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New England ghost tours, haunted attractions & folklore
Ghost tours, haunted inns, and the legends behind them — across all six New England states. We check dates and prices against the venues themselves, and we tell you when the record doesn’t back the story.
2026 announcement tracker
25 of 50 venues have published dates
Latest confirmed: Screeemfest at Canobie Lake Park (NH) · Spooky World (NH) — every venue, every status see the tracker →
Every date here was read off the venue’s own calendar. Last sweep September 15, 2026.
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The 2026 Halloween Announcement Tracker: Who's Confirmed, Who Hasn't
Every Halloween attraction we track across New England, with its live announcement status — checked against the venue's own site, re-verified on the date shown, updated as venues announce.
Salem Ghost Tours: Which One Is Actually Worth It in 2026
Eleven Salem ghost tours compared on price, length, and who actually runs them — with what each one gets right about 1692, and what it doesn't.
Haunted Hotels in New England: The Master List for 2026
Seven haunted inns and hotels across all six New England states — the legend each one carries, and how much of it survives contact with the record.
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The Haunted Almanac
We check all 50 New England haunted attractions against their own websites, every week. 25 have published 2026 dates so far. Last sweep: September 15.
The ones that matter never announce. Spooky World published twenty-three nights and put them nowhere but its ticket widget; Scary Acres rebuilt its whole site in nine days without a word. We find those and send them to you. Free, and one click gets you out.
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Haunted Houses · NH · checked September 8, 2026
Screeemfest at Canobie Lake Park: Six Haunts Inside a Working Amusement Park
Screeemfest opens Saturday September 26 and runs Friday to Sunday through Halloween — sixteen nights. The Screeemfest page still does not say so; the park's own hours calendar does. Plus the costume ban that catches families out every year.
Haunted Houses · New England · checked September 8, 2026
We Checked Every Halloween Attraction in New England Against Its Own Website
An audit of every Halloween attraction we track across all six New England states, checked against the venues themselves rather than other roundups.
Haunted Houses · NH · checked September 8, 2026
Best Haunted Houses in New Hampshire 2026: Confirmed Dates and What's Still Unannounced
New Hampshire's major haunted attractions with 2026 dates checked against each venue. Fright Kingdom, Spooky World and Canobie's Screeemfest have all published full seasons; only Haunted Overload has not.
Haunted Stays · MA · checked September 2, 2026
Staying Overnight at the Lizzie Borden House: What It Costs and What to Expect
The Lizzie Borden House does not publish room rates — you phone for those. It does publish everything else, including $1,500 to take the whole house, $2,000 in October and $20 breakfast. Plus the six rooms and the daytime rule nobody warns you about.
Haunted Houses · RI · checked September 2, 2026
Field of Screams, West Greenwich: The Haunt Whose Website Became a Plant Nursery
Rhode Island's haunted hayride has no working haunt website — its old address now sells Christmas trees and shrubs for the host farm.
Haunted Houses · NH · checked September 2, 2026
Fright Kingdom, Nashua: The Haunt That Published Its 2026 Dates First
Fright Kingdom published its full 2026 calendar first — opening September 25 and running into December — and remains one of a handful in New England with real dates.
Haunted Houses · NH · checked September 2, 2026
Haunted Overload, Lee NH: The Best-Looking Haunt in New England, and the Least Readable Website
Haunted Overload builds thirty-foot monsters out of hand-cut timber in a New Hampshire wood. Its website is a frameset that returns no readable content at all.
Haunted Houses · New England · checked September 2, 2026
Corn Mazes in New England 2026: The Big List, With Real Dates Where They Exist
Every New England corn maze we could verify at source — six now have full 2026 seasons with dates and prices, and two still have not set a calendar.
Haunted Houses · New England · checked September 2, 2026
Haunted Hayrides in New England 2026: One Confirmed Season, Two Still Guessing
Every haunted hayride we could verify in New England — one with a confirmed October season, one whose website became a plant nursery, and one that only takes cash.
Haunted Houses · NH · checked September 2, 2026
Corn Mazes in New Hampshire 2026: One Is Already Open
New Hampshire's corn mazes checked at source. Three have published full 2026 seasons with prices, one is open right now, and one has an opening date but no closing date.
Haunted Houses · RI · checked September 2, 2026
Haunted Houses in Rhode Island 2026: One Is Bookable, Two Are Question Marks
All three Rhode Island haunted attractions checked at source — Scary Acres has published 26 nights and full prices, one has no dates on sale, and one's website is now a plant nursery.
Haunted Houses · New England · checked September 2, 2026
The Scariest Haunted Attractions in New England, Ranked by What They Admit
A ranking built from what the venues say about themselves — age limits, waivers, contact policies — rather than from how frightened a reviewer felt.
Haunted Houses · NH · checked September 2, 2026
Spooky World 2026: All 23 Nights, Read Out of the Booking Widget
Spooky World's full 2026 calendar — 23 nights from September 18 to Halloween, priced by night — plus the two cheapest ways in. Its homepage never published a schedule; its ticket widget had one all along.
Haunted Houses · VT · checked August 24, 2026
Haunted Attractions in Vermont 2026: What's Left, What's Closed, What Hasn't Said
Vermont's Halloween attractions checked at source — both of the state's named haunts are out for 2026, one for good and one taking a year off, and here is how we know.
Haunted Houses · CT · checked August 21, 2026
Best Haunted Houses in Connecticut 2026: What's Confirmed and What Isn't
Connecticut's haunted attractions checked against their own sites — three now have full 2026 calendars with prices, and one is still selling tickets on last year's dates.
Haunted Houses · New England · checked August 21, 2026
Family-Friendly Halloween in New England 2026: Not-Too-Scary Options
Halloween attractions in New England that won't terrify a six-year-old — with the ones that have actually confirmed their 2026 dates marked, and the age limits that catch people out.
Haunted Houses · MA · checked August 21, 2026
Best Haunted Houses in Massachusetts 2026: Who's Open, Who's Closed, Who Hasn't Said
Massachusetts haunted attractions checked against their own websites — including the longest season in New England, one that has closed, and one whose dates contradict themselves.
Ghost Tours · ME · checked August 17, 2026
Portland Maine Ghost Tours: Two Walks Along the Old Port
Portland's two ghost walks compared — including the only tour in New England that publishes an all-in price with tax already included.
Ghost Tours · MA · checked August 17, 2026
Salem Ghost Tours: Which One Is Actually Worth It in 2026
Eleven Salem ghost tours compared on price, length, and who actually runs them — with what each one gets right about 1692, and what it doesn't.
Haunted Houses · CT · checked August 17, 2026
Phantom Fall Fest at Lake Compounce: 2026 Dates, and Why Everyone Still Calls It the Haunted Graveyard
Lake Compounce runs Phantom Fall Fest on nine weekends, September 19 to November 1, 2026 — confirmed on the park's own site. It was the Haunted Graveyard until the rename, which is why the roundups still quoting it are quoting a deleted URL.
Haunted Houses · MA · checked July 31, 2026
Barrett's Haunted Mansion, Abington: Open for Its 35th Season, With Dates That Disagree
Barrett's is confirmed open and has published its prices — but its own website gives two different dates for each special event, and two different prices for the same upgrade.
Haunted Houses · ME · checked August 11, 2026
Best Haunted Attractions in Maine 2026: Fort Knox's Halloween Lineup Has Changed
Maine's Halloween attractions checked against each venue's own calendar — including the Fright at the Fort dates half the internet lists, which are really 2018's.
Folklore · NH
The Haunting of the Mount Washington Hotel: Princess Caroline's Room
Carolyn Stickney buried the hotel's builder, married a French prince, and came back to Bretton Woods. The history is real; the hotel itself says nothing.
Ghost Tours · ME · checked August 3, 2026
Bar Harbor Ghost Tours: The Indigenous-Owned One and the Other One
Two ghost tours run in Bar Harbor. One is the only Indigenous-owned tour company in Maine, telling Wabanaki spirit stories alongside the local hauntings.
Folklore · MA · checked August 3, 2026
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord: Author's Ridge and the Graves People Come For
Concord's Sleepy Hollow has Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott and Hawthorne on one ridge. It has no ghost tour, it's free, and it is not the Sleepy Hollow you're thinking of.
Haunted Stays · ME · checked August 3, 2026
Haunted Inns of Coastal Maine: Three You Can Reach and Two You Can't
Maine's haunted inns checked at source — including two Kennebunkport properties whose websites no longer exist, and one that isn't on the coast at all.
Haunted Stays · MA · checked August 3, 2026
Haunted Inns of the Connecticut River Valley: A Shorter List Than You've Been Told
The valley's haunted inns checked at source — two verifiable properties, one that isn't on the river at all, and a village whose real history is far worse than its ghost stories.
Haunted Stays · NH · checked August 3, 2026
Haunted Inns of the White Mountains: Sleeping Where the Mountains Killed People
The White Mountains' haunted inns, checked at source — the grand hotel we couldn't verify, two that make no ghost claims, and the notch where the real disaster happened.
Haunted Stays · VT · checked August 3, 2026
Haunted Stays in Vermont: Three Inns, and the One With Real Revolutionary History
Vermont's haunted inns checked at source — including a hotel that has been operating since 1769 and says nothing about ghosts, and a tap-dancing ghost with no record behind him.
Haunted Stays · MA · checked July 31, 2026
The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem: History, Rooms 325 and 612, and What the Hotel Won't Say
Salem's grand hotel is the most famous haunted stay in New England — and says nothing whatsoever about ghosts on its own website. Here's what's actually documented.
Ghost Tours · CT · checked August 3, 2026
Mystic and New London Ghost Tours: One Operator, Several Routes
Mystic's ghost tours run through a single independent operator working the whole southeastern Connecticut coast — here's what's published and what isn't.
Haunted Stays · MA · checked August 3, 2026
Salem in October: Where to Stay, What Books Out, and How to Actually Get There
Salem's October logistics, from the city's own sources — the shuttle lots, the ferry, the rideshare pickup points nobody tells you about, and why you should not drive in.
Folklore · NH · checked August 3, 2026
America's Stonehenge: What the Stones on Mystery Hill Actually Are
Thirty acres of stone chambers in Salem, New Hampshire, sold as a pre-Columbian mystery. The archaeology points somewhere far more ordinary — and it's still worth visiting.
Haunted Houses · New England · checked August 3, 2026
The 2026 Halloween Announcement Tracker: Who's Confirmed, Who Hasn't
Every Halloween attraction we track across New England, with its live announcement status — checked against the venue's own site, re-verified on the date shown, updated as venues announce.
Folklore · MA
The Bridgewater Triangle Explained: A Container, Not a Cause
Two hundred square miles of southeastern Massachusetts with an unusual density of strange reports. The area is real, the history is genuinely dark, and the triangle is a label.
Folklore · MA
Danvers State Hospital: The Real History, and the Hill It Was Built On
The asylum on Hathorne Hill was named for the witch trial judge, stood in what was Salem Village, and is now apartments. Most of what you've read about it is wrong.
Folklore · MA
Dudley Road, Billerica: The Legend, the Record, and Why You Shouldn't Go
New England's best-known legend-tripping road, where the central story is physically impossible and the people who live there pay for everyone else's night out.
Haunted Houses · ME · checked July 31, 2026
Fright at the Fort: Maine's Best-Known Haunt Isn't on the Fort's 2026 Calendar
Fort Knox's multi-night haunted tour does not appear on the fort's published 2026 events list — and the dates circulating for it line up perfectly with 2018.
Folklore · NH
The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction: The Complete New Hampshire Story
The case that invented the modern alien abduction happened on Route 3 in Franconia Notch. The psychiatrist who hypnotised them never believed it was literal — and the couple's own lives matter more than the aliens.
Folklore · VT · checked July 31, 2026
Champ: Lake Champlain's Monster, and the Quote Samuel de Champlain Never Wrote
The most-repeated fact about Champ is a fabrication. What's left is a genuinely old tradition, one disputed photograph, and two state legislatures that voted to protect an animal nobody has caught.
Folklore · NH
Ghost Towns of New Hampshire: Livermore, Monson, and What's Left
New Hampshire has real abandoned towns you can walk into — a logging company town swallowed by forest, and a 1730s settlement that simply stopped.
Folklore · NH
Haunted Hikes of the White Mountains: Trails With a Body Count
The White Mountains' ghost stories are mostly not ghost stories — they're accidents, and the trails they happened on are still open. Here's what's on them.
Folklore · CT
The Winchester Connection: New England's Strangest Deaths and Curses
The Winchester Mystery House is in California. The rifle, the fortune, the family and the graves are all in New Haven — and the curse was invented after the fact.
Folklore · CT
The Witch Trials Beyond Salem: Connecticut Started It, and Salem Ended It
The first witchcraft execution in the American colonies happened in Connecticut in 1647 — forty-five years before Salem. New England had been doing this for a lifetime already.
Folklore · NH
The Wood Devils of Coos County: A Legend With Almost No Evidence
Northern New Hampshire's thin grey figures that hide by standing sideways behind trees. The description is oddly specific — the record behind it is almost nothing, and that's the interesting part.
Ghost Tours · MA · checked July 31, 2026
Boston Ghost Tours Compared: Trolley, Walking, and Pub Crawl (2026)
Five Boston ghost tours compared on price, format, and age limits — and why Boston's version of this is true crime and disaster rather than witchcraft.
Haunted Stays · New England · checked July 31, 2026
Haunted Hotels in New England: The Master List for 2026
Seven haunted inns and hotels across all six New England states — the legend each one carries, and how much of it survives contact with the record.
Ghost Tours · RI · checked August 17, 2026
Newport RI Ghost Tours: What Runs, Where They Meet, and What Nobody Publishes
Newport's two lantern-led ghost walks compared — meeting points, timings, and the awkward fact that neither operator posts a price.
Ghost Tours · NH · checked August 17, 2026
Portsmouth NH Ghost Tours and Halloween Events 2026
What actually runs in Portsmouth after dark — the nightly ghost walk, the family Halloween event with confirmed October dates, and the operator whose website has gone dark.
Folklore · MA · checked July 31, 2026
The Dover Demon: Three Teenagers, One Night, and Nothing Since
In April 1977 three teenagers in Dover, Massachusetts described the same creature within about 25 hours. Nobody has explained it, and nobody has seen it since.
Folklore · RI · checked July 31, 2026
The New England Vampire Panic: What Actually Happened to Mercy Brown
In 1892 a Rhode Island farmer let his neighbours exhume his daughter and burn her heart. The strangest part is that it wasn't superstition — it was medicine, and it was late.
Folklore · MA · checked July 31, 2026
Pukwudgies: New England's Oldest Legend Isn't a Cryptid
The Pukwudgie is Wampanoag tradition, older than any ghost story on this site — and the version sold on ghost tours is a settler rewrite of somebody else's living culture.