North Adams' Houghton Mansion Featured On Bio Channel

Staff Reports04:28PM / Friday, December 28, 2012Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city's most haunted building finds itself in the limelight once again Friday night.

The Houghton Mansion will be featured on the Biography Channel's "Haunted Encounters-Face to Face" at 10 p.m. Friday night. The episode will be replayed at 2 a.m.

The former Masonic Temple and home of the city's first mayor has repeatedly been featured in para-normal shows including the Travel Channel and on Ghost Adventures.

The temple has reportedly been haunted by the spirits of Albert Houghton, Mary Houghton and John Widders.

In the Biography Channel's feature, their paranormal experts seek evidence to prove its haunting and attempt to converse with Widders.

A preview for the show is below.

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North Adams Double Murder Case Continued to March

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
02:00PM / Monday, December 29, 2025

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The case of a city man charged with killing his parents was continued to March on Monday.

Darius Hazard, 44, was scheduled for a detention hearing on Monday in Northern Berkshire District Court.

Prior to the start of the court's business, the clerk announced that Hazard's case was continued to Monday, March 2.

Hazard is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in connection with the Nov. 24 fire that claimed the lives of Donald Hazard, 83, and Venture Hazard, 76.

Police say Hazard confessed to the killings and starting the fire and fled the Francis Street home where he lived with his parents.

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