Haunted Salem
18 haunted places in Salem, Massachusetts
Salem is home to 18 haunted locations, including mansions, hotels and museums. Explore the paranormal history of Massachusetts's most haunted places.
Haunted Mansions (4)
Joshua Ward House
The Joshua Ward House at 148 Washington Street sits on some of the most notorious ground in Salem.
Ropes Mansion
The Ropes Mansion stands as one of Salem's most beautiful—and most haunted—historic homes…
The House of Seven Gables
Susanna Ingersoll is the spirit people encounter most often. She is the only person documented to have been both born…
The Witch House
Four-year-old Dorothy Good told the magistrates that she had "a little Snake that used to Suck on the lowest Joint of…
Haunted Hotels (3)
Daniels House
A gray tabby cat walks the halls of the Daniels House. Guests see it, reach down, and it is gone.
Hawthorne Hotel
Room 325 is where it starts for most guests. They wake in the dark to the sound of a baby crying — frantic…
The Salem Inn
The Salem Inn occupies three historic houses on Summer Street: the West House, built in 1834 by Captain Nathaniel West…
Haunted Museums (3)
Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum traces its origins to 1799, when twenty-two Salem sea captains who had sailed beyond the Cape…
Salem Witch Museum
The Salem Witch Museum occupies a Gothic Revival church building on Washington Square that has become the primary…
Witch Dungeon Museum
The Witch Dungeon Museum occupies a Stick Style chapel constructed in 1897 for the East Church on a site where…
Haunted Cemeteries (2)
Haunted Restaurants (1)
Other Haunted Places (5)
Derby Wharf
Derby Wharf stretches nearly half a mile into Salem Harbor, built starting in 1762 by merchant Elias Hasket Derby Sr.
Gallows Hill Park
Ghost tour guides used to bring visitors up the steep slopes. Most have stopped.
Pickering Wharf
The staff at Mercy Tavern hear them when the restaurant is empty. Men shouting. Fighting.
Proctor's Ledge Memorial
Proctor's Ledge is the confirmed site where nineteen innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials of 1692…
Murphy Funeral Home
The sounds come after hours. Footsteps down empty hallways. Weeping in the chapel…
