We’re just rolling right along with our scary road trip destination stop-offs in the Northeast! Today we’re covering some of the most notorious New England spectral playgrounds of Massachusetts. Though you won’t find any destinations on this list in Salem, we do have a fun blog from earlier this month devoted to the porty city itself so check it out!
For now, let’s explore these other notoriously creepy places and historic sites across the state, and plan our next ghost hunting adventure together.
The Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams
In the heart of Deerfield Valley lies the chilling location known as Hoosac Tunnels, a project that took nearly 25 years from start to finish and claimed more than 200 lives. Hundreds of miners worked diligently with shovels, picks, explosives, and their bare hands to barrel through the rock of Hoosac Mountain. Through the years, lives of the workers were lost to fires, explosions, being buried alive under collapses, and even cold-blooded murder. Since the late 1800s, the site has been host to many ghost stories including disembodied voices urging them to run away from oncoming transportation, shouts of urgency to protect workers from further incidents, and even workers seeing figures of men in old-fashioned working clothes. The site has become notorious for encounters and ghost hunts for decades.
The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast in Fall River
This former home of notorious Ax Murdering gal Lizzie Borden is now turned into a legendary haunted bed and breakfast. Visitors can stop by during the day for a historic tour of the home, swing around in the evening for a ghost tour, stop in overnight for a ghost hunt, or even book a stay in one of its many haunted rooms. Prefer to explore the unknown from the comforts of your own home? You can even take a virtual tour and avoid direct contact with the world beyond but satisfy your curiosity.
The SK Pierce Mansion in Gardner
This incredibly haunted and historic mansion is not for the faint of heart! Those who are looking for a taste of the otherworldly can swing by and book a tour or stop by for a special event. If that’s not enough, the bravest of souls who wish to challenge their deepest fears and spike their adrenaline, you’ll have the opportunity to book an overnight or a week-long lodging. If you’re a glutton for punishment and a taste of the paranormal just won’t do, you can even rent the home for a home-away-from home for an entire month. Visitors be warned, though, the paranormal activity here is the strongest after midnight, and lodgers are encouraged to avoid antagonizing the poltergeists within! Don’t believe us? It’s so intense, the property requires visitors to sign a waiver before entering, yikes!
Longfellow’s Wayside Inn of Sudbury
Although there’s lots of competition for the title of “Most Haunted Hotel in America,” this historic Massachusetts inn, known for being one of America’s oldest operating inns since 1716, the Wayside certainly gives competitors a run for their money! Visitors have reported the brokenhearted ghost of oor sweet Jerusha Howe, deceased sister of a former innkeeper, who haunts rooms 9 and 10 seeking company in the afterlife; you’ll want to take a peek around the rooms, as many a guest leaves notes of their personal experiences around the room for future guests to discover. Add yours to the midst and enhance the legacy for future visitors! Spirits have been seen wandering the grounds, with the wind carrying their whispers and voices in the air. Aspiring authors may find good fortune here, however, and may have a revelation of creativity, same as its namesake and former lodger; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, found his stay so inspiring he had a breakthrough from his grief-stricken writers' block following the death of his wife.
Other frightfully interesting destinations in Massachusetts:
Concord’s Colonial Inn in Concord, Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Spider GAtes Cemetery in Leicester, Hilldale Cemetery in Haverhill, Walnut Cemetery in Haverhill, King's Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, The USS Salem in Quincy Harbor