Boston Common (colonial-era execution ground) · Freedom Trail corridor · Downtown Boston Historic District
US Ghost Adventures is a multi-city ghost-tour chain that markets its Boston program under the consumer-facing brand Boston Ghosts (bostonghosts.com). The flagship Underground Boston Ghost Tour: Gravestones & Gunpowder meets at the Boston Common entrance on Tremont Street and covers Revolutionary-era Boston, including the site's history as a colonial execution ground and staging area for British troops before and after the Battle of Bunker Hill.
The company separately runs the Boston Ghosts Boos and Brews Haunted Pub Crawl, a 21-and-up route through downtown taverns near the Common, and has run seasonal or limited-run products including a True Crime tour, a women's-history Freedom Trail tour, and a holiday-themed 'Ghosts of Christmas Past' tour; availability of the seasonal products varies by date and is not treated here as a standing offering.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/boston-ghost-tour/
- https://bostonghosts.com/tour-details/
- https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60745-d17317086-Reviews-Boston_Ghosts_By_US_Ghost_Adventures-Boston_Massachusetts.html
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsCold Spots
The operator's site frames Boston Common as the site where Quakers, accused witches, and convicted criminals were executed under a great elm, and describes reports of apparitions in red coats and figures with ropes around their necks at dusk. The Omni Parker House is described as the source of guest and staff reports of flickering lights, cigar smoke, and phantom footsteps. The Granary Burying Ground, resting place of Paul Revere and John Hancock among others, is described as the source of reported whispers and cold spots.
The Liberty Hotel, a former operating jail (the Charles Street Jail) now converted to a hotel, is described by the operator as retaining reports of shifting shadows and cold air near its old cell blocks. The pub-crawl route adds stops at the 21st Amendment, tied by the operator to reported JFK-related lore, and Beantown Pub.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
