12 Scary Stories And Urban Legends From Massachuetts

Restless Spirits Linger In The Lizzie Borden House

Most people have heard of Lizzie Borden thanks to a morbid rhyme: "Lizzie Borden took an ax\and gave her mother forty whacks\when she had seen what she had done\she gave her father forty-one." In 1892, Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were brutally murdered in their home with an ax. Borden was tried for the murders, but acquitted-though she remained notorious for the rest of her life.

The Borden house still stands in Fall River, MA and some believe the violent deeds of the past have left their mark on the property. Visitors report feeling ill and having a sense of being watched and some even claim to have seen apparitions while staying overnight. The house haunting has been investigated by paranormal researchers, and was also featured on The Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures.