Crosby Mansion was finished in 1888 and belonged to Albert Crosby, a “medicinal alcohol” mogul who had the 35-room mansion built to wrap around his childhood home.
The grand mansion was called Tawasentha and had 15 fireplaces and a parlor patterned after one at the Palace of Versailles. Some say it is haunted, as lights were seen inside when no electricity was hooked up and sometimes made faces in the windows. Unexplained blood marks also are reported to have appeared on the front step.
Crosby Mansion
Fort Devens
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.
Lucky Lanes
Lucky Lanes Bowling Alley was once a movie theater called the York. Legend has it that a bomb blew up here, and the victims are still in the building. Footsteps, children’s laughter and moving objects have been reported here. Another story says a woman hanged herself in the building, and her apparition has been spotted in the balcony.
Lake Gardner
At Lake Gardner, some say, the ghosts of children and adults who have drowned here can be seen and heard in the sandy and wooded areas.
Harold Parker State Forest
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 the stone walls at around 3 a.m., an eerie green light and phantom footsteps prove that the place is haunted.
Turn Hall
Turn Hall is an apartment with a downstairs gym, bar and bowling alley. The rumor mill says the building is haunted by a former employee, a gymnastics coach, who committed suicide. She is said to be still watching over her former workplace.
Plunkett Hill Condominiums
Plunkett Hill Condominiums was once the 1918 W.B. Plunkett Memorial Hospital, aka the Old Asylum. The hospital was closed and abandoned in 1973 and is now senior citizens’ condominiums. Witnesses claim to have seen mutilated apparitions and heard screams of the patients who passed away there long ago.
Starr Piano Building
The late-1800s Starr Piano Company not only made and sold pianos and phonographs but also housed Gennett Records, which recorded jazz, blues and country artists including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and Hoagy Carmichael. The complex was partly demolished in the 1970s and the shell still stands. The area is said to be haunted; witnesses have heard footsteps, voices and a phantom truck at the loading dock. Cold spots have been reported as well.
Williams Bridge
The Williams Bridge was built in 1884 and was closed in 2010. It is said to be haunted because of an accident way back in its past, before it used to be a covered bridge. So the story goes, a man on horseback was riding across when his horse suddenly jumped off the side. Now the accident replays at midnight as folks say, when visitors may hear a man screaming and a horse neighing in panic.
Whihala Beach
Some say that at Whihala Beach at night, you can see and hear phantom sailboats and apparitions of folks swimming and playing with innertubes in old-fashioned bathing suits.
