Hannah Cranna, the Witch of Monroe: Connecticut | 50 States of Folklore

Midnight Signals: History, Folklore and Unexplained Mysteries · Apr 27, 2026 · 30m · transcript

The men of Monroe, Connecticut, thought the terror would end when Hannah Cranna died. Instead, her coffin fought its way off a chained sled. Twice. Hannah Hovey lived on a lonely ridge in the nineteenth century, and after her husband’s impossible death at the base of a cliff he knew too well, whispers hardened into certainty. Hannah leaned into the fear, taxing her neighbors in pies, fish, bread, and firewood with nothing but threats and an unblinking stare. Refuse her, the stories say, and ovens ruined their own pies, streams went silent, and a prize rooster dropped dead at the point of her…