The Ghosts of Stone’s Public House

The source provides a detailed historical and paranormal examination of Stone’s Public House in Ashland, Massachusetts, which was originally established as a railroad hotel in 1832 by Captain John Stone. The building has amassed a reputation as one of New England’s most infamous haunted sites, attracting ghost hunters and media coverage due to decades of spectral reports. The episode explores the history of Stone and the establishment, chronicling the origins of various ghostly inhabitants, including Captain Stone himself, a mischievous bartender named "Old Tom," a chambermaid named Sadie, and Mary Smith, a little girl tragically killed by a train in 1862. It discusses the various paranormal investigations conducted on the property, noting the tension between historical skepticism and the compelling nature of eyewitness accounts and supposed recorded evidence like EVPs, concluding that the venue embraces its eerie legacy while operating as a popular Irish-American eatery.