The Boston Common

Boston Common was the site of numerous hangings. Residents would gather around an elm tree and watch prisoners be executed during the Puritan and Colonial eras. The ghosts of these prisoners are said to haunt the Common. They include Quakers, pirates, and suspected witches whose bodies, for the most part, were never buried. It is said that their spirits haunt the Common to get justice. The most common sighting is two women dressed in early 19th-century clothing walking arm in arm or sitting on a bench.

On tours of the Boston Common, many people have seen orbs and other inexplicable objects in their photos. In the Central Burial Ground, people have seen the ghost of a girl. In the ‘70s a doctor was coming home after a lecture and was walking through the burial ground. He felt a tug on his collar and turned to see a young girl pointing at him and laughing. He walked towards her and she vanished, but then began to materialize throughout the burial ground. He ran to his car, felt something reach into his pocket and grab his keys, dangle the keys in front of him, then drop them on the ground. There are multiple photos of this girl in a hospital gown with sad eyes.

This excerpt written by BostonGhost.com focuses on the hauntings of the oldest park in the United States - The Boston Common ( also known simply as The Commons) which stretches out to fifty acres. The park began as a grazing site for cattle while simultaneously serving as a place to conduct public executions. The minor historic detail is provided on how the “ Old Granary Burial Grounds” were once a part of the park but are now considered two separate locations. Paranormal sightings that have occurred in the Commons such as the spirits of two women wearing clothing from the early 19th century who were seen sitting on one of the park benches and sightings of distressed pirate apparitions demanding a fair trial.

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