As the days shorten and we approach Halloween, those with a taste for the supernatural or unexplained may long to visit sites long considered by paranormal investigators to be haunted.
There are no shortage of these in Massachusetts, whose long history includes brutal wars, horrific crimes, and the rise and fall of industrial centers. Witnesses to these events still linger in the halls and attics of certain historic homes, ghost hunters say.
Below are a collection of the most haunted homes in Massachusetts. Many of them offer ghost tours to the public, but paranormal investigators caution to anyone who wishes to visit to be respectful of the spirits who may dwell there.