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Anecdotal reports in Massachusetts

Massachusetts keeps 17 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

17 dossiers0 counties covered94% open to visitorsLizzie Borden House — deepest file

Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58 Hawaii55 Virginia34 Michigan31 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24

Other Massachusetts shelves:local folklore19 documented legends17 media-reported hauntings7 investigation claims5 reported experiences4

High confidence

Lizzie Borden House

Fall River, Massachusetts

1892 crime site operating as a museum and overnight accommodation.

3 claims · 1 legend→

USS Massachusetts

Fall River, Massachusetts

Battleship museum at Battleship Cove with overnight "Nautical Nights" lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Freetown-Fall River State Forest

Assonet, Massachusetts

5,000-acre forest inside the Bridgewater Triangle with cult-crime history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Red Lion Inn

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

The Berkshires inn whose fourth floor the staff won’t joke about.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Andrea Doria wreck

Nantucket, Massachusetts

July 25, 1956—the Italian liner’s grave off Nantucket.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Andrea Gail

Gloucester, Massachusetts

October 1991—the Perfect Storm’s lost boat.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Man at the Wheel

Gloucester, Massachusetts

The 1925 statue—where the fishermen’s memorial stands.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Steamer Portland

Boston, Massachusetts

November 26, 1898—the gale that took them all.

2 claims · 1 legend→

City of Columbus

Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

January 18, 1884—the wreck that froze the dead.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Hammond Castle Museum

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Inventor's house museum documenting spiritualism history and reported TV investigations.

Former Hospital

Danvers State Hospital

Danvers, Massachusetts

Kirkbride asylum whose ruins starred in Session 9 before demolition.

Woburn

Woburn, Massachusetts

The town where the water made the children sick—A Civil Action.

Former Hospital

Metropolitan State Hospital

Waltham, Massachusetts

State hospital with a burial ground and a notorious 1978 patient murder.

Liberty Hotel

Boston, Massachusetts

Charles Street Jail converted to a luxury hotel.

Historic House Museum

Rebecca Nurse Homestead

Danvers, Massachusetts

Home of the pious grandmother hanged for witchcraft in 1692.

Salem Witch Museum

Salem, Massachusetts

The 1972 museum that anchors Salem’s witch-trials interpretation.

Salem Maritime

Salem, Massachusetts

The wharves where the privateers and the witches’ era meet.

Full Massachusetts record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive