Paranormal investigators and amateur-ghost hunters alike have been fascinated for years by sightings of The White Lady of Easton in and around Stepney Cemetery in Monroe and Union Cemetery in Easton.
Now a paranormal team is taking a deeper dive into the legendary apparition and asking for the public’s input.
The result will be a documentary about the female ghost with the long dark hair and flowing white dress, said project leader and paranormal investigator Nicholas Grossmann.
Grossman’s fascination with the lady began years ago while investigating Stepney Cemetery in Monroe, where famed paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren are buried.
Grossmann, who said he once had to swerve the car to avoid hitting “The White Lady,” is seeking feedback from people in the area of Monroe, Redding, Easton and Trumbull who have also had visits from the lady at their homes, in their yards and other places because Grossman believes her reach might be broader than once thought.
Nick Grossmann says he has been a psychic all his life. (Courtesy)
Grossmann even believes he may have captured actual footage of her apparition.
His fascination about the lady heightened one day, he said, when his “psychic colleague” Diane Berti and video technician Hector Roque noticed something unusual — “the cemetery, usually a hotbed of paranormal activity, was eerily quiet.”
Berti used her pendulum to communicate with a spirit who delivered a cryptic message: “You will see the White Lady tonight,” Grossmann said.
Hours later, as Grossmann and Roque packed up their equipment and headed home, something extraordinary happened.
“While driving miles down the road,” Grossmann said, “a woman in a white dress flew across in front of my car. She appeared completely physical, not transparent — but she glided across the road in a way no human could. It was so real I swerved to avoid her.”
Grossman said he regrets not having his video camera on that day.
Grossmann is the founder of Ghost Storm Investigations, which recently teamed up with CTPASTS, the Connecticut Supernatural and Paranormal Society, led by Jeff Gerry and Berti.
The collaboration resulted in their upcoming six-year film project, “Expedition Hell: Mark of the Witch,” documenting three of Connecticut’s most disturbing and dangerous cases — featuring what the teams describe as physics-defying paranormal activity.
The two groups are joining forces to begin a new documentary focused on The White Lady of Easton.
They are asking local residents to share their haunted experiences or grant permission for investigations on their property.
Grossmann said they don’t plan to enter Stepney Cemetery or Union without permission.
“But what about the homes and roads outside the cemetery? I bet there are so many people who’ve had encounters and stories. This film is more residential,” he said.
Residents with experiences related to The White Lady of Easton are encouraged to contact: PsychicMediumCT@gmail.com
“This is going to be quite an adventure,” Grossmann said. “Everybody knows the White Lady.”
Legend says the woman was drowned by her husband at the watering hole across from the cemetery in around the 16th or 17th century.
Grossmann said she has been so present in the area some couldn’t drive around the area because she would sit in the back seat seat and be a distraction.
He said once after being near the cemetery he was driving in New Haven, had his hand out the window, holding the roof and he felt a human hand slap his hand on the roof. He believes it was her.