Old Inns from all over New England claim to have a resident Ghost. Harriet is New Boston Inn's ghost. She is loving and playful, even helpful at times. Harriet Came there in the early 1800's with her family as a young women who was active and curious. She and her family would come up to the Berkshires every summer and because the travel was so great, they would stay until fall. One summer she came up with her family and she and a farmer boy had a sweet romance and fell in love. The farmer boy wanted to marry Harriet and went to her parents for permission. When he asked her parents, they refused to even entertain the idea. When he asked "Why not?' they replied " You could not possibly keep her in the way in which she was used to (meaning he wasn't rich)." So broken hearted Harriet and her family went back to New York and farmer boy enlisted in the war. The following summer Harriet returned to be married to a New York "rich boy" and so the ceremony took place shortly after the fact that they were married.

The farmer boy came home from the war only to realize his true love was being married as they spoke. So he went as fast as he could to the Inn and entered the Inn, ran up the stairs to the ballroom and demanded she STOP the wedding. He said "Harriet run away with me. We don't need anyone but each other we will be happy together." she replied "I'm already married, the ceremony is already over." He being so brokenhearted again, took out his pistol, shot her and yelled "If I can't have you no one can!!". She stumbled across the ballroom floor; down the ballroom stairs and past away, in Bedroom Four.

I stayed in Room 4 with a friend. And yes, Harriet did visit us. Though, I didn't capture the ghost herself, I did capture the essence of the inn and the gentle townsfolk that live around the inn during one of their parades. It's a pretty interesting place. You should spend the night sometime if you're ever in the Berkshires.