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Documentation archive — ratings measure evidence volume, not truth.

113 published50 regions259 evidence & media

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Bell Witch

Historic · Rating C · Adams, Tennessee

The Bell Witch is Tennessee’s most famous haunting legend: tradition says that from about 1817 to 1821 the John Bell family near present-day Adams (Robertson County) endured knocks…

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Cutler Majestic Theatre

Active · Rating C · Boston, Massachusetts

The Cutler Majestic Theatre (opened 1903 as the Majestic; designed by John Galen Howard; restored and operated by Emerson College) is among Boston’s best-known haunted stages. Repo…

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Boston Common and Central Burying Ground

Active · Rating C · Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Common (laid out 1634) and the Central Burying Ground on its Boylston edge (1756) hold deep documented history — hangings at the Great Elm, British occupation, civic life, a…

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The Lady in Black of Fort Warren

Active · Rating C · Georges Island, Massachusetts

The Lady in Black is Fort Warren’s signature ghost: a woman in dark clothing said to walk Georges Island after a Civil War drama in which a Confederate wife disguised herself as a…

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USS Salem

Active · Rating C · Quincy, Massachusetts · 30 January 1959

USS Salem (CA-139), a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser commissioned in 1949 and now a museum ship at Quincy, Massachusetts, is among New England’s best-known “haunted” naval vessels.…

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Hawthorne Hotel

Active · Rating C · Salem, Massachusetts

The Hawthorne Hotel, opened 23 July 1925 on Washington Square in Salem and named for Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a frequent stop on the city’s haunted-hotel circuit. Recurring claims c…

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The Witch House

Active · Rating C · Salem, Massachusetts

The Witch House (Jonathan Corwin House), 310 Essex Street, Salem, was the home of magistrate Jonathan Corwin, who examined accused people in 1692 and later sat on the Court of Oyer…

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The Omni Parker House

Active · Rating C · Boston, Massachusetts

The Omni Parker House in Boston — opened in 1855 by Harvey D. Parker — is often called one of New England’s most haunted hotels. Long-circulating claims include a figure identified…

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Moodus Noises

Active · Rating B · Moodus and East Haddam, Connecticut

The Moodus Noises are unexplained booms, rumbles, cracks, and subterranean sounds reported for centuries around Moodus, in East Haddam, Connecticut. Indigenous and colonial traditi…