NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE
July 20, 2020

Henry Tufts: Wizard, Fortune-Teller, and Criminal

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Henry Tufts (1748 - 1831) led what might euphemistically be called a colorful life. Tufts was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire and spent man...
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July 13, 2020

Zoom Talk about Massachusetts Witchcraft Legends: Wednesday, July 15 at 6:00 pm

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I will be giving a Zoom talk about Massachusetts witchcraft legends this Wednesday, July 6 at 6:00 pm for the Tyngsborough Public Librar...
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July 09, 2020

The Clown Scare of 1981 That Terrified Boston

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With the COVID-19 pandemic I haven't been taking any long road trips to visit strange places. I've been exploring closer to home, th...
July 02, 2020

Fireworks, UFOs and Anxiety: Weird Stories from The 1960s and Today

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People across the United States have been reporting increased use of fireworks this spring and summer. The local, homegrown fireworks displa...
June 23, 2020

The Minister's Veil: Guilt, Murder and (Maybe) Demons in Old Maine

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I appreciate Nathaniel Hawthorne's fiction more and more as I get older. I find the weird mix of the supernatural, the sentimental and t...
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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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