NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE
December 14, 2025

The Spirit of Paw Wah Pond

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Paw Wah Pond is an eight-acre saltwater pond located in Orleans on Cape Cod. It’s not an ordinary pond – a local legend says it is watched o...
October 26, 2025

Does A Witch's Ghost Haunt This Cemetery?

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I love visiting cemeteries, as long-time readers of this blog know. They're beautiful, peaceful, and relaxing spaces filled with sculptu...
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September 01, 2025

Book Review: Wicked Strange by Jeff Belanger

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Is New England one the weirdest parts of the United States? With all the strange stories and legends we have, sometimes it seems that way,  ...
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July 29, 2025

Books Bound in Human Skin, and Their New England Connections

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The other day, I went down an Internet rabbit hole reading about books bound in human skin. You know, just your average light summer reading...
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June 15, 2025

H.P. Lovecraft, Rhode Island Witches, and Weather Magic

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H.P. Lovecraft (1890 - 1937) is one of America's best-known horror writers. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he wrote dozens of stories...
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Peter Muise
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Author of WITCHES AND WARLOCKS OF MASSACHUSETTS (September, 2021) and LEGENDS AND LORE OF THE NORTH SHORE (2014). My work has appeared in various other places, including MAGICAL FOLK: BRITISH AND IRISH FAIRIES: AD 500 TO PRESENT (2018), and Sam Baltrusis's 13 MOST HAUNTED CRIME SCENES BEYOND BOSTON (2016). Avid folklore fan and New England native. Questions? Email me at hilldwellingpete(at)hotmail.com, or leave a comment. I like New England's legends, folklore and weird traditions.
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