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By MacKinzee Howard
As we get closer to Thanksgiving and all the festivities that surround it let’s take a closer look at the history of haunted places specifically associated with this day. In Plymouth, Massachusetts there are many places where people have seen or heard spirits due to the famines and plagues the settlers and Native Americans had to endure in the 1600s. The first haunted place we are going to look at is Burial Hill. It is a graveyard that has been used since 1620 and has over 2,500 people. Many of the people on the Mayflower who did not make it and the soldiers of previous wars were buried here, so that adds to the hauntings. It is described as a very hostile place with the sightings of multiple full-body apparitions and creatures such as the Pukwidgie. Next is the Mayflower Society House which the great-grandson of Edward Wilson built and fled during the Revolutionary War. His spirit is said to have come back after he died and still remains there to this day. The Trask House which once used to be a museum is home to many paranormal occurrences. Visitors have heard moans, groans, and doors slamming shut when no one else has caused it to happen. The Spooner House however is only home to one spirit, a little girl who happened to pass away from an abscessed tooth when medicine wasn’t advanced enough. It was used by generations of families but only this little girl was reported to have been there. Lastly , Cole Hill was the very first gravesite in Plymouth and housed many bodies in mass graves during the ‘starving time.’ The crypt however is the main focal point of the gravesite with people hearing talking outside the walls. There are certainly more places to explore.
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