Ghosts of Boston, Massachusetts
and Vicinity
©2006 by Fiona Broome and the Hollow Hill Staff
NOTE: These reports are from readers unless otherwise stated. We cannot
confirm every location, safety, accessibility, or how "haunted" each one is. Before
travelling considerable distances, call ahead to verify site information.
OUR INVESTIGATIONS
Concord - A local cemetery
One of our most startling daylight photos includes a skull on a Concord headstone that stares
back at you, if you know where to look. See our photos and read our report,
at The Haunted Skull of Concord, Massachusetts.
Haverhill - Bradford College
Investigated 11 March 2000, with several residual haunting manifestations, and one encounter
with an actual ghost. The college is now closed.
Read our March 2000 report, Summary of Ghosts at Bradford College.
Lynn - Lynn Woods State Park: Dungeon Rock
This was the scene of intense publicity and spiritualist activity in the 19th
century, when site owner Hiram Marble claimed that 17th-century pirate
Thomas Veal contacted him with directions to a pirate treasure buried in
Dungeon Rock.
The tunnel at
Dungeon Rock has been sealed with an iron door which is usually open. Take a strong flashlight,
and wear shoes with rubber soles; the cave/tunnel floor is often water-covered
and slimy. Park near the Rose Garden entrance to Lynn Woods, for the shortest walk to
Dungeon Rock.
Lights and apparitions,
and an eerie atmosphere are still reported in this vicinity. The Marble family
is buried nearby, having never found the treasure; they lost their own
fortune in the process.
(Source: Our own research and visits to the site, and
Snow, Adventures..., p. 20 - 30)
Tyngsboro, MA - Tyng Mansion - John Alford Tyng and others may haunt the
Tyng Mansion and the nearby family cemetery. However, since the four-part story begins with a ghost who
haunts nearby Nashua, NH, we've reported this as a New Hampshire haunting. These are
our articles:
OTHERS' REPORTS
Danvers - Danvers State Hospital
This may be one of the "haunted mental hospitals" featured on the
Fox Channel broadcast. The
hospital was closed in 1990, after many years as a sanitorium and then a sanitarium,
possibly for the criminally insane. (More likely Fox location is Waltham's Metropolitan
State Hospital, see below.)
The Danvers hospital has been described as "haunted" since the early 1960's anyway.
Danvers has a colorful history. In Colonial times, Danvers was called Salem Village,
and it's where most of the murdered "Salem Witches" lived in 1692, not today's town of
Salem.
Lasts reports (starting 2/01) tell us that the property is actively patrolled by the police, and
posted against trespassing. We'll repeat our standard warning, NEVER trespass on private and/or
posted
property unless you're prepared to be arrested.
To get to Danvers State Hospital area: The hospital is on top of a hill overlooking Rte. 1, and it can
be seen from Rte. 128. The closest intersection is Rtes. 1 & 62 (Maple St.) and
the buildings are old and brick. Don't confuse them with the newer nearby condos and golf course.
(Source: Readers of Hollow Hill, local legends, and assorted online histories,
including the Lovecraft
link to this hospital.)
Melrose - 39 Linden Road - A private residence - no trespassing!
This 1894 house now divided into apartments, is said to be haunted by two ghosts.
One is the carpenter who built the house and is angry about what has been done to the house since. The other is the ghost of a woman who died in one of the apartments.
There are frequent footsteps on the stairs, or the phone or doorbell rings, and no one is there. Also, the lights have been turned on and off by some invisible force.
This site has been investigated by a psychic, who confirmed much of the information.
(Source: Myers, Ghostly Gazetteer..., p. 115)
Newburyport - Charles Street Schoolhouse
HOAX - The story was that a schoolboy was beaten and thrown into the
cellar of this school in 1858. His ghost supposedly appeared many times from 1871-3,
mostly in one classroom. Later revealed as a hoax by several
of Ms. Lucy Perkins' students.
(Source: Snow, Strange Tales..., p. 128)
Nahant - near Egg Rock
Nearly every coastal area has one of these stories:
Around the autumn of 1815, an Italian named Faustino rowed out to Egg
Rock to pick some unusual flowers for his fiancee, Alice. However, a squall
came up and Faustino drowned trying to return to shore. Alice's ghost can still
be heard at the rocks of Nahant calling, "Faustino! Faustino!"
(Source: Snow, Strange Tales..., p. 155)
Nahant - near Swallow Cave
17th century witch, "Wonderful" appears among the rocks at Swallow Cave
(near Forty Steps) at Nahant, just north of Boston near Lynn and Salem, MA.
Then 70 years old, "Wonderful" was instrumental in helping the men of Lynn defeat
approx. 40 Narragansett Indians who raided the settlement in 1675. She accurately
predicted that they would hide in what is now called Swallow Cave,
a 5-foot opening on the shore that opens to a 24-yard deep cave. Today she is
seen day and night, but usually at dusk, near the cave.
(Source: Snow, Strange Tales..., p. 156)
Orleans - Orleans Inn
Mary, a friend of Hollow Hill, reports that the Orleans Inn--one of
the oldest buildings on Cape Cod--is haunted. She tells us that lights go on and
off, doors open and close
on their own, and there have been "cold spots" found inside the building.
Other manifestations include fleeting visual appearances, and the sound of voices.
Rockland - private residence on North Avenue
Maryellen Garland, a friend of Hollow Hill, reports that her childhood
home in Rockland is haunted. In particular, she mentions a bedroom at the rear
of the house, near the
attic. She says that her hair was pulled, her closet door opened by itself, and
electrical appliances would turn themselves on and off. In addition, she reports
figures visible in mirrors upstairs,
and that members of her family have seen the ghost of an old man roaming through the house. He leaves an odor of onions as he walks.
Southbridge - private residence on Cross Street
An anonymous visitor to Hollow Hill provides information about a haunted private home. Objects move from room to room, and people in the house sometimes feel something brush against them.
Taunton - private residence on Tremont Street
An anonymous friend of Hollow Hill reports a haunted duplex on Tremont Street. Twice, members of her family have coincidentally moved into one particular apartment, and both times moved out
due to hauntings. In addition to unpleasant sensations among people visiting the apartment, the reader has a photo taken at a Christmas party when the television was off, but the screen clearly shows
the image of a woman's face.
Waltham - Metropolitan State Hospital
This is the most likely candidate for the hauntings reported on the Fox Channel
"scariest places" program. See back issues of The Boston Globe newspaper for details.
Similar to Danvers, it is on private property.
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