Alicia Diozzi, teacher, tour guide and owner of Salem Kids Tours, typically sticks to talking about Salem, Massachusetts’ long and diverse history.
However, there’s one story she likes to share about a ghost that haunts First Church in Salem. The plot twist? Only children can see it.
“The little ones, maybe age 4 or 5, will ask about a ghostly presence that they see up in the choir loft in the main sanctuary of our church.”
According to Diozzi, kids often point to the same spot in the church and claim they see a woman there.
“The kids will say she’s in a long dress, long-sleeves, and that she sometimes can be heard singing with the choir,” Diozzi says.
Tales of the choir ghost have been circulating since the 1960s, says Diozzi. And she might have dismissed them had her own son not pointed to the loft 15 years ago and asked about “the lady who sings with the choir.”
Was she chilled?
“Yes, definitely,” Diozzi says. “I feel like the main sanctuary at First Church has that feeling — you do kind of feel the presence of the past.”
It’s not a bad feeling she says, but rather a history or energy that’s comforting in a way.
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