Dudleytown, Connecticut
According to the New England Historical Society, Dudleytown is supposed to be a cursed town that was founded by the descendants of a failed usurper to King Henry VIII’s throne. Eventually, the story goes, enough mysterious deaths and instances of people suddenly losing their sanity mounted that residents fearfully abandoned the town.
However, the historical society noted that the real reason for the abandonment had to do more with poor farmland and new westward opportunities than any curse. It’s especially worth noting that the tales of woe cited around the town’s residents were either fabricated or exaggerated. Nonetheless, Dudleytown’s legend persists enough that residents have described the influx of tourists recording their supernatural podcasts as the area’s real curse.