Most Haunted Places In New Bedford, Massachusetts To Visit

Following are the most haunted places in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where history and hauntings are entwined beneath the shadow of moss-draped oaks. These ghostly locations, steeped in voodoo, pirates, and tragedy, are said to echo with whispers from beyond, stirring in the humid night air.

Ash Street Jail

: "Inmates experience instant and shared feelings of dread and at times report being woken up and not being able to rise out of bed as if being held down by an invisible force."


J.A. Parker School

: "After School hours, students and staff have seen the front upstairs doors shake. After school hours staff puts a chain and lock on the doors, so when they shake (rattling) you will notice. Some people say it is the old principal (Sherman) Who died at the bubbler upstairs near the door. His shadow has been seen walking around the school and you get a weird feeling when you walk around."


New Bedford Free Public Library

: "a former employee back in 1999. Encountered an apparition of an older woman who had dark hair streaked with gray and a heavy navy blue coat on. She was in the children''s picture book room on the lower level of the library. Reports of a feeling of being watched in there. in the reference room near the microfilm on the second floor, there is a presence of a tall man with reddish-brown hair and a long tan coat. And one of the janitors said something about a woman wandering the halls on the third floor. The present library building used to be the city hall, until it burned down in the 1800''s or early 1900''s (? unsure of exact date). The original library, which was across the street, became the city hall."


New Bedford High School

: "Built in the 1970''s the high school has been home to a few deaths. When the school was being built, it is said that a man fell to his death between Blue House and the Core of the school. It is also said that someone was shot/or stabbed in the section of the school known as D-Block. A few classes have also experienced seeing the sinks in the bio lab rooms turning on all by them self''s. Also at after school has ended and most of the teachers have left, you feel like someone is watching you. There have also been a few occasions when people report their lockers slamming shut all by themselves. In early 2007 a Janitor died on the grounds while he was shoveling snow and a teacher also died halfway though the school year."


New Bedford High School

: "Auditorium - There are reports of the Auditorium being haunted. If you are on stage you fell like you are being watched from the audience when no one else is in the room. There have been sightings of ghostly images of a man in the Auditorium''s light/sound room. He is normally seen staring at stage watching what people are doing. Also if you are on stage, look up, and to the right, you can see the name "Fred" spray painted far away from the cat walk where no one can reach. - March 2008 Update: Its been said that a man hung himself in the projection booth in the Auditorium. A few people have reported seeing a image of a man in the projection booth and when someone goes to investigate, no one is there. Also it does not say the name Fred anymore, either someone has painted over it or it just disappeared."


Zieterion Theater

: "The original owner of the "Z" hanged himself in the projection booth of the Theater in the 1920s. He is never seen but his presence is known. There is an overpowering feeling of dejavu, and feeling of people watching you. There are also hallways and rooms that were built with no entry, and doors that do not lead to anywhere. No one, not even that staff, are allowed to go down to the basement by themselves."