NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE
May 26, 2024

Rutland's Abandoned Prison Camp: Ruins, Graffiti, and Maybe A Ghost or Two?

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Back in March, Tony and I took a road trip to Rutland, Massachusetts to visit an abandoned prison camp located in Rutland State Park. Rutlan...
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March 28, 2024

Walnut Cemetery: A Ghost, A Crossroads, and A Poetic Tragedy

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I was chatting with someone a while ago, and they asked if I had ever visited Walnut Cemetery in Haverhill, Massachusetts. I was born and ra...
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February 29, 2024

Cotton Mather and the Connecticut Triton

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Many of you are probably familiar with Cotton Mather, the 17th century Puritan minister. Mather was born in Boston in 1663, and was the son ...
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January 23, 2024

Tales of A Tentacled Lake Monster: Fact or Fiction?

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Does a tentacled, horned, snake-like monster haunt Nagog Pond in Littleton, Massachusetts? There aren't a lot of legends about lake mons...
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December 17, 2023

Spooky Holiday Reading: Merry Christmas, or Scary Christmas?

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I'm sure you've heard the 1963 song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." Andy Williams croons in his soothing ...
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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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