Historic haunted places in Cambridge, 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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Haunted place
0 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Open to the public (active church; services and posted visitor hours).
Local lore says a British soldier thrown from a wagon during the Revolution was buried beneath this Loyalist church, which angered Patriots so much that they ransacked it. His spir…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
159 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Open seasonally for History Cambridge tours.
Widow Elizabeth Hooper ran a tavern here and was found dead in 1701, wrapped in a sheet, and witnesses have described her gliding across the floor in that same sheet. Five Hessian …
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
Harvard Yard, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
Exterior viewable from Harvard Yard; interior not open to the public.
Harvard folklore tells of Holbrook Smith, supposedly of the Class of 1914, who returned each fall to chat with freshmen and walk through walls, though no record of his enrollment e…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1450 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Open to the public (cemetery; daylight hours).
Laid out in 1635 and the resting place of early Harvard presidents, this graveyard is a fixture of Cambridge's autumn ghost walks. Visitors have reported glowing orbs and full-figu…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1341 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard administrative building; exterior view from Massachusetts Avenue, interior by appointment.
A cleaner working alone early one morning saw a grim figure in a tricorn hat and cloak walk silently down the stairs and out the door, and other custodians have described the same …
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.