A two-day drive through three of Massachusetts' most enduring dark histories: the 1692 witch-trial landscape of Salem, the still-unsolved Borden murders in Fall River, and the folklore-dense Hockomock Swamp at the heart of the Bridgewater Triangle.
The 1692-93 Massachusetts Bay trials that led to the execution of twenty people are remembered today through preserved sites across Salem, several of which are reported by visitors and locals to be haunted.
Begin in Salem with the Witch Trials Memorial and the surviving streets where the 1692 panic still shapes the city's identity.
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A historic home in Fall River, Massachusetts, where Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered with an axe in 1892, a crime for which Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted. It is now operated as a bed-and-breakfast widely reputed to be haunted.
Continue south to Fall River. The Borden house operates as a museum and inn; reserve ahead if you want the full overnight experience.
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A roughly 200-square-mile area of southeastern Massachusetts, centered on the Hockomock Swamp, associated with a dense cluster of reported phenomena, from Wampanoag legends of the "Pukwudgie" to UFO sightings and a string of unsolved cattle mutilations in the 1970s.
Finish near the Hockomock Swamp. Treat this as a regional exploration rather than a single attraction, and stay on public roads and marked trails.
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