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0Fort Devens
Devens, Massachusetts
3.1 miles from Harvard, MA
Fort Devens, named for Civil War general Charles Devens, is now the Devens Reserve Forces Training Area. Reports say that in the older, unused buildings, unexplained flashing lights have been noticed at night. And piano playing has been heard coming from the defunct movie house.
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Blood Town Forest
Lancaster, Massachusetts
6.7 miles from Harvard, MA
Legend has it that a young man and woman were killed here while camping in the forest. There is said to be a rock near the entrance that tells the story, but this may or may not be true. Some say the forest really got its name strictly because the ...
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0Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Sudbury, Massachusetts
11.4 miles from Harvard, MA
At this 1716 inn, it is said that a woman named Jerusha Howe lingers, especially in Rooms 7 and 9. She is said to have been unlucky in her love life, and therefore likes to touch male visitors. Author Henry W. Longfellow wrote a book about the inn in the ...
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The Cooperage
Townsend, Massachusetts
11.5 miles from Harvard, MA
The Cooperage, explored by TV's Ghost Hunters, was built in 1733 as a mill. In the mid-1800s it was a barrel-making business, and later, a restaurant and a gift/antique shop (it's most recent incarnation). Apparitions, voices and footsteps are among the eerie things often reported here.
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Reed Homestead
Townsend, Massachusetts
11.5 miles from Harvard, MA
At the Reed Homestead, explored by TV's Ghost Hunters, four generations of the Oliver Reed family have resided. It was built in 1809 and contains murals believed to have been created by Rufus Porter, painter, inventor and founder of The Scientific American Magazine, a Victorian garden and examples of early ...
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0Concord's Colonial Inn
Concord, Massachusetts
12.2 miles from Harvard, MA
TV's Ghost Hunters has featured this inn, at which Room 24 is said to be haunted by a ghost.
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Bainbridge’s - Aprile's European Restaurant
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
14 miles from Harvard, MA
The former Bainbridge's, now Aprile's European Restaurant, may serve up a surprise or two to its customers. Folks say it has pictures that move, a woman's spirit that cries, and ghostly children who play in the overnight hours.
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Old Dudley Road
Billerica, Massachusetts
14.6 miles from Harvard, MA
Although the New Dudley Oxford Road is in use today, its ancestor, the Old Dudley Oxford Road, still exists for about a mile. Apparently unable to quit his favorite route, a spectral horseback rider in Colonial garb is said to patrol the remains of the old road.
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Mary Belanger House
Lowell, Massachusetts
15.3 miles from Harvard, MA
This is the house where a woman named Mary Belanger supposedly died when she fell into the fire pit in the back yard and burned to death. Events such as visible apparitions and floating objects support this claim. I also took a photo in the cellar that captures an ...
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Gilson Road Cemetery
Nashua, New Hampshire
15.4 miles from Harvard, MA
Misty apparitions have been reported at this early-1800s cemetery, along with a strange feeling like you are walking through water. Voices are reported to come from the back right corner and a figure in a black hood has been seen. Folks who live in the subdivisions that have cropped up ...
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Dean Hill Revolutionary Cemetery - The Rev
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
15.7 miles from Harvard, MA
Dean Hill Revolutionary Cemetery is also know to locals as The Rev. It's unknown whether it's soldiers or more sinister entities that haunt the place, but there are rumors of satanic practices and eerie feelings coming over its visitors. Some have heard loud screams at night. Local tales say a ...
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Framingham State University
Framingham, Massachusetts
15.8 miles from Harvard, MA
At Framingham State University, visitors may hear ghostly laughter or feel cold spots, and orbs are often photographed at Horace Mann Hall. And in Peirce Hall, residents have awoken to find all the mirrors in the rooms have been stacked outside in the hallways, piled with the reflective sides facing ...
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Regis College
Weston, Massachusetts
17.4 miles from Harvard, 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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Stone's Public House
Ashland, Massachusetts
17.7 miles from Harvard, MA
Built in 1834, Stone's Public House is said to be haunted by apparitions and spirits who throw glasses off shelves. The portraits are said to watch guests and employees as they go about their business, and doors open and close on their own. Visitors to the upstairs function room describe ...
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Higgins Armory Museum
Worcester, Massachusetts
17.8 miles from Harvard, MA
Explored on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, Higgins Armory Museum is said to be haunted. Witnesses have seen apparitions and black shadows and heard unexplained footsteps, clanging and music, as well as being touched by something unseen.
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Pine Hill Cemetery - Blood Cemetery
Hollis, New Hampshire
18.7 miles from Harvard, MA
Pine Hill Cemetery, also known as Blood Cemetery because of the name Abel Blood on a tombstone, is reported to be haunted by the entire Blood family who were allegedly murdered in the 1800s. The spirit of the little boy of the family has been seen by drivers passing by ...
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Indian Rock Road
Nashua, New Hampshire
19.4 miles from Harvard, MA
The dark wooded road reportedly leads to a meadow, a popular teen hangout. It is said to have cold spots and a malevolent force that watches over everyone there.
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Palladium Theatre
Worcester, Massachusetts
19.6 miles from Harvard, MA
The 1928 Palladium Theater, witnesses say, is haunted by something that creates disembodied footsteps and a floating orb the size of a soccer ball. Even more eerie, rumor has it that dead bodies were discovered in a dressing room a couple decades ago. The site has been featured on an ...
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Tewksbury Cemetery
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
19.8 miles from Harvard, MA
Locals tell of a ghostly white woman who walks here, as well as a dark, leather-skinned creature who follows guests through the graveyard.
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0The Village Inn
Dracut, Massachusetts
19.9 miles from Harvard, MA
The restaurant here is said to be haunted by a little boy and a little girl. The boy hangs out in the lounge area, but he runs away whenever anyone comes near him. The little girl is seen walking through a tunnel that runs between the restaurant and the barn ...
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Country Tavern
Nashua, New Hampshire
20.3 miles from Harvard, MA
The historic Country Tavern restaurant is housed in a place that was built in 1741 and was once owned by English sea captain Ford and his young wife Elizabeth. Legend has it that when he was off to sea for an extended time, he came home to find Elizabeth had ...
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0Holiday Inn Tewksbury
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
20.3 miles from Harvard, MA
An apparition moves from the ballroom to the hall, and can only be seen out of the corner of the eye. When you turn to look at it, it vanishes.
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The Pines Cemetery
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
20.4 miles from Harvard, MA
The Pines is the old cemetery from Tewksbury State Hospital. There are numbered markers here for over 10,000 individuals who died at the hospital. It is rumored that many bodies were exhumed and taken to Boston for medical students to train on. The cemetery is located in the woods and is ...
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S.K. Pierce Mansion - Haunted Victorian Mansion
Gardner, Massachusetts
20.6 miles from Harvard, MA
S.K. Pierce Mansion was owned by the wealthy Sylvester Knowlton Pierce, founder of the SK Pierce & Son Chair Company. It was built in 1875 and was originally located at 21 Union Street, but was moved to where it now stands shortly thereafter. The home had some famous guests, such ...
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Anna Maria College
Paxton, Massachusetts
20.8 miles from Harvard, MA
Anna Maria College is believed to be haunted, but the college has somewhat of an affinity for its ghosts. At the Zecco Performing Arts Center, according to resports, two seats are kept open at each performance for ghostly visitors.
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Woman In White Dress
Belmont, Massachusetts
21.8 miles from Harvard, 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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Hope Cemetery
Worcester, Massachusetts
22.1 miles from Harvard, MA
Rumor has it that apparitions and the sound of children laughing can be seen and heard near this cemetery's statue of Jesus holding an angel.
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Lorden Plaza
Milford, New Hampshire
22.5 miles from Harvard, MA
Folks here have noticed an apparition of a man in blue jeans and a plaid flannel shirt with a tape measure on his belt. He walked along the plaza, disappearing into a plywood wall.
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The Common Man Restauruant
Merrimack, New Hampshire
23.9 miles from Harvard, MA
The Common Man Tavern was built by Matthew Thornton in 1797 as a wedding present for his son James. But a few years later, James committed suicide. Today, witnesses report ghostly footsteps and several apparitions, but not ones belonging to James. Folks have seen a Native American, a little girl, ...
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Verna's Donut Shop
Cambridge, Massachusetts
24.2 miles from Harvard, 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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Sacco's Bowl-Haven
Somerville, Massachusetts
24.5 miles from Harvard, 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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Pine Manor College
Brookline, Massachusetts
25 miles from Harvard, 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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Vale End Cemetery
Wilton, New Hampshire
25.6 miles from Harvard, MA
The Blue Lady is the famous ghost of Vale End Cemetery, thought to be Mary Ritter, who passed away in 1808, some say, because her husband buried her alive. Others say she was murdered by a devil-worshipping cult. Her ghost appears as a blue, human-sized light over her grave, usually ...
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Harold Parker State Forest
Andover, Massachusetts
26 miles from Harvard, MA
Harold Parker State Forest now has 35 miles of woodsy trails and roads, ponds, swamps, forests and rocky outcroppings, but evidence of its 18th-century farming and milling operations may be seen here as well. Ruins of houses and unmarked graves can be found on the grounds. Some say that beyond ...
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Windham Restaurant
Windham, New Hampshire
26.7 miles from Harvard, MA
Windham Restaurant is housed in a former 1812 home once owned by the Dinsmore family. Witnesses here have noticed something playing with their hair (especially blondes), cold chills, something unseen that unclasps their jewelry and moves objects in the house. Prop Christmas packages are moved by a prankish spirit and ...
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Boston University - Shelton Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
26.9 miles from Harvard, 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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Tortilla Flat
Merrimack, New Hampshire
27 miles from Harvard, MA
At the Mexican Restaurant Tortilla Flat, believed to be haunted, witnesses have seen strange phenomena such as shadow figures and objects that move about on their own.
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Charlesgate Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
27.1 miles from Harvard, 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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New Boston Cemetery
Winchendon, Massachusetts
27.1 miles from Harvard, MA
New Boston was a village that was practically erased from existence to make room for the 1940s Birch Hill Dam flood control project. This cemetery, which lies within the Otter River State Forest, is just about all that is left of the town. Legend has it that it is haunted, ...
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The Boston Conservatory
Boston, Massachusetts
27.3 miles from Harvard, 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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Samuel Onion House
Westwood, Massachusetts
27.4 miles from Harvard, 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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Berklee College of Music
Boston, Massachusetts
27.4 miles from Harvard, 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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Pine Grove Cemetery
Spencer, Massachusetts
27.5 miles from Harvard, MA
Who is the Dark Hunter? It's the name given to the entity said to haunt the Pine Grove Cemetery, keeping an eye on those who visit.
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J. Michael's Family Sports Pub
Windham, New Hampshire
27.8 miles from Harvard, MA
Once Numero's Mexican Restaurant, once with apparitions on the second floor, footsteps in the attic, lights that worked on their own and silverware that jumped off tables, the place has was renovated and is now J. Michael's Family Sports Pub. No hauntings have been reported since the renovations.
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0Boston Athenaeum
Boston, Massachusetts
28.3 miles from Harvard, MA
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne claimed to have seen the ghost of the scholarly Reverend Harris at this historic library.
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Cutler Majestic Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
28.3 miles from Harvard, 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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0Omni Parker House Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
28.4 miles from Harvard, 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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Everett Square Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
29 miles from Harvard, 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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Riverside Theater Works
Boston, Massachusetts
29.1 miles from Harvard, 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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Bellingham-Cary House
Chelsea, Massachusetts
29.1 miles from Harvard, 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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