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On May
19, 1822, Peleg Walker was found dead inside Foster’s Ramtail Factory. Almost
ten years earlier, he and four other family members had made the fateful
decision to start a business. Legend has it that when relations soured over
arguments about money, the partnership ended, with Peleg hanging from the very
bell rope he rang each morning to signal the change in shift. Whether he took
his own life or was murdered remains a mystery. Recognized as a haunted site
since 1885, the factory now lies in ruins. Yet Peleg still keeps vigil over its
remains, sounding his night watchman’s bell and drifting with his candle
lantern in hand. Authors Tom D’Agostino and Arlene Nicholson share over two
decades of research into the mysterious history of Rhode Island’s haunted
factory.
On May
19, 1822, Peleg Walker was found dead inside Foster’s Ramtail Factory. Almost
ten years earlier, he and four other family members had made the fateful
decision to start a business. Legend has it that when relations soured over
arguments about money, the partnership ended, with Peleg hanging from the very
bell rope he rang each morning to signal the change in shift. Whether he took
his own life or was murdered remains a mystery. Recognized as a haunted site
since 1885, the factory now lies in ruins. Yet Peleg still keeps vigil over its
remains, sounding his night watchman’s bell and drifting with his candle
lantern in hand. Authors Tom D’Agostino and Arlene Nicholson share over two
decades of research into the mysterious history of Rhode Island’s haunted
factory.
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