The Eunice Williams, or Green River Pumping Station, Covered Bridge is said to be haunted by Eunice Williams, the reverend’s wife who lived nearby in the 1600s. It happened when French soldiers and Indians raided the area and hacked Eunice to death just hours after she had given birth. The story is told on a nearby plaque set in a stone. The bridge is now closed to vehicular traffic, but when it was open to cars, locals said those who stopped inside, shut off their lights and beeped the horn once would see her. Eunice’s apparition also has been spotted around the nearby dam and in the river.
Eunice Williams Covered Bridge - Pumping Station Bridge
Oak Grove Cemetery
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.
Dean Hill Revolutionary Cemetery - The Rev
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 man was killed and burned along this road, and a teenage girl died nearby when her car hit a tree. No trespassing signs are posted in the woods around the property; the area is patrolled by police.
Stonehill College
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. Just as it starts to clear, the phantom plane appears with the pilot struggling to get out.
The Sun Tavern
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.
Endicott Family Cemetery
The Endicott Cemetery has three ghosts, locals say. Their identities are thought to be the spirits of the only three gravestones in the cemetery that haven’t toppled over: Margaret and her two sons, Jeremy and Alex. The public is not allowed here and No Trespassing signs are posted because of an arsenic and dioxin soil hazard.
Peabody Institute Library of Danvers
Make too much noise in the Peabody Institute’s Library of Danvers, established in 1854, and you may be shushed by a ghost. The apparition of an old man likes to sit in the research section on the third floor, and is known to shush loud library patrons.
Pine Manor College
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 watching them.
Bellingham-Cary House
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. Cary’s wedding anniversary, you can hear the phantom sounds of clinking glasses, laughter and voices.
Bainbridge’s - Aprile's European Restaurant
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.
