• Boston Athenaeum - The tour begins at one of America’s oldest and most haunted libraries, designed so that every window overlooks the tombstones of an ancient graveyard. Here, discover a book in the library’s collection bound in human skin and the eerie effects it has on anyone who handles it.
• Massachusetts State House - In front of the Massachusetts State House stands the statue of Mary Dyer, just a stone’s throw from Boston Common, where she was hanged as a heretic in 1660. Before her execution, a tragic pregnancy led her to secretly bury something on the Common, but such a monstrous secret couldn’t stay hidden for long…
• Walnut Street - In 1849, Dr. Parkman left his home at 8 Walnut Street and was never seen again—at least not in one piece. This marked the beginning of the most famous murder case in 19th-century America. So renowned was the case that when Charles Dickens visited America twenty years later, he requested, “Take me to the room where Parkman was murdered.”
• Boston Common - The Puritans, founders of Boston and Harvard College, were also known for their harsh punishments: ear cropping, branding, and beheading. Hear the tragic tale of native sachem Matoonas, who rebelled against the Puritans after a horrific judgment was carried out against his son, only to meet the same fate in the very same place.
• Chestnut Street - Once home to Edwin Booth, the older brother of infamous assassin John Wilkes Booth. Seemingly cursed by his brother’s crime, Edwin’s spirit did not rest quietly after his death…
• Willow Street - At 9 Willow Street, renowned poet Sylvia Plath was first introduced to the Ouija Board by her husband Ted Hughes. She claimed to be visited by dark spirits named Pan and Colossus. When her husband left her and a dark ritual failed to bring him back, Sylvia’s tragic end was near…
• Louisburg Square - The niece of Montgomery Clift made headlines when she was involved in the so-called “debutante murder”—a disturbing affair involving opera, deranged plans for a Halloween party, and a trip to Brazil that ended in an insane asylum.
• Cedar Lane Way - Once a bawdy house serving sailors of Boston’s Back Bay, this is where the infamous “Somnambulist Murder” occurred. The brutal murderer was said to be sleepwalking during the crime. The sounds of the crime are said to echo in the alley to this day.
• Charles Street Meeting House - To conclude the tour, hear about the “Witch of Lime Street,” who channeled the profane spirit of her dead brother and made an enemy of Harry Houdini; and the “Boston Barrel Murder,” where a grisly discovery was made in a barrel floating in the nearby Charles River.

• In-person Guide
• All fees and/or taxes

• Private transportation

Any place with houses so old and grand as Beacon Hill is bound to have a few skeletons in the closet. Our guides know where the bodies are buried (not literally), and deliver salacious tales of gossip, intrigue, hauntings, and violence on the streets of Boston’s wealthiest neighborhood. Some of the most infamous murders in American history took place on the slopes of Beacon Hill. Join us and encounter beheadings, sword duels, dismemberments, grisly relics left behind by the dead, and dark rituals aimed at bringing them back to our world.

The Gas Lamps that light these streets are nearly two hundred years old, casting creepy flickers, even today. Many horrible figures have emerged from the shadows to cross through their eerie glow, on their way to or from some horrible business. Now they come back to life, conjured on the Beacon Hill Ghost Tour. This tour is not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach, so parental discretion is advised.

• The remaining 15 minutes is taken up with the walk from one site to the next.

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