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Explore 59 haunted places in Massachusetts. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
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Otis, Massachusetts · Hotel
A young soldier nicknamed Jake supposedly appears briefly in the restaurant. Haunted Places describes electrical disturbances and clothing being tugged, while the soldier’s era remains uncertain within the story. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Fall River, Massachusetts · Historic house
The Fall River house where Andrew and Abby Borden were killed in 1892 survives as an operating inn and museum. Its afterlife is one of guest-room ghost stories, downstairs footsteps and reported nocturnal voices. Tours and investigations are bookable, but the murder remains unsolved and Lizzie Borden was acquitted.
Sudbury, Massachusetts · Hotel
Jerusha Howe is the figure associated with Rooms 7 and 9 in Haunted Places’ account. Stories describe her touching male visitors and connect the haunting with an unhappy romance. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Athol, Massachusetts · Other
The former York theater is associated with unexplained footsteps, children’s laughter and objects moving. Haunted Places also recounts a female figure in the balcony; stories offered to explain these experiences include alleged deaths that remain unverified. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Brockton, Massachusetts · Cemetery
Running footsteps and laughter without a visible source are the phenomena reported in Haunted Places’ account of Melrose Cemetery. Stories particularly associate the laughter with a rear corner of the burial ground. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts · Other
Millicent’s apparition supposedly appears with a blue glow or watches from the tower windows. Haunted Places also mentions a former janitor’s ghost. The sensational claim that Millicent was buried beneath the library is treated as unverified legend. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Scituate, Massachusetts · Other
A keeper killed when an earlier lighthouse was destroyed by a storm is said to haunt the offshore beacon. Haunted Places records this brief tradition without identifying a particular witnessed incident. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Salem, Massachusetts · Other
A young woman dressed in turn-of-the-century clothes reportedly appears at this Salem lodging. Haunted Places also mentions ghostly children, although its account supplies little detail about their identities or the circumstances of encounters. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
New Bedford, Massachusetts · Other
The armory’s paranormal reputation includes a mist reportedly passing through an investigator. Haunted Places places that experience in a room connected by local stories with a sergeant’s death, and notes the building’s appearance on Ghost Hunters. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Winchendon, Massachusetts · Cemetery
A cemetery surviving the disappearance of New Boston village carries its own ghost story. Haunted Places recounts an angry hanging figure said to appear near a particular tree, connecting the quiet burial ground with unsettling local lore. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Royalston, Massachusetts · Cemetery
Haunted Places collects reports of a pale, mistlike woman with long fair hair and a fast-moving dark figure in this small cemetery. Visitors also describe sudden chill and the unnerving sensation of being touched or watched. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts · Hotel
The inn’s stories include a man in an old-fashioned white shirt appearing beside a bed, and another unseen visitor shaking bedposts. Haunted Places also recounts moving objects, appliances switching on and staff hearing their names whispered. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Boston, Massachusetts · Hotel
Figures in period dress, unexplained voices and doors moving without an apparent cause appear in Haunted Places’ account of this Boston hotel. The reported activity extends from guest areas into the lobby, restaurant and corridors. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Orleans, Massachusetts · Hotel
A spirit nicknamed Hannah supposedly walks through the inn and dances in its windows. Haunted Places recounts footsteps, sudden gusts and doors slamming; the explanation involving a murdered woman is part of the inn’s lore. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Danvers, Massachusetts · Other
A spectral older man supposedly occupies the third-floor research area. Haunted Places says he hushes noisy patrons, extending ordinary library etiquette into the building’s ghost lore. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Eastham, Massachusetts · Hotel
The inn’s so-called Goodnight Ghost reportedly whispers to sleeping guests or touches them during the night. Haunted Places places these encounters in the older part of the building and also mentions belongings being moved. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Duxbury, Massachusetts · Other
Haunted Places recounts a photographer’s claimed encounter with the upper half of a dark-haired woman in period clothing. Local lore identifies the apparition with keeper Hannah Thomas; the identification is part of the story. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Boston, Massachusetts · Theater
The theater’s resident ghost is nicknamed Essie. Haunted Places recounts a figure floating over the stage and a tradition of placing flowers at her supposed seat; wilted offerings are said to provoke interference with performance lighting. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Gardner, Massachusetts · Historic house
A deep sound called the Lion’s Roar gives this Gardner mansion a distinctive voice. Stairway footsteps, moving doors and figures in the halls join the stories told during reserved tours and overnight visits.
Northampton, Massachusetts · Other
The dormitory’s best-known story concerns Lucy and a British lover who supposedly met in a hidden passage. Haunted Places says their spirits remain together after a separation in life; other campus tales attach unexplained deaths to the passage. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Ashland, Massachusetts · Other
Haunted Places recounts glasses falling from shelves, doors moving and an uneasy upstairs room. Local ghost identifications include John Stone, a chambermaid called Sadie and Burt Philips; those identities form part of the building’s folklore. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Salem, Massachusetts · Other
Haunted Places describes unusual lights in photographs and stories that spirits from this burial ground appear in neighboring houses. Judge John Hathorne’s burial here contributes to its association with Salem’s witch-trial past. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Charlemont, Massachusetts · Hotel
The inn’s folklore includes a soldier in an upstairs corridor, an innkeeper in the tavern and an energetic spirit called Elizabeth. Haunted Places attributes slammed doors, thrown objects and heavy footsteps to Elizabeth, who supposedly converses with children. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Salem, Massachusetts · Other
A woman in a long white dress reportedly appears on the staircase or in mirrors. Haunted Places also records electrical disturbances and a tradition connecting the property with Bridget Bishop; that land-history connection requires separate verification. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.