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...

On December 25, 1621, some young men in Plymouth, Massachusetts wanted to celebrate Christmas. Their celebration sounds pretty meager by mod...

This week I've been reading "The Dreams in the Witch House," H.P. Lovecraft's classic 1932 tale of witches, creepy little ...

I’m always excited when some local folklore appears in the news, as it did this week. Several Boston-area news outlets reported that archaeo...

The jack-o-lantern is a ubiquitous symbol of Halloween. All across America, people carve faces into pumpkins, placing them on doorsteps and ...

How many haunted taverns are there in New England? A lot, I guess, because this is my second post about a haunted tavern this summer. Today...

You might be surprised to learn that H.P. Lovecraft, Rhode Island's famous master of horror, wrote a Christmas story. "The Festival...

Henry Tufts (1748 - 1831) led what might euphemistically be called a colorful life. Tufts was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire and spent man...

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...

In October Netflix released The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , the newest version of the teen witch from the Archie comics. A far cry from...