NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE
September 28, 2020

Pale, Ghastly, Deadly: An Old Boston Ghost Story and The Politics Behind It

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On May 2, 1687, Joseph Beacon was sound asleep in his Boston, Massachusetts home when suddenly someone appeared in his bedroom. It was 5:00 ...
September 14, 2020

A Lizard Man in Norton, Massachusetts

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It happened on a warm night in the summer of 2001. A young man was working late at a store in his hometown of Norton, Massachusetts. At 11:3...
September 01, 2020

Chicken Blood and Steel Rods: Magic and Treasure in 18th Century Vermont

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In the 18th and early 19th centuries many New Englanders believed the area was riddled with buried treasure. I've written about this a f...
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August 25, 2020

Cursed Movie Filmed in Abandoned Insane Asylum

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A new X-Men movie is being released this week. The New Mutants comes out on the 28th, and is notable for two reasons. First, it's actual...
August 18, 2020

Demonic Doll Escapes from Museum?

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Everyone knows 2020 has been a bad year.  First there was the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by the huge recession and staggering unemploy...
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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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