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Numerous family members are buried in the crypt, which has been vandalized over the years. How brave are you? Brave enough to stay at one of the haunted hotels in Massachusetts? Fortunately, you have a few from which to choose. The Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston , for example is the oldest hotel in Massachusetts and has seen its fair share of well-known guests, including John F.

If you check in, expect some weird happenings — from strange whispering behind hotel doors to Harvey Parker himself peering out from mirrors, taking a peek at the guests.

Posted in Massachusetts Creepy July 24, by Sophia. During these uncertain times, please keep safety in mind and consider adding destinations to your bucket list to visit at a later date. Wikimedia Commons. Can I visit any abandoned places in Massachusetts? What are the creepiest cemeteries in Massachusetts? The outer shell of some of the old structures were retained as part of the new apartment complex.

A huge fire broke under mysterious circumstances while the apartment complex was under construction in , although many suspected arson. This is what the it looked like during the construction of the new apartment complex. The facades of the buildings were retained where possible. Danvers State Hospital was the inspiration for the infamous Arkham sanatorium from H. A common area. Note the bars on the windows. Part of the underground tunnel network in Danvers State Hospital. Coins were discovered hidden behind bricks in this underground tunnel.

A hallway in the main building. During these uncertain times, please keep safety in mind and consider adding destinations to your bucket list to visit at a later date. Danvers State Hospital was built in accordance with Dr. Kirkbride, a psychiatrist, was an early advocate for treating mental patients with respect.

He thought that placing hospitals in appealing settings with plenty of light and air circulation would promote healing. A woman named Dorothea Dix relentlessly lobbied to change the treatment of poor people who suffered from mental illness in Massachusetts, later taking on treatment standards in other states, and eventually around the world.

Leventhal Map Center. One of the main and most enthusiastic magistrates in the persecution was a man named John Hathorne, who lived on Hathorne Hill in Salem Village, the very same hill where Danvers State Hospital was built. Ghost stories quickly became associated with the hospital — when it was stormy, a ghost could supposedly be heard walking across the attic, and there were claims of patient abuse as early as the s. Designed by architect Nathaniel J. Hogarty, Richard A. The Medical Register of New England.

Boston: Cupples and Hurd, Essex Institute, Danvers: From to Weird U. Sterling Publishing Co, Inc, My grandmother Charlotte McIntyre worked and lived at the Colony which was one of the nursing homes that was separate. I have many pictures of her and her dorm mates. I have written a novel based around her time thete and meeting my grandfather who lived on Liberty hill.

I have many record stories from my grandfather and from her letters. I remember driving up Route 1 in the summer when I was a kid, with my dad. It looked like a building out of a horror movie. Now I feel said for the poor patients that lived there. I remember my mom work there as registered nurse for the 2 shift staff for many years and i remember my dad had to pick her up after 11 pm, that place look sooo scary at night. Most of all, i did like the main enter of the place, it look like a manion from a movie or something, that was the only beautiful part of it.

I am looking for the full name of a Dr. Hi Ingrid, That would be Dr. Francis X. Sullivan, my grandfather. He retired to Topsfield, passed away Beautiful building. My brother and I drove up there a few years ago — we were curious about the new apartments — the apartment building reflect the architecture but neither of us have any desire to live there.

We grew up in Lynnfield, knew that it was the asylum, never put together that Hathorne State School was related to a witch trial judge. Place was creepy even now. I remember visiting my great grandpa there.



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