Newburyport

The Ghost of Newburyport, Mass.


In the the Winter of 1995 I worked in a Youth home that was over a hundred years old. Since it was during Christmas vacation most of the kids had gone to their families, or stayed with friends and only 8 were at this large home.

Late at night I walked down a dark hallway making sure all the kids were in bed. At the end of the hall was a large mirror. Looking down this hall I could see myself and the hall behind me. I also saw an old women dressed in white. She had no expression on her face but we made eye contact through the mirror.

Without turning my head I called out asking why she was upstairs. I had thought see might be a staff member, though there were only two other staff members and neither of them looked anything like her. The woman slowly turned away and started walking. I wiped my head around and saw no one.

I then jogged down the hall and rounded the corner and still saw no one. At that moment I felt very uncomfortable, as though I was in someone else's house without their permission. I left the area shaking and went to speak with the other staff members. Keep in mind that their were no kids at that side of the house.

After speaking with several staff members in confidence over the next couple of months I uncovered that most of them had seen this same women in white. One staff member stated that she felt a hand grab her shoulder but she didn't see anyone nor was anyone home at the time.

Another staff member, (my supervisor), heard his name called loudly. He ran down the stairs and saw a smoky apparition of a women in white just before he ran through her. He said he felt a bone chilling cold and he experienced a sense of terror, but thought the feeling was from the ghost not from him. At noon, while the kids were at school, three staff members witnessed a women in white walk by the door of the main office. Since the doors were locked, and no one was home, they had thought someone broke in. When the staff members went out to talk to the women, no one was there.

Several of the kids that are housed there reported seeing a woman as well as a few other people. One girl, who was very stable and never cried, was screaming. When I had gone in to see what was wrong she said a woman walked into her room and smiled at her. This same story was told by several of the girls. Since this place houses young girls the staff felt it best to vehemently deny any stories about ghosts. In at least one case a staff member was fired due to his inability to keep this fact a secret. After researching this house I found that it had once been privately owned by a family who had been murdered in the house.

This is a true story from Newburyport, Mass. I welcome your comments or similar experiences.



Contributed by Don Salomon
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