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| Boston Commons
There have been many reports over the years of activity in the Commons and the immediate surrounding areas. There is a small cemetery where at least three different spirits have been seen by dozens of people at different times. The most common ghost is that of a young woman dressed in black, appearing lost, who disappears when approached. Outside of the cemetery, people have seen people hanging in midair. These apparitions would appear to be the souls of prisoners executed in the Commons throughout the years. Boston Gardens There are many legends about this area, everything from Paul Revere and a ghostly horse to a pair of older women playing cards in 18th Century clothes. Unless you are there at night, there is no sensation of unusual energy, and the sight itself begs to be haunted, Many people have died there over the years, but there have also been many positive memories that might have left a mark. The spot has also been the scene of several time slips where people have left the hotels across the street, or gone in at night and seen Boston the way it was centuries before. Fort Warren -Boston This is one of the richest and least known legends in all Massachusetts, made more real by the more modern reports that keep it alive. Located on George's Island, it was a former prison that now acts as a National Recreation Area. When it was a prison, Lt. Andrew Lanier was captured there and asked his new wife to sneak in for a visit. She dressed as a man and went to the prison. Lanier made a plan to escape, but a miscalculation lead to them getting caught. His wife accidentally shot him and was sentenced to hang. Per her request, she was dressed in a black robe and shot. Since then, her figure has been seen on the island, often in the place of her and her husband's meeting place. There have been footprints in the snow and several men have shot at her. The Green Line -Boston The country’s oldest abandoned subway is said to be home to the ghosts of some of the victims of a horrible accident more than a hundred years ago. Sixty feet below the Boylston Street stop on the Green Line runs an old subway rail. On March 4, 1897 a gas explosion killed ten people and injured 60 more, including bystanders on the street and the conductor of the car. Their ghosts are said to still haunt those underground passageways, although there does not seem to be too many details of the nature of the hauntings. A team went down in 2002 to document any disturbances but came back empty handed. A physic who went with the team predicted a rise in happenings if the area was disturbed, and at that time the area was planned to house equipment for the now competed Silver Line. Boston Municipal Courthouse The old courthouse, built in 1894, is said to be home to a few spirits felt and heard by administrators and lawyers. The most often spoken of ghost rides the decommissioned elevator within the building. It has been known to start by itself, stop at the library on the third floor and then make its way to the Supreme Judicial Court Reading room on the first. No one has pinpointed who the ghost may be, but a mysterious key found hidden in a sealed fireplace within the library might one day reveal the identity of the restless spirit. can do to help you. He is usually seen on the ninth and tenth floors, which adds to the validity of the story. Those floors were only added after his death. Throughout the hotel unexplained lights, seen in flashes, are seen and electronic equipment has been known to fail for no reason. Elevators work on there own and a tall “Victorian” man is also seen in the walls and in rooms at night. John Adams Courthouse -Boston The Courthouse is said to be haunted by the ghost of Rufus Choate, an early American lawyer and politician. Choate is considered to be one of the founding fathers of American law, especially in Massachusetts and Boston. There are not many details of the hauntings, but a recent renovation may stir up more activity. In his search for familiar things, he might try to attach himself to things he owned in life, many of which are now located at Suffolk University. Several people have whispered of cold spots and weird feelings in their law library only a few feet from one of his old desks. Emerson College’s Little Building-Boston The newest dorm at Emerson College has been reported to be haunted. The building was built in 1917 and was used as an office building and apartment building before being bought by Emerson and converted to a dorm. The building was used to replace the infamous Charlesgate Hotel, and many of the story told seem to echo the haunting there, making it seem as if the ghosts might be old stories remaining from the older dorm. A little girl has been seen in the halls and heard in rooms and the elevator. There have also been a few unexplained physical attacks. |
| The Omni Parker House
One of Boston most notoriously haunted locations is also one of its most prestigious. The Omni Parker House on Tremont Street in downtown Boston was opened in 1855 and lays claim to a colorful who’s who of guest. Politicians, actors and assassins have stayed in its rooms for the past 150 years, but local writers and paranormal investigators know it for the ghosts that are said to stay there as well. There seems to be several ghosts that roam the rooms on Tremont Street, and the property has seen its share of tragedies that have created different culprits for the hauntings. In 1770 five students from Boston Latin were killed on the land due to a prank gone wrong. These students might have opened the vale for the future. The most frequently seen ghost is that of the original owner Harvey Parker. Many residents and staff have seen a man matching his appearance, with his characteristic beard, walking the halls, often walking through walls. Some people have woken up to see him standing at the foot of their beds early in the morning or very late at night. Legend has it he sometimes asks if everything is alright or if there is anything he can do to help you. He is usually seen on the ninth and tenth floors, which adds to the validity of the story. Those floors were only added after his death. Throughout the hotel unexplained lights, seen in flashes, are seen and electronic equipment has been known to fail for no reason. Elevators work on there own and a tall “Victorian” man is also seen in the walls and in rooms at night. The most documented hauntings have happened in Room 303. A man killed himself in 1949. Different hauntings have occurred there, including unexplained laughter and talking voices. The odor of cigars and cigarettes have been smelt there although there was none lit, and a staff member returned to the empty room once to find a lit cigarette although he has just left the room. Fires have been set in the room, always found before any serious damage is done. People have also seen the man, whether it be a flash in the mirror, seen across the way in the window, or as a full person who opened the rooms door and shouted at one employee. The haunting had become so bad that the room was closed and turned into storage. This report comes from interviews and the following books: The Ghost Next Door by Mark Alan Morris The New England Ghost Files by Charles Turek Robinson Ghosts of Boston Town by Holly Mascott Nadler |
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