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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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Lenox, Massachusetts · Other
Haunted Places connects apparitions at Edith Wharton’s estate with the novelist, her husband Teddy, a servant and a gentleman sometimes identified as her lover. The stories imagine members of the old household returning to the mansion. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Sandisfield, Massachusetts · Hotel
Haunted Places describes a little girl associated with Room 4 who makes belongings disappear and later returns them. Unexplained voices are another recurring element of the New Boston Inn’s ghost stories. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Tewksbury, Massachusetts · Cemetery
A community account collected by Haunted Places describes screams from the woods and humanlike apparitions among the trees surrounding the former hospital cemetery. Its numbered graves provide the setting for these reports. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Duxbury, Massachusetts · Other
The tavern’s ghost is named Lysander Walker. Haunted Places describes cold patches and tables tipping, and reports that the restaurant has circulated his story on its placemats. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Dracut, Massachusetts · Hotel
Haunted Places describes two child apparitions at the Dracut restaurant: a boy who disappears when approached in the lounge and a girl seen in a connecting passage toward the barn building. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Salem, Massachusetts · Other
Haunted Places describes investigators reporting a child’s voice, malfunctioning equipment, a cold draft and an unexplained touch at Jonathan Corwin’s former home. The house’s association with a Salem witch-trial judge frames its modern paranormal reputation. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Springfield, Massachusetts · Other
Haunted Places describes the sound of rolling balls where a bowling alley once operated, along with footsteps, whispers and cold patches. A young boy’s apparition is reportedly seen perched on a pool table in the building. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Quincy, Massachusetts · Other
Haunted Places describes a reputation for lingering spirits aboard the former cruiser, particularly associated with its service as a hospital after the 1953 Ionian earthquake. Paranormal tours and a Ghost Hunters appearance have helped circulate the ship’s stories. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Lenox, Massachusetts · Other
A woman’s face reportedly floats down a staircase at Ventfort Hall. Haunted Places also records whispers, cries, moving doors and unexplained touches; some storytellers identify the presences with former residents George and Sarah Morgan. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Falmouth, Massachusetts · Hotel
The Dimmick family figures prominently in the inn’s folklore. Haunted Places describes Sarah, a young woman in a white nightdress, watching sleeping guests, alongside other apparitions associated with former occupants, including Dr. Tripp. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.
Essex, Massachusetts · Other
Haunted Places recounts a ghostly couple near the restaurant’s walls, together with cold patches and flickering lights. One unusual story has an apparition waving at passing drivers as though trying to protect a rabbit in the road. Supernatural reports are folklore, not established facts. Historical explanations have not been independently corroborated.