Old State House hauntings (Boston Massacre site)

The Old State House, built in 1713 at 206 Washington Street, overlooks the site of the March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre and now operates as a historic museum. Numerous ghost tours and popular accounts claim the building and adjacent area are haunted by Revolutionary-era figures and massacre victims; these claims appear frequently in guidebooks and local storytelling. Historians and the museum characterize such stories as folklore and note that apparitional claims are unverified and debated.