Amongthe throngs of students attending colleges and universities across the state ofMassachusetts linger the apparitions of those who met their untimely ends on campusgrounds. In 1953, Eugene O'Neill, an Irish American playwright, died in room401 of the Sheraton Hotel-today a Boston University dormitory. Named Writer'sCorridor in O'Neill's honor, the fourth floor draws students in search ofcreative inspiration and a sighting of the ghostly writer. A grief-strickenwidow roams the halls of Winthrop Hall at Endicott College in her pink weddinggown. She threw herself from her widow's walk after receiving news of herhusband's death at sea and is known to students today as the "e;pink lady."e;Author Renee Mallett offers these and other eerie stories from dozens ofcolleges and universities throughout the Bay State.
Haunted Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts