A couple weeks ago I attended NecronomicCon 2026, the biennial convention celebrating Rhode Island author H.P. Lovecraft and other artists a...

There are a lot of ghost stories from New England, and one of my favorite types is what I call the "Scooby-Doo" ghost story. In th...

A few weeks ago I went to the Boston Athenaeum and found lots of old witch stories in various in old New Hampshire history books. A few week...

A few weekends ago I went to the library and randomly looked through the histories of some New Hampshire towns, hoping to find interesting s...

People often ask me if New England is weirder or scarier than other parts of the country. I’ve been asked this by podcasters, other writers,...

Do you read The Old Farmer's Almanac ? I do, even though I'm not a farmer (but I am getting old). It's sold at supermarkets and ...

I read a lot of books about local legends and folklore, and have discovered some weird things. I recently learned there are several bottomle...

Molly Bridget lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the 1700s. Molly made her living telling fortunes for sailors and young lovers (as ...

People in pre-modern New England used a variety of magical techniques to protect their homes from witches. Some of these are attested to in ...

Rainsford Rogers arrived in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1798. Exeter was a sleepy rural town back then and Rogers made a big impression when he...

Well, another Halloween has come and gone. I'm a little sad because it's one of my favorite holidays but I console myself at its pas...

As the days grow shorter my thoughts turn once again to old stories about witchcraft! Those of us in New England are lucky to live someplace...

A few weeks ago I posted about the states where you are most likely to see a UFO.  Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire were in the top ten, whi...