THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The former home of murder victim Dr. George Parkman at 8 Walnut Street is associated with Boston ghost-tour reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds, and household disturbances attributed to Parkman's lingering spirit.
The Federal-style house at 8 Walnut Street on Beacon Hill is historically connected to Dr. George Parkman, whose 1849 murder by Harvard professor John Webster became one of nineteenth-century Boston's most sensational criminal cases. Ghost-tour sources report unexplained sounds, apparitions, and household disturbances at the property. The Boston Ghosts article incorrectly conflates this address with a city-owned Parkman property associated with the mayor or city government; 8 Walnut Street is the George Parkman residence documented by the Library of Congress and should be treated as a private residential property. Do not trespass.