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Historic haunted places in Boston, MA. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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Puritan authorities once hanged dissenters on this oldest patch of Boston. Witnesses describe two women in 19th-century dress walking arm in arm, an era too late to tie them to the…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Built in 1891 to designs by J. Pickering Putnam, who later died there. A 1908 suicide in one room is blamed for a dark mood, and students from its dormitory years tell of hostile s…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Emerson College's 1903 theater reportedly hosts several spirits: a mayor said to have died mid-show (no record confirms it), a couple watching from a balcony, and a little girl who…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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A Civil War-era fort at the harbor mouth that held Confederate prisoners. A Lady in Black is said to roam it; legend holds she was executed as a spy after trying to free her impris…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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The mid-19th-century hotel hosted Charles Dickens and John F. Kennedy. Its founder, Harvey Parker, is said to have been seen walking the hallways long after his death.
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.