Haunted Places in Milford, Massachusetts
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Stone's Public House
Ashland, MA
8.7 miles from Milford, MA
Built in 1834, Stone's Public House is said to be haunted by apparitions and spirits who throw glasses off shelves. The portraits are said to watch guests and employees as they go about their business, and doors open and close on their own. Visitors to the upstairs function room describe …
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Framingham State University
Framingham, MA
11.7 miles from Milford, MA
At Framingham State University, visitors may hear ghostly laughter or feel cold spots, and orbs are often photographed at Horace Mann Hall. And in Peirce Hall, residents have awoken to find all the mirrors in the rooms have been stacked outside in the hallways, piled with the reflective sides facing …
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Old Brook Farm - Perron Family House
Burrillville, RI
13.4 miles from Milford, MA
It's the house featured in the 2013 horror film "The Conjuring," and it is also private property, so no trespassing is allowed here. Please view the house only from the road. The story is of Roger and Carolyn Perron, purchased their dream home, which previously had belonged to 8 generations …
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Sudbury, MA
15.2 miles from Milford, MA
At this 1716 inn, it is said that a woman named Jerusha Howe lingers, especially in Rooms 7 and 9. She is said to have been unlucky in her love life, and therefore likes to touch male visitors. Author Henry W. Longfellow wrote a book about the inn in the …
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Cumberland Public Library
Cumberland, RI
15.3 miles from Milford, MA
The library was built on the former site of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Valley, consecrated in 1928, which was partially destroyed by fire in 1950. Witnesses in the library have experienced ghostly voices, doors slamming, and apparitions. One witness found a rock mysteriously placed on the seat …
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Samuel Onion House
Westwood, MA
16.6 miles from Milford, MA
This historic property was a former schoolhouse, and residents have reported seeing the apparition of a female teacher, as well as hearing children playing. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Palladium Theatre
Worcester, MA
17.0 miles from Milford, MA
The 1928 Palladium Theater, witnesses say, is haunted by something that creates disembodied footsteps and a floating orb the size of a soccer ball. Even more eerie, rumor has it that dead bodies were discovered in a dressing room a couple decades ago. The site has been featured on an …
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Hope Cemetery
Worcester, MA
17.3 miles from Milford, MA
Rumor has it that apparitions and the sound of children laughing can be seen and heard near this cemetery's statue of Jesus holding an angel.
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Regis College
Weston, MA
18.0 miles from Milford, MA
Regis College's haunted College Hall, built in the late 1920s, is rumored to have several ghosts in residence, including a roaming cold spot. A former piano teacher opens and closes doors and occasionally plays the piano, and the fourth floor is home to some spectral nuns, students say.
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Higgins Armory Museum
Worcester, MA
18.1 miles from Milford, MA
Explored on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, Higgins Armory Museum is said to be haunted. Witnesses have seen apparitions and black shadows and heard unexplained footsteps, clanging and music, as well as being touched by something unseen.
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Saint Stephens Cemetery
Attleboro, MA
18.8 miles from Milford, MA
Apparitions have been seen here of Albertine and Eugene and their 2-year-old daughter, Doris. Witnesses also describe childlike footsteps on the paved paths.
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Slater Mill Historic Site
Pawtucket, RI
19.4 miles from Milford, MA
The Slater Mill was a 1793 textile factory, and is now a museum of the machines of the Industrial Revolution. The haunts here are believed to be those killed while using some of the dangerous machines that caused dismemberment and death. Back then, small children were often employed as workers. …
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Cady's Tavern
Glocester, RI
19.6 miles from Milford, MA
Cady's has been a Tavern since 1810 and was a stage coach stop there's been all kinds of activity over the years like chairs, dishes getting thrown jukebox boxes turning on etc (Submitted by Jim Wojdylak)
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Ruffstone Tavern
North Providence, RI
20.9 miles from Milford, MA
This tavern is said to be haunted by a man in a top hat holding a pipe and a woman who wears a musky perfume. Witnesses also have felt uneasy vibes in the basement. The place was featured on TV's Ghost Hunters.
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Everett Square Theatre
Boston, MA
21.8 miles from Milford, MA
Everett Square Theatre has recently undergone renovations. Folks have reported blinking lights, unexplained noises, and uneasy feelings of unseen presences inside the building.
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Riverside Theater Works
Boston, MA
21.8 miles from Milford, MA
Riverside Theater Works, formerly French's Opera House, is haunted by Esmeralda, who died during a fire. "Essie" is said to haunt children who are performing in plays, and has been seen floating above the stage. Esmeralda died in a purple chair in the audience near the right side of the …
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Pine Manor College
Brookline, MA
22.2 miles from Milford, MA
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 …
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Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
22.4 miles from Milford, MA
This school is popular with the spook set. Among the buildings believed to be haunted: Barstow House - The Turquoise and Red Rooms are said to house entities that cause depression and extreme cold, and large mirrors reflect apparitions late at night. Dexter House - A former morgue, it is …
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Providence City Hall
Providence, RI
22.4 miles from Milford, MA
Providence City Hall, say workers, is haunted by something who rides the elevator, moves chairs around, creates breezes, whispers, touches folks, slams doors, opens drawers and smokes cigars. Some speculate the ghost is a former mayor named Doyle. The site has been featured on an episode of TV’s Ghost Hunters.
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Melrose Cemetery
Brockton, MA
23.2 miles from Milford, MA
Running footsteps and disembodied laughter are some of the mysterious things that have been reported in Melrose Cemetery. The laughter most often comes from the back corner of the cemetery on the left side.
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Stonehill College
Easton, MA
23.3 miles from Milford, MA
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. …
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Holiday Inn Taunton
Taunton, MA
23.4 miles from Milford, MA
The stairway near the 28 rooms are said to be haunted; voices in the stairway order "Leave here now."
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Concord's Colonial Inn
Concord, MA
23.8 miles from Milford, MA
TV's Ghost Hunters has featured this inn, at which Room 24 is said to be haunted by a ghost.
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Governor William Sprague Mansion
Cranston, RI
24.3 miles from Milford, MA
Sprague Mansion, built by mill magnate William Sprague in 1790, died during surgery after he accidentally swallowed a fish bone. His son William became a senator, and his other son Amasa ran the family business until 1843, when Amasa was found beaten and shot to death--a casualty of a feud …
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Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA
24.4 miles from Milford, MA
Anna Maria College is believed to be haunted, but the college has somewhat of an affinity for its ghosts. At the Zecco Performing Arts Center, according to resports, two seats are kept open at each performance for ghostly visitors.
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Woman In White Dress
Belmont, MA
24.7 miles from Milford, MA
Seven years ago on my way home driving through Belmont, as I always did, around 2:30 in the morning I saw a woman in a long flowing white dress (looked like she was possibly in her late 30's/early 40's but I am bad with age) walking up Royal Road (right …
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Blood Town Forest
Lancaster, MA
25.1 miles from Milford, MA
Legend has it that a young man and woman were killed here while camping in the forest. There is said to be a rock near the entrance that tells the story, but this may or may not be true. Some say the forest really got its name strictly because the …
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Bradley Playhouse
Putnam, CT
25.4 miles from Milford, MA
This 1901 theater is haunted by a ghost named Victoria who usually hangs out in the balcony area when it is empty. She occasionally has been seen on the stage, backstage, and in the basement as well.
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Boston University - Shelton Hall
Boston, MA
25.9 miles from Milford, MA
The fourth floor of Boston University's Shelton Hall is said to be haunted by playwright Eugene O'Neill, who spent his last years there. It was built in 1923 as a Sheraton Hotel and had been renamed the Shelton; the university bought in in 1954. Witnesses say the elevator works by …
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The Boston Conservatory
Boston, MA
26.1 miles from Milford, MA
The Boston Conservatory, some say, is haunted. There have been numerous reports of footsteps, doors that slam themselves, disembodied voices, objects that go missing, and other strange phenomena, especially in the dorm buildings. Some attribute the activity to the fact that the place was an 1800s hospital where many spirits …
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Cape Cod Cafe
Brockton, MA
26.1 miles from Milford, MA
At Cape Cod Café, a ghostly baby has been heard crying. Rumor has it that a mother once left her baby alone at a table so she could go drink at the bar. While she was there, the baby choked to death.
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Boston University - Charlesgate Hotel
Boston, MA
26.2 miles from Milford, MA
Charlesgate, built in 1901, was bought by Boston University to use as a dorm in 1947, and then was also used as a dorm by Emerson College through the late 1990s. It's now a condo building. Some of the hauntings are attributed to séances held by college kids or a …
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Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
26.2 miles from Milford, MA
Established in 1945, Berklee College of Music has been attended by many famous musicians. And it also has a haunted dorm, a 1900s former apartment building that eventually was remodeled into the Sherry Biltmore Hotel. When the hotel caught fire in 1963, started by a boy playing with matches, many …
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Pine Grove Cemetery
Spencer, MA
26.4 miles from Milford, MA
Who is the Dark Hunter? It's the name given to the entity said to haunt the Pine Grove Cemetery, keeping an eye on those who visit.
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Verna's Donut Shop
Cambridge, MA
26.6 miles from Milford, MA
Below Verna's Donut Shop is a basement storeroom, used to hold supplies for the doughnut shop and the adjacent cake-decorating shop, and it's rumored to have more than flour and sprinkles. A ghost, or at least a shadowy figure, has been seen crouching behind the boxes.
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Sacco's Bowl-Haven
Somerville, MA
26.8 miles from Milford, MA
Sacco's Bowl-Haven, investigated by TV's Ghost Hunters, has been owned by the Sacco family since 1939. It's believed to be haunted by a former employee. Witnesses have described the feeling of something breathing on their neck and balls that return when the machine is off. The Ghost Hunters debunked the …
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Fairfield Inn - La Quinta - Warwick
Warwick, RI
27.1 miles from Milford, MA
The former Fairfield Inn, now a La Quinta, is reportedly haunted by two ghosts. The first one appears in room 316, said to be the ghost of a woman who committed suicide here. The second is the ghost of an older man. He appears as an elderly farmer on the …
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Regina Russell's Tea Room
Quincy, MA
27.2 miles from Milford, MA
At this psychic/tarot business and tea room, a female apparition is said to reside. She has often been seen standing near the fireplace, and has visited since the place opened in 1970.
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Cutler Majestic Theatre
Boston, MA
27.3 miles from Milford, MA
Built in 1903, the historic theater is said to be haunted by a former mayor of Boston who died during a performance, a little girl, and a married couple wearing turn-of-the-20th-century clothing.
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Crescent Park Looff Carousel
East Providence, RI
27.7 miles from Milford, MA
The century-old Charles Loof Carousel, a.k.a. Crescent Park Carousel, was once part of an amusement complex and ballroom. The ballroom burned down in the 1960s, and it is said that those who perished in the fire still haunt the ride. Employees report that the music turns on by itself, the …
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Boston Athenaeum
Boston, MA
27.7 miles from Milford, MA
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne claimed to have seen the ghost of the scholarly Reverend Harris at this historic library.
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Omni Parker House Hotel
Boston, MA
27.8 miles from Milford, MA
At this hotel, rumored to be haunted, witnesses claim that doors open and close by themselves, lights turn on and off, and apparitions of folks in old-time clothing have been spotted. Voices have been heard as well in the lobby, restaurant and halls.
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Fort Devens
Devens, MA
28.0 miles from Milford, MA
Fort Devens, named for Civil War general Charles Devens, is now the Devens Reserve Forces Training Area. Reports say that in the older, unused buildings, unexplained flashing lights have been noticed at night. And piano playing has been heard coming from the defunct movie house.
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Bara-Hack
Pomfret, CT
28.4 miles from Milford, MA
This abandoned town was a settlement that began in 1780. It is said that the sounds of the old town can still be heard: voices, livestock, wagons, children playing, people singing... Apparitions also have been seen of a bearded man and a child. This land is on private property now, …
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Old Dudley Road
Billerica, MA
28.8 miles from Milford, MA
Although the New Dudley Oxford Road is in use today, its ancestor, the Old Dudley Oxford Road, still exists for about a mile. Apparently unable to quit his favorite route, a spectral horseback rider in Colonial garb is said to patrol the remains of the old road.
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USS Salem
Quincy, MA
28.9 miles from Milford, MA
This former Navy cruiser is now a museum ship and open to the public. The ship, in one of its duties, served as a hospital after the 1953 Ionian Earthquake, and many spirits from throughout the ship's service are said to have lingered here. Ghost tours are offered regularly, a …
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Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA
29.7 miles from Milford, MA
Bridgewater State University is said to be haunted by a former headmaster in Tillinghast (Tilly) Hall. According to legend, she died when she fell off the roof after climbing up there to discipline some residents who were up there making noise in the night. Also, a ghost named George is …
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Camp Titicut
Raynham, MA
30.1 miles from Milford, MA
An old summertime campsite for Native Americans, complete with a burial ground, Camp Titicut is believed to be haunted by King Phillip, whose body reportedly was drawn and quartered here. The sound of leaves rustling, according to local tales, is his body parts trying to get back together. The area …
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Warwick City Hall
Warwick, RI
30.6 miles from Milford, MA
Featured in an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, Warwick City Hall is said to be haunted. Witnesses have heard a woman crying in the former jail and in the basement, and children's voices on the upper balcony. Phantom cigar smoke has been detected in the council chambers, and employees have …
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Bellingham-Cary House
Chelsea, MA
30.7 miles from Milford, MA
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. …
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