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Named ghost legends filed in Massachusetts

Massachusetts files 19 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

19 dossiers0 counties covered74% open to visitorsLizzie Borden House — deepest file
Historic House
High confidence

Lizzie Borden House

Fall River, Massachusetts

1892 crime site operating as a museum and overnight accommodation.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Railroad Tunnel
Medium

Hoosac Tunnel

Florida / North Adams, Massachusetts

Railroad tunnel research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Fort
High confidence

Fort Warren

Boston, Massachusetts

Civil War prison and harbor fort associated with a disputed ghost legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
High confidence

Omni Parker House

Boston, Massachusetts

Hotel research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Houghton Mansion

North Adams, Massachusetts

Mayor’s mansion marked by a 1914 auto accident that preceded three deaths.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

S.K. Pierce Mansion

Gardner, Massachusetts

1885 chair-factory baron’s mansion marketed for overnight investigations.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Red Lion Inn

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Cocoanut Grove site

Boston, Massachusetts

November 28, 1942—the fire that killed 492.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Andrea Doria wreck

Nantucket, Massachusetts

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Andrea Gail

Gloucester, Massachusetts

October 1991—the Perfect Storm’s lost boat.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Man at the Wheel

Gloucester, Massachusetts

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Essex whaleship

Nantucket, Massachusetts

1820—the whale that sank the ship and inspired Moby Dick.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Steamer Portland

Boston, Massachusetts

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Whydah pirate wreck

Wellfleet, Massachusetts

April 26, 1717—the pirate ship that the storm took.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

City of Columbus

Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Joshua Ward House

Salem, Massachusetts

1784 house built over the witch-sheriff’s former home.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Howard Street Cemetery

Salem, Massachusetts

Burial ground near where Giles Corey was pressed to death in 1692.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Taunton State Hospital

Taunton, Massachusetts

The Kirkbride where Jane Toppan worked—and where the dome burned.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Lincoln Park

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

The 1894 park whose Comet coaster killed—demolished 2012.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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