Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast
Fall River, Massachusetts
A pair of the most famous murders in U.S. history happened in this bed and breakfast in 1892, when the establishment was still a private home. On this notorious spot, Andrew Jackson Borden and Abby Durfee Borden, the father and step-mother to Lizzie Borden, were murdered brutally by a hatchet. Lizzie was put on trial and eventually cleared of the charges, but to this day there are those who still believe Lizzie was guilty of the crimes or at least knew more than she was telling. Today this spot of murder is a bed and breakfast. And it's supposed to be haunted. Numerous investigations of the paranormal have been done on the site, including a video that supposedly shows a rocking chair moving by itself, but who knows? Whether ghosts exist or not, it would still be chilling to spend the night in this house or horror.
Colonial Inn
Concord, Massachusetts
The spooky story behind the Colonial Inn goes back to a letter from 1966. A honeymooning couple spent the night in room 24, the oldest part of the inn, and a couple of weeks after their stay they mailed a letter to the innkeeper. The letter outlined a ghostly visit during the couple's stay. Since then other ghostly visitations have been heard of concerning room 24, and most recently other parts of the inn. Is it haunted or not? You be the judge by spending a night, but plenty of articles and paranormal investigations have already concluded there's something spooky going on in Concord's Colonial Inn.
The Colonial House Inn
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
No other than the Ghost Hunters of television fame have investigated this inn, and though they did not find any definitive evidence the place was haunted, they still experienced a few spooky moments. With a history going back nearly 300 years, you might expect this place to have some ghosts. Possibly it does. Stay a night and find out for yourself. The ghost of poet Ralph Waldo Emerson is said to be one of the manifestations that has appeared.
Thaddeus Clapp House
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
The Clapp House was originally built in 1871 and rumor has it the original owner is still hanging around. There have been reports of ghostly visitations in some of the guest rooms (or should that be ghost rooms, hardy harhar) and glows and mists have been reported in some of the hallways. There have even been reports of unusual warmths in some rooms. The holidays seem to be particularly happening time for the spooks in theClapp House, but maybe that's to be expected with ghost tours given at this bed and breakfast mansion around Halloween. Most famously, playwright Peter Bergman said he encountered the spirit that roams theClapp House while rehearsing a play in one of the inn's drawing rooms.
Jared Coffin House
Nantucket, Massachusetts
There are numerous bed and breakfast inns in and around the Nantucket region, but you've got to figure one with the name of "Coffin" has got to be haunted. And it is! Poltergeist activity has been reported in the establishment as well as other creepy happenings. The inn also is supposed to be home to the ghost of an old man who will rock in a rocking chair near a fireplace when a fire is burning.
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