residents, and the Paranormal Investigator that rightly bothered to do some research. The is no Asylum, and thus you will never find one. The sinking house is probably an interestingly shaped pump house. The Nunnery is an active Retreat Facility owned and operated by an order of Nuns. There is no record of any hanged Nuns. The area has no known human source or cause for any paranormal activity. People can work themselves up to imagine or actually summon paranormal forces. The area itself might actually have "bad vibes" and be prone to produce paranormal activity, especially with so many people feeding it energy through belief. And, as civilized Truth seekers, we must have respect for those that actually live in the area we are trodding all over and be respectful of their homes and privacy, as we would expect in our own situations. Let's work from the facts and keep an open mind as to any other possibilities, and, much as humans love the thrill of the Unknown, let's look for the Truth, whatever it might be. Maybe the best thing to do would be for people that really want to find the answer to band together and divide up the responsibilities of a true investigation. Check on-line databases, histories, library, Town Hall, police records, FOIA to the State and/or Town for any "hanging" information, etc., try using the more esoteric things such as a skilled dowser (for areas of high energy), a proven psychic, compass readings (any deviations), etc. Or, you could keep your eyes closed and just scare yourself silly and enjoy the thrill...

spiritualseeker -, - Last Seen: 8/23/2009 8:15:44 PM       Comment# 38350 ReplyTo# 22699     8/22/2009 11:36:00 PM       Edit / Flag       THANK YOU! You're one of the few people like me that reads all the posts before commenting. You gathered the information and rationalized. Thats what needs to be done! And i agree if everyone is determined to find the truth do some serious research dont just go and psych yourselves out! Also be respectful of the people that live there. So many kids go looking for ghosts that the residents are probly way passed annoyed when they hear kids snooping around their property late at night!

Matty0420 Last Seen: 11/2/2008 2:11:07 PM       Comment# 22746     11/2/2008 3:39:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This I have just returned from a "dusk" ride down Dudley Rd.  The convent is highly visable and in great shape.  The building behind the convent appears to be at least 3 stories with bares on the windows and a keep out sign.  Behind that it appears to be 2 or 3 small buildings and a basketball court.  Further down the road I found the entrance to the conservation area.  There appears to be a trail.  I would like to know if there are any known maps of this trail, and if it does indeed lead down behind the convent.  As far as  the sinking house I didn't see it.  Might have just missed it.  I'm looking for some concrete evidence and am prepared with the equipment to do a ghost hunt.

AnonymousVisiter 24.147.47.149       Comment# 22753     11/2/2008 5:49:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This There is nothing weird about Dudley road. It's just another bumpy road in Billerica. The road has a convent on it so what is at any different than a rectory or a church? I have lived in Billerica my hole life and just moved to Dudley in April. I walk my dog in the dark every night.it's not even scary.I don't have weird dreams or odd con incidents.

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 22828     11/3/2008 10:36:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Whats up with the sinking house anyone have any info on it..??

Brianna Location: MA Last Seen: 6/28/2009 2:16:20 PM       Comment# 22855     11/4/2008 2:01:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This its actually really not a sinking house. it just an old shack or something. I've been there 3 times. There is an article about Dudley rd. in the book "Weird Massachusetts" by Jeff Belanger. it about ghosts, legends, demons, and other stuff like that.

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 22887     11/5/2008 12:44:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Thanks Brianna for the quick response i have only gone down that road once and just as i was about to give up looking for the house i stumbled upon it...i feel something is different about the road not the usual ya know

AnonymousVisiter 24.147.47.149       Comment# 22934     11/6/2008 9:05:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This There is NOTHING different or unusual about Dudley Road!!!! I live on Dudley. Why do you all think that the road is haunted????? Because there is a convent? Or because you all have no life?? Stop looking for ghost it's a HUGE waist of time. Do you also walk around grave yards looking for ghosted because that sounds like more fun than driving down down Dudley looking for thinks that aren't even on the road.

AnonymousVisiter 72.70.48.17       Comment# 23235     11/12/2008 11:35:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Wow, I didn't even know this site existed, thank you internet. That said, back in the early early 90's, having grown up in the area, we heard all of these stories, so my friends and I went down Dudley Road a few times at different times of day and night. Here's the stories we heard back then... The Convent was a place where nuns went when they broke their vows with the Lord. The crooked cross was because a guilt-ridden nun hung herself from it. I heard a few stories about the statue of Mary with no hands and how it's eyes would look at you (because someone painted them...) A nun was hung from a tree as well, in some stories it was an indian who vowed revenge against the white man which explains the hauntings, and even other stories said a colonial era farmer's wife was hung there and he vowed revenge. An escapee from the Billerica House of Corrections was hiding on the road and was discovered by a group of nuns who were then slain by the escapee (there has never been an insane asylum there, the only logical spot was the Billerica H.O.C.) The sinking house had the "well to Hell". Back then, someone(s) had spray painted "chalk outlines" on the street and tree that supposedly a nun/indian/farmer's wife was hung from (with an old rope remnant still hanging from the limb.) During the day you could see all of this stuff, but at night when you whisked over an outline with a flashlight, you'd totally bug out. The nuns were there, and really nice actually. One night we tried using a Ouija board in the road and we got hit with rocks and heard whispers, etc. We took off because it was a bit freaky, and we didn't want to get hit by rocks anymore (that's the logical to do.) Another night we were there, and my friend and I were walking on either side of the street, well, the only weird thing was that someone popped up from the tall grass that was there and punched my friend in the nuts, I chased whoever it was but never caught them. Was it a ghost or Satan himeslf, no. A few years later, in college, I met someone who lived on Dudley, and because these stories was such a hot topic, the kids in the area used to hide and make witches cackles and noises like that. They were probably the same kids that hit my friend in the nuts, and that's exactly what they did countless times, messed with folks. The "high heel" sounds could also be horses since there are a few in the area. Kids partied out there on the conservation land, and as a few folks have said, they have been doing it for years, so...anyways, if you aren't looking for hoodlums or horses you're not going to see them, get it? Is Dudley Road haunted? Maybe, but what I know and have read here, there is a lot more evidence saying it isn't. It's totally a freaky scene if you aren't used to it or let your mind play tricks on you. Maybe a group like TAPS or Paranormal State should investigate, and do just that investigate not trespass or disturb the nuns and residents of the area. I don't believe any of them would wish to deal with such a myth. You know, Livingston Street in Tewksbury, MA had all sort of weird stories and how Tewksbury State Hospital had these tunnnels where they kept the really bad insane folks (this could have been the origin of the Asylum myth,) and the abandoned houses were haunted. There was one abandoned house that always seemed to have an attic light on even though there was no power. That's weird, really. We looked and searched and found nothing but trouble though. Development (like on Dudley Road,) has changed this area and once the Halloween attraction popped up, the weirdness ended...does anyone remember the Livingston Street/ Tewksbury State stories from back in the day? This was well before the Livingston Street Terror...

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 23441     11/16/2008 4:58:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This DANVERS STATE IS THE REAL TERROR...USE YOUR IMAGINATION

AnonymousVisiter 71.174.198.104       Comment# 23838     11/23/2008 4:15:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This at the entrence to the reserve/park is highly active and further investigation into those woods should be sought out ive gotten a few good pictures from there as well as feelings and noises

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 23934     11/25/2008 8:26:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Is there a movie or any documentaries other than youtube about Dudley Road Haunts/Happenings....Please let me know if anything!?

AnonymousVisiter 166.159.116.203       Comment# 24051     11/28/2008 3:20:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Trust me, I have walked up and down and all around Dudley Road. Nothing is haunting it besides your overactive imaginations. Do yourselves a favor before checking it out, research the following, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 272 Section 53 regarding disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. You do not have to be trespass to be arrested, if you are on a public street and make a nuisance out of yourself you can and will be prosecuted.

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 24169     12/1/2008 10:46:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This REFER BACK TO YOUR FIRST SENTENCE AND THINK ABOUT IT IN RETROSPECT OF MASS GEN LAW CH 272 SEC 53

AnonymousVisiter 71.232.78.208       Comment# 24215     12/2/2008 5:53:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Hey, I'm doing a final paper on myths involving religion, and I'm focusing on one in the area. If anyone wouldn't, I'd like to end an email of a few questions to anyone willing to answer. They'd be simple one, like what is the myth version you've head of and you're response if alterations were in the myth. My email is xxzombiegirlfriend@gmail.com. An help would be appreciated. Thanks.

AnonymousVisiter 24.128.208.105       Comment# 25139     12/29/2008 4:42:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This me and my freinds went to there last night. it was so scary. we didnt see anything but we heard things. i guess you need to belive in things like that.

AnonymousVisiter 76.119.249.12       Comment# 25637     1/10/2009 1:28:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This What types of things did you hear!?....where on the road were you

AnonymousVisiter 64.12.116.78       Comment# 27163     2/11/2009 10:24:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This Maybe going tonight..using, night vision dvd, small-hand held tpae recorder, digital camera, &extra batteries, for everything...of course, we will be respectful. It was interesting to read all your blogs....hopefully, we'll have something to w/b Daronsilvers, maybe we van team up with your team some time...I've got many orb, active orbs, in Salem,MA (1st quest), 2night, there will be 4 of us, from Tyngs(checking out things there, to maybe a gew places in SO/NH Have a GOOD

AnonymousVisiter 98.216.211.68       Comment# 27218     2/12/2009 2:13:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This ive lived in billerica all my life and just about evryone i kows been there. my bother said somthing about a bridge?? idk if its even near there but its related to the nun story... he and his friend drove over it and their car just stopped running. then under the bridge (not very high up), you could see the bushes moving and a girl whispering. so they got in the car and could hear a woman's heels clacking, only they sounded a if she was next to you even though they were in the car with the windows up. who ever saying there isnt a sinking house? they obviously couldnt find it because its there... dont really want to go down there though!

AnonymousVisiter 24.147.246.73       Comment# 27418     2/16/2009 12:18:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i played the ouija board there.........and i asked it if anyone was there and then there was a sound of chains dragging(i was on step 3)and my friend said she heard someone chokeing to death So me and my friend Ran like hell!

AnonymousVisiter 71.232.126.225       Comment# 27499     2/18/2009 8:48:00 AM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This i haven't gone there in for about a year now, but i plan on going again sometime this week. nothing that insane has ever happened to me, but there's definitly an eery feel of the presence of spirits.

AnonymousVisiter 98.217.152.198       Comment# 27518     2/18/2009 1:12:00 PM       Edit / Flag       Reply To This if u want to know all the legends to this place buy the book "weird massachusetts." its all about paranormal stuff and legends.

AnonymousVisiter 98.217.152.198