Joshua Ward House

Built on a large mount, the Joshua Ward house overlooked the now filled-in South River. It was constructed in the mid-1780's, a Federal style mansion, on Washington Street for Joshua Ward, a prominent merchant at the time. The glorious mansion we see today was built on the foundation of a more historic home once occupied by Essex County Sheriff George Corwin who is best known for imprisoning over 150 people during the witch hysteria.

George Corwin's uncle is Judge Jonathan Corwin who tried and declared the residents as guilty witches. After George Corwin's death, his family feared the public, angry with the Corwins regarding the immoral judgment placed upon their friends and family as witches, would desecrate his grave as well as his body if they buried him in an accessibly local cemetery. Instead, they buried him in the basement of his own mansion, but years later his body exhumed and reburied in the Corwin plot in the Broad Street Cemetery. Many people believe that Sheriff Corwin still haunts that land that once occupied his house, though other ghosts, including that of a woman, have been seen wandering the halls. Now used as offices, employees say an office on the second floor remains "freezing cold". After locking up for the night, the employees arrived the next morning to find candles bent in the shape of an S, trash cans were tipped over. Often the alarms engage calling police and fire departments. The ghost woman has long black, knotted hair. She's thin, pale and comes across as incensed. She has been seen on the main staircase of the mansion by a janitor who quit his job on the spot. The woman people believe to be one of the innocent Sheriff Corwin arrested and was put to death has also been seen sitting in a chair in the upstairs office looking out the window watching today's locals continue on with life.

Lyceum Bar and Grill

The newly renovated bar and restaurant located on Church Street offers not only a spectacular food and drink menu, but also can lead to an occasional meeting with a apparition from another time period. It opened as a restaurant in 1989 and just happens to be in a historic building that was erected directly over the land that was once alleged witch Bridget Bishop's apple orchard. They say the main staircase is haunted and often people witness the ghost of a woman appearing in a long, white period dress. Certain mirrors throughout the building reflect not only the person standing in front of it, but the ghostly woman standing back - she disappears when you turn around to catch a glimpse of her. The second level is said to be more haunted by the ghost of a little girl who some believe to be a younger version of Bridget. Though no foods containing apples, apple juice, apple sauce or apple flavoring, staff and visitors alike will regularly smell the scent of apples in different sections of the building. Numerous times television production companies have filmed shows in the building over the years, and each time they have experienced problems with their electrical equipment. Photographers tend to encounter the same electrical equipment with their cameras, or their pictures result in odd lights, mists and "black blobs" ruining their lovely pieces of art. Everyone agrees that Bridget Bishop is the haunting culprit of the Lyceum Bar and Grill, but she tends to haunt in a more fun, mischievous fashion embracing visitors in a warm, loving presence.

Morning Glory Bed & Breakfast

The house, a lovely 1808 Georgian Federal Style that stood empty for years, was purchased and renovated by owner Bob Shea and his father and for the past 14 years the house has been managed as a comfortable, inviting bed and breakfast. Located across the street from the House of the Seven Gables and steps away from Pickering Wharf and the rest of the sites and restaurants in Salem, Bob and his longtime partner Marcel offer their warm hospitality to visitors, staring off your day with a delectable assortment of breakfast foods, coffee, tea and juice. The ghost stories of the Morning Glory include friendly, alluring spirits that seem to be very interested in the living and succeed in obtaining acknowledgement from those questioning their existence. A teenaged young woman has been seen in the Bridge Bishop room observing newly arrived guests. The young woman and two small children, a boy and a girl, have also been witnessed in other guest rooms as well as on the main staircase. Footsteps have been heard when there are no guests, or when guests are sitting still. People have experienced knocking on their doors and are overcome with the feeling of affection and calmness. Once in the dining room a guest was asking the innkeepers about their "alleged" ghosts and if the house was in fact haunted, and at that same time a tea kettle sitting on the other side of the room on a buffet actually slide off the table and across the floor. The guests and the innkeepers were sitting on the other side of the table.

Old Burying Point Cemetery

The small, two-block avenue in downtown Salem called Charter Street was laid out in 1767 and has claimed a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. It once ran between the town wharf and what is now Market Street in front of the Immaculate Conception Church. On this street you can find the second oldest cemetery in the United States.

Dated from 1632, the Old Burying Point, also known as the Charter Street Cemetery, is the oldest burying grounds in the city of Salem. Some of the buried include a Mayflower passenger by the name of Captain Richard More, Governor Simon Bradstreet, Reverend John Higginson and Chief Justice Benjamin Lynde. Perhaps the most famous person buried in the Charter Street Cemetery is Justice John Hathorne, a man who is still known for his cruelty of mankind and declaring death upon 20 innocent people in the hype of the 1652 Salem Witch Hysteria. Nathaniel Hawthorne is Justice John Hathorne's great-great-grandson. Ashamed of his ancestor's behavior, Nathaniel changed the spelling of the Hathorne family name to Hawthorne.

Visitors seem to have an overwhelming feeling of foreboding, sadness and depression. Often cameras malfunction but when they do operate properly, the pictures capture bright white streaks of light, paranormal orbs and odd mists. Some visitors claim to have captured full-bodied apparitions throughout the cemetery. The most notable ghost is that of the "Woman in White" who is believed to be that of an accused witch from 1692. She has been witnessed repeatedly by people but to capture her on film has proven difficult to most. In the back corner near Murphy's Restaurant and Bar, a woman in a Victorian dated powder blue dress can be seen holding a picnic basket, and a young boy in short pants, black shirt and a hat is always seen with her.