An Antiques Roadshow guest shared a chilling tale about her family's "haunted" painting. Expert Ken Farmer was presented with a grand portrait of Aaron Delano, the fifth great-grand uncle of the elderly guest. The woman explained that the painting had been passed down through generations, from her grandmother to her parents and then to her.
She said: "We believe that he is, through both research and word of mouth, that he was the youngest sea captain in the New England area. He was born in 1767 and unfortunately, he passed away, lost at sea in 1794." She further detailed that during his lifetime, it was believed Delano was trading along the New England coast, journeying from Plymouth and Nantucket to somewhere in Nova Scotia.
Then, the guest revealed the eerie side of the painting. "Over the years, we have decided as a family that he's probably haunted", she confessed. "When I was a teenager in my home, when my parents got him, they'd hang him in the front stairway and I would swear that I could hear him open and close the front door, walk up the stairs and walk down the hall.
13 Best wedding guest dresses for summer 2024 under £100 from River Island, Mango, M&S and more Antiques Roadshow guest's tragic story of ‘haunted’ portrait worth a fortune ( Image: PBR) "And I would think that it was my father or my mother coming home and I'd go out and there was no one there. My older sister also experienced the walking sound in the hallway. When I was taking the picture down to .
