Revolution, murder, and restless dead from 1630 to now. Walk Boston's 13 most haunted stops. 3 free, self-guided.
Boston has been burying its dead since 1630, and not all of them stayed down. Ann Hibbins was executed for witchcraft on June 19, 1656 at King's Chapel Burial Ground — decades before Salem — and her ghost still walks the oldest cemetery in the city. On the night of April 18, 1775, sexton Robert Newman climbed Old North Church's 191-foot steeple to hang the lanterns that launched a revolution; he's buried at Copp's Hill, where British musket ball scars still mark the headstones they used for target practice. At Fort Warren, Mrs. Andrew Lanier was hanged as a Confederate spy on January 1, 1862, after her pistol misfired and killed her own husband during a jailbreak attempt. Her curse on the fort preceded 160 years of sightings. Walk 13 free stops on this self-guided tour, from the Omni Parker House — where John Wilkes Booth stayed eight days before assassinating Lincoln — to the blood-soaked gun decks of Old Ironsides.
Founded in 1807 by the Anthology Club, the Boston Athenaeum became one of America's oldest independent libraries. Its first librarian, William Smith S...
When Harvey D. Parker opened his grand hotel on October 8, 1855, he created what would become Boston's oldest continuously operating hotel. The ambiti...
On December 16, 1773, approximately 5,000 people crammed into this building—the largest in Boston at the time—for what would become the spark of the A...
Boston's oldest cemetery, established in 1630, holds the remains of the city's earliest settlers. The first burial was Isaac Johnson, whose land this ...
On the night of June 17, 1775, British soldiers used Copp's Hill as an artillery position to bombard Charlestown during the Battle of Bunker Hill. The...
The Lady in Black haunts Fort Warren with a tale of love and treason that ended in execution on January 1, 1862. Mrs. Andrew Lanier traveled from Geor...
Paul Revere purchased this house in 1770, and from these walls on April 18, 1775, he departed on his midnight ride to warn patriots that the British w...
Old Ironsides earned her nickname on August 19, 1812, when HMS Guerriere's cannonballs bounced off her oak hull—but the ship earned her ghosts through...
On April 18, 1775, church sexton Robert Newman and Captain John Pulling Jr. climbed the 191-foot steeple in darkness, each carrying a lantern. They hu...
Peter Faneuil's fortune came from trafficking enslaved Africans and smuggling goods through Barbados. He donated this building to Boston in 1742, fund...
Boston Common served as a public execution ground long before it became a genteel park. On November 1, 1660, Quaker Mary Dyer was hanged on the Common...
The Boston ghost tour includes 13 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 13 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided walking tour. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the full haunting story. Walk at your own pace, start anytime, and take any route you like.
Plan for approximately 2.5 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our Boston tour is Boston Athenaeum at 10 1/2 Beacon St..
3 stops free in Boston. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.