In 1799, the coastal town of Sullivan, Maine became the site of what may be the first documented haunting in American history. There were no séances. No mediums. Only a voice. It called itself Nelly Butler—and it spoke with purpose. Witnesses swore it came from nowhere, that it answered questions no one else could, and that it made a chilling demand: a marriage must take place. What followed was a series of events that would blur the line between testimony and belief, between the natural and the supernatural—and leave behind a silence that still resonates more than two centuries later.