These Are The Creepiest, Most Haunted Places In Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS — Haunted houses around the neighborhood are great Halloween fun for impressionable children, but Massachusetts seeking an authentic scare might want to check out Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast in Fall River.

That’s according to Thrillist, a travel and entertainment media outlet that recently released its list of the 50 (one for each state) most haunted, scariest places in America.

A handful of other media outlets have also compiled a list of creepy, haunted places in Massachusetts, showing there’s no shortage of places to get the daylights scared out of you.

At the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, which is the setting of the disturbing nursery rhyme in which Borden hacked up her parents with an axe in 1892, guests get the chance to eat the Bordens' last meal (Johnnycakes and eggs), and sleep in the bedroom where the body of Lizzie’s stepmother was found, Thrillist editors said.

"After a night there, I can attest: This home painstakingly furnished to look exactly as it did on the morning of the murders will creep you right out," according to editor Camille Dodero. "I did not sleep a wink."

HGTV agreed with Thrillist's designation, noting that "those who have spent the night have reported hearing a woman crying and seeing apparitions." Forbes added that guests hear ghostly marbles rolling in the attic, believed to be the children’s lingering souls.

Meanwhile, Business Insider noted that The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts, which was once home to the writer Edith Wharton, also has a haunted history.

"When she was alive, Wharton herself often wrote about ghosts, so it's no surprise that her former home may be haunted," according to the outlet. "Visitors can see for themselves on one of the ghost tours that the estate sponsors, both online and hopefully in person later this season."