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0Old Plymouth County Hospital
Hanson, Massachusetts
Plymouth County Hospital, once Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital, is said to be haunted by some of those who have died within its walls. Passersby have described screaming and laughter coming from the empty building, or simply a feeling that something inside is watching them. *Note* The public is not allowed here ...
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Cape Cod Cafe
Brockton, Massachusetts
7 miles from Hanson, MA
At Cape Cod Café, a ghostly baby has been heard crying. Rumor has it that a mother once left her baby alone at a table so she could go drink at the bar. While she was there, the baby choked to death.
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The Sun Tavern
Duxbury, Massachusetts
7.2 miles from Hanson, MA
The Sun Tavern is known for two things: casual fine dining inside a pre-Revolutionary War farmhouse, and a ghost named Lysander Walker, who creates cold spots and has been known to tip over tables. Lysander's story is told on the restaurant's placemats.
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Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
7.7 miles from Hanson, MA
Bridgewater State University is said to be haunted by a former headmaster in Tillinghast (Tilly) Hall. According to legend, she died when she fell off the roof after climbing up there to discipline some residents who were up there making noise in the night. Also, a ghost named George is ...
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Melrose Cemetery
Brockton, Massachusetts
9.7 miles from Hanson, MA
Running footsteps and disembodied laughter are some of the mysterious things that have been reported in Melrose Cemetery. The laughter most often comes from the back corner of the cemetery on the left side.
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Stonehill College
Easton, Massachusetts
10.1 miles from Hanson, MA
Rumor has it that an eerie scene re-creates itself on a deadly anniversary at Stonehill College. Years ago, a small passenger plane crashed into the college's pond. Now, every year on the same night, a blue mist comes off the pond and creates a blanket of fog over the campus. ...
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Camp Titicut
Raynham, Massachusetts
11.6 miles from Hanson, MA
An old summertime campsite for Native Americans, complete with a burial ground, Camp Titicut is believed to be haunted by King Phillip, whose body reportedly was drawn and quartered here. The sound of leaves rustling, according to local tales, is his body parts trying to get back together. The area ...
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0USS Salem
Quincy, Massachusetts
12.5 miles from Hanson, MA
This former Navy cruiser is now a museum ship and open to the public. The ship, in one of its duties, served as a hospital after the 1953 Ionian Earthquake, and many spirits from throughout the ship's service are said to have lingered here. Ghost tours are offered regularly, a ...
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Regina Russell's Tea Room
Quincy, Massachusetts
13.2 miles from Hanson, MA
At this psychic/tarot business and tea room, a female apparition is said to reside. She has often been seen standing near the fireplace, and has visited since the place opened in 1970.
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Minot's Ledge Lighthouse
Scituate, Massachusetts
14.8 miles from Hanson, MA
This lighthouse is said to be haunted by a former lighthouse keeper who was killed when the original lighthouse that stood on this spot was destroyed in a storm.
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0Holiday Inn Taunton
Taunton, Massachusetts
14.9 miles from Hanson, MA
The stairway near the 28 rooms are said to be haunted; voices in the stairway order "Leave here now."
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Plymouth Light - Gurnet Light
Duxbury, Massachusetts
15.2 miles from Hanson, MA
Built in 1769, the structure is thought to be haunted by the first female lightkeeper, Hannah Thomas, who took over after her husband John was killed in the Revolutionary War. Tales tell of a photographer who spent the night here and saw an apparition of the upper half of a ...
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Fort Revere
Hull, Massachusetts
15.9 miles from Hanson, MA
Fort Revere, formerly Fort Independence, was renamed to honor patriot Paul Revere. It was used from the American Revolution through World War II and was decommissioned in 1947. A number of eerie experiences have been described by witnesses here, such as unexplained noises and whispers, and shadows that rush ...
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Fort Warren
Hull, Massachusetts
17.1 miles from Hanson, MA
Fort Warren, a pentagonal structure of stone and granite, was completed near the beginning of the Civil War and was decommissioned in 1947. It was named after Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his well-known ride. The fort is haunted by a ghostly lady in ...
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Boston Light
Hull, Massachusetts
17.5 miles from Hanson, MA
The Boston Light, built in 1783, is said to be haunted by an old sailor who hates rock 'n' roll music. When Coast Guards tune in to rock stations in the vicinity, they find that their radios suddenly switch to classical stations. At the lighthouse, footsteps and cold spots accompany ...
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Riverside Theater Works
Boston, Massachusetts
17.5 miles from Hanson, MA
Riverside Theater Works, formerly French's Opera House, is haunted by Esmeralda, who died during a fire. "Essie" is said to haunt children who are performing in plays, and has been seen floating above the stage. Esmeralda died in a purple chair in the audience near the right side of the ...
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Everett Square Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
17.5 miles from Hanson, MA
Everett Square Theatre has recently undergone renovations. Folks have reported blinking lights, unexplained noises, and uneasy feelings of unseen presences inside the building.
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Samuel Onion House
Westwood, Massachusetts
19.5 miles from Hanson, MA
This historic property was a former schoolhouse, and residents have reported seeing the apparition of a female teacher, as well as hearing children playing. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Cutler Majestic Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
21.3 miles from Hanson, MA
Built in 1903, the historic theater is said to be haunted by a former mayor of Boston who died during a performance, a little girl, and a married couple wearing turn-of-the-20th-century clothing.
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Berklee College of Music
Boston, Massachusetts
21.5 miles from Hanson, MA
Established in 1945, Berklee College of Music has been attended by many famous musicians. And it also has a haunted dorm, a 1900s former apartment building that eventually was remodeled into the Sherry Biltmore Hotel. When the hotel caught fire in 1963, started by a boy playing with matches, many ...
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The Boston Conservatory
Boston, Massachusetts
21.6 miles from Hanson, MA
The Boston Conservatory, some say, is haunted. There have been numerous reports of footsteps, doors that slam themselves, disembodied voices, objects that go missing, and other strange phenomena, especially in the dorm buildings. Some attribute the activity to the fact that the place was an 1800s hospital where many spirits ...
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0Omni Parker House Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
21.6 miles from Hanson, MA
At this hotel, rumored to be haunted, witnesses claim that doors open and close by themselves, lights turn on and off, and apparitions of folks in old-time clothing have been spotted. Voices have been heard as well in the lobby, restaurant and halls.
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0Boston Athenaeum
Boston, Massachusetts
21.7 miles from Hanson, MA
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne claimed to have seen the ghost of the scholarly Reverend Harris at this historic library.
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Charlesgate Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
21.9 miles from Hanson, MA
Charlesgate, built in 1901, was bought by Boston University to use as a dorm in 1947, and then was also used as a dorm by Emerson College through the late 1990s. It's now a condo building. Some of the hauntings are attributed to séances held by college kids or a ...
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Boston University - Shelton Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
22 miles from Hanson, MA
The fourth floor of Boston University's Shelton Hall is said to be haunted by playwright Eugene O'Neill, who spent his last years there. It was built in 1923 as a Sheraton Hotel and had been renamed the Shelton; the university bought in in 1954. Witnesses say the elevator works by ...
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Pine Manor College
Brookline, Massachusetts
22.1 miles from Hanson, MA
Students of Pine Manor College say that the lights along the pathway near the Main House (the administration building) turn off as they get close, then turn on again as they pass by. Mists have materialized in the nearby woods, and witnesses have noted a disconcerting feeling that something is ...
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Bellingham-Cary House
Chelsea, Massachusetts
23.6 miles from Hanson, MA
The Civil War-era mansion known as the Cary House is private property, but it has a legend attached. The daughter who lived here had two beaus on opposing sides of the war, and they happened to kill each other on the staircase. Rumor has it that on Mr. and Mrs. ...
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Saint Stephens Cemetery
Attleboro, Massachusetts
24.5 miles from Hanson, MA
Apparitions have been seen here of Albertine and Eugene and their 2-year-old daughter, Doris. Witnesses also describe childlike footsteps on the paved paths.
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Sacco's Bowl-Haven
Somerville, Massachusetts
25.4 miles from Hanson, MA
Sacco's Bowl-Haven, investigated by TV's Ghost Hunters, has been owned by the Sacco family since 1939. It's believed to be haunted by a former employee. Witnesses have described the feeling of something breathing on their neck and balls that return when the machine is off. The Ghost Hunters debunked the ...
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Verna's Donut Shop
Cambridge, Massachusetts
25.6 miles from Hanson, MA
Below Verna's Donut Shop is a basement storeroom, used to hold supplies for the doughnut shop and the adjacent cake-decorating shop, and it's rumored to have more than flour and sprinkles. A ghost, or at least a shadowy figure, has been seen crouching behind the boxes.
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Woman In White Dress
Belmont, Massachusetts
26.8 miles from Hanson, MA
Seven years ago on my way home driving through Belmont, as I always did, around 2:30 in the morning I saw a woman in a long flowing white dress (looked like she was possibly in her late 30's/early 40's but I am bad with age) walking up Royal Road (right ...
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Cumberland Public Library
Cumberland, Rhode Island
28.6 miles from Hanson, MA
The library was built on the former site of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Valley, consecrated in 1928, which was partially destroyed by fire in 1950. Witnesses in the library have experienced ghostly voices, doors slamming, and apparitions. One witness found a rock mysteriously placed on the seat ...
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Oak Grove Cemetery
Fall River, Massachusetts
28.7 miles from Hanson, MA
The 1855 Oak Grove Cemetery is known for being the burial place of Lizzie Borden and her family. Witnesses say they have heard screaming from the Borden plot and felt uneasy while in its vicinity. Some claim to have seen unexplained lights within the cemetery.
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Regis College
Weston, Massachusetts
29 miles from Hanson, MA
Regis College's haunted College Hall, built in the late 1920s, is rumored to have several ghosts in residence, including a roaming cold spot. A former piano teacher opens and closes doors and occasionally plays the piano, and the fourth floor is home to some spectral nuns, students say.
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Quequechan Club
Fall River, Massachusetts
29.2 miles from Hanson, MA
The Quequechan Club, founded in 1894, is housed in an 1861 private home. Witnesses here have seen the apparition of a lady in a Victorian dress and captured several electronic voice phenomena. Orbs also have shown up in photographs, reflected in a mirror.
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Slater Mill Historic Site
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
29.2 miles from Hanson, MA
The Slater Mill was a 1793 textile factory, and is now a museum of the machines of the Industrial Revolution. The haunts here are believed to be those killed while using some of the dangerous machines that caused dismemberment and death. Back then, small children were often employed as workers. ...
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Salem State University
Salem, Massachusetts
29.6 miles from Hanson, MA
Salem State University is reported to have many ghosts, including the spirits of a student who hanged herself and a man in black in Gramley Hall, two girls who were electrocuted at Gramley Library, a little girl who died in the elevator shaft at Clewell Hall, and a haunted portrait ...
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0Lizzie Borden House
Fall River, Massachusetts
29.6 miles from Hanson, MA
The home where Lizzie Borden lived is now a bed-and-breakfast. The historic house was the site of the famous double axe murder of Lizzie Borden's parents, and is said to be haunted. Witnesses have reported apparitions and unexplained noises.
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New Bedford Armory
New Bedford, Massachusetts
30 miles from Hanson, MA
The 1903 New Bedford Armory, featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, is said to be haunted. In a room where a sergeant hanged himself, paranormalists saw a strange mist that ran right through one of them.
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Millicent Library
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
30.4 miles from Hanson, MA
Millicent Library is believed to be haunted by its namesake, the daughter of Huttleston Rogers, a well-known financial backer of historical buildings in Fairhaven. Rumor has it that Millicent was buried in the library's foundation, and her apparition, say witnesses, walks in that very building, haloed by a blue light. ...
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Proctor's Ledge
Salem, Massachusetts
30.6 miles from Hanson, MA
Proctor's Ledge was the true site of Salem hangings. It's said that there is still a high psychic energy remaining since the hysteria ended. A note to anyone who investigates: the land is private property and located behind a series of houses; if you don't get permission first, there is ...
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The Burying Point
Salem, Massachusetts
30.8 miles from Hanson, MA
Judge Hathorne, also known as "The Hanging Judge" for his role in the Salem Witch Trials, is buried here. At night, light anomolies are caught on camera and some of the local homes are thought to be haunted by ghosts that are buried at this site. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Joshua Ward House
Salem, Massachusetts
30.8 miles from Hanson, MA
At this historic house built in 1784, the spirits of Sheriff George Corwin and Giles Cory are said to linger. Both men are associated with the Salem Witch Trials.
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House of the Seven Gables
Salem, Massachusetts
30.9 miles from Hanson, MA
Susan Ingersoll, former owner and relative to Nathaniel Hawthorne, is still seen walking down the halls and peering out of the windows. The presence of a child has been reported in the attic, but is thought to be playful. Strange sounds are heard, objects move by themselves, and a chair ...
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The Witch House - Jonathan Corwin House
Salem, Massachusetts
30.9 miles from Hanson, MA
The Witch House, aka Jonathan Corwin House, was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin and is known for being the only structure still standing in Salem with direct ties to the 1692 Salem witch trials. It was Corwin who investigated the claims of witchcraft after the accusations arose, which resulted ...
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Morning Glory Bed and Breakfast
Salem, Massachusetts
30.9 miles from Hanson, MA
This bed-and-breakfast inn is said to be haunted a young woman in turn-of-the-century clothing. Ghostly children are believed to reside here as well.
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The Lyceum - Turner's Seafood
Salem, Massachusetts
30.9 miles from Hanson, MA
Formerly the Lyceum and now Turner's Seafood, the spot is said to be haunted by a woman in a long, white period dress on the staircase. She has also appeared as a reflection in mirrors. Some say the land on which it stands was once an apple orchard belonging to ...
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0Hawthorne Hotel
Salem, Massachusetts
30.9 miles from Hanson, MA
This hotel boasts a haunted elevator and sixth floor. Legend has it that a double murder over a lovers' quarrel occurred here. Chandeliers are said to sway and cold spots can be detected.
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Howard Street Cemetery
Salem, Massachusetts
31 miles from Hanson, MA
Giles Corey, one of the accused witches of the Salem trials, was pressed to death nearby (slowly crushed by heavy stones). His ghost is reported at this cemetery and he was said to have cursed the local sheriff department; those in position as sheriff have suffered heart attacks, felt the ...
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St. Mary's Cemetery
Salem, Massachusetts
31.8 miles from Hanson, MA
Witnesses have seen a ghostly gray figure walking alongside them and have felt unpleasant vibes from the forest down the hill. There have also been sounds of claws on the path and a waist-high light that appeared near the top of the hill.
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