343 Main Street Route 28, Yarmouth, MA , USA
Real Haunts in Massachusetts
Real Haunts in Massachusetts
1101 Kirkbride Dr, Danvers, MA 01923, USA
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, mental health was broadly defined. Health conditions and mental capacities simply had yet to be discovered by medical science and as a result, thousands of people were not handled with enough care and concern. While highly debatable, their life-care was turned over by their families to the aid afforded by the state and they were placed into asylums. One such place that is registered to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places is the Danvers State Hospital. Read more…
(508) 675-7333
230 2nd St, Fall River, MA 02721, United States
The Haunted Lizzie Borden House Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. The History of the Haunted Lizzie Borden House While many establishments boast of housing spirits of a bygone era, few can claim to host the ghostly victims one of the most famous murders in our history. The ghosts of Abby and Andrew Borden, father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden, are said to haunt the home in which they were brutally murdered over 100 years ago. Read more…
800-609-6618
2839 Main St, Barnstable, MA 02630, USA
Most bed and breakfasts are built with the original intentions of being an inn for weary travelers, however the Beechwood Inn of Cape Cod, Massachusetts originally was not purposed for this. The Beechwood itself was actually a private home residence between 1853 all the way up to 1980. Once sold, it was fashioned into a bed and breakfast to help capitalize on the frequent tourist and vacation industry that was locally popular. For a place that has been open less than forty years, it already has a haunted reputation. Read more…
18 Washington Square W, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Is Salem’s Hawthorne Hotel haunted? The Hawthorne Hotel is ranked as one of the most haunted hotels in America. Guests have frequently reported moving furniture, sightings of a ghostly woman, unexplained noises and crying and more. The show Bewitched even filmed an episode in one of the elevators during the 70s and in 1990 the hotel held a seance in the Grand Ballroom to try and contact Harry Houdini. The Hawthorne Hotel was established in 1925 in the heart of Salem, Massachusetts. Read more…
(978) 745-8100
148 Washington Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA
The Salem Witch Trials are legendary among historians and horror fans alike in the United States. The seventeenth-century scandal started when the uncontrollable fits of a minister’s daughter and niece had no medical explanation. The extreme Puritan faithful reckoned the mannerisms were consistent with the devil and witchcraft. The only question was, who is a witch? What happened next was one of the most incredibly violent and accusatory purges in legal history. A modern-day Inquisition replete with conspiracy, torture, and death. Read more…