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Celebrating America's Birthday with a Sasquatch Sighting
It was America's 250th birthday this past July 4th - how did you celebrate? I visited friends and ate pizza they made in their outdoor pizza oven. So delicious! I know lots of people who went to...
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A Case of Spontaneous Combustion in Ipswich?
I have a confession to make: summer is not my favorite season. I like summer, but not as much as I did when I was a kid. Back then, I spent summer sitting in front of a fan reading the trashy horror...
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He Wanted Dunkins But Saw Bigfoot Instead
People from Massachusetts are usually pretty reserved, but we’re oddly passionate about Dunkin’ Donuts. The company started in Quincy in 1950, and even though it’s now a global behemoth we still think...
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The Devil's Den in Hemlock Gorge
There are lots of places in New England named after the Devil. A few years ago, I published some lists on this blog. I'm not going to repost the full list today, but I have included a list of the Bay...
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The Beast of Barrington: the Bay State's First Bigfoot?
Recently, I've seen a few posts claiming that something called the "Beast of Barrington" was the first Bigfoot ever seen in Massachusetts. This idea has even started to find its way into a few books,...
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The Spirit of Paw Wah Pond
Paw Wah Pond is an eight-acre saltwater pond located in Orleans on Cape Cod. It’s not an ordinary pond – a local legend says it is watched over by a spirit that lives in its depths. Even the town...
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Does A Witch's Ghost Haunt This Cemetery?
I love visiting cemeteries, as long-time readers of this blog know. They're beautiful, peaceful, and relaxing spaces filled with sculpture and art. As an added bonus many of them have strange legends...
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Book Review: Wicked Strange by Jeff Belanger
Is New England one the weirdest parts of the United States? With all the strange stories and legends we have, sometimes it seems that way, It's hard to measure weirdness, but New England is certainly...
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Books Bound in Human Skin, and Their New England Connections
The other day, I went down an Internet rabbit hole reading about books bound in human skin. You know, just your average light summer reading. I usually associate human-skin-covered books with horror...
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H.P. Lovecraft, Rhode Island Witches, and Weather Magic
H.P. Lovecraft (1890 - 1937) is one of America's best-known horror writers. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he wrote dozens of stories which appeared in the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. He...
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Brookline's Haunted Schoolhouse: Stalked by an Angry Ghost
A few weeks ago, Tony and I paid a visit to Larz Anderson Park in Brookline, Massachusetts. Although it's a popular place for dog walkers, and well-known for its Auto Museum, we went there for a...
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The Deadly Ghost of Harvard College: Killed by a Prank
I'm giving a tour of Harvard Square for a group of friends this weekend, and have been trying to find good ghost stories I can tell. Cambridge is an old city and Harvard is America's oldest college, so...
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Rutland's Abandoned Prison Camp: Ruins, Graffiti, and Maybe A Ghost or Two?
Back in March, Tony and I took a road trip to Rutland, Massachusetts to visit an abandoned prison camp located in Rutland State Park. Rutland is located west of Worcester, and we had never been there...
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Walnut Cemetery: A Ghost, A Crossroads, and A Poetic Tragedy
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 raised in Haverhill, but had surprisingly never been to this...
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Cotton Mather and the Connecticut Triton
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 of Increase Mather, the city’s leading minister. Cotton...
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Tales of A Tentacled Lake Monster: Fact or Fiction?
Does a tentacled, horned, snake-like monster haunt Nagog Pond in Littleton, Massachusetts? There aren't a lot of legends about lake monsters here in the Bay State, so I was excited when I first...
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Spooky Holiday Reading: Merry Christmas, or Scary Christmas?
I'm sure you've heard the 1963 song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." Andy Williams croons in his soothing voice,"...there'll be scary ghost stories, and tales of the glory of Christmases...
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Haunted by the Nantucket Mermaid
This post is about a mermaid who has fascinated, and possibly haunted, people for centuries. But I want to start by talking about a human man: Ichabod Paddock. Ichabod Paddock was born around 1661 in...
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Fowl or Fair: Thanksgiving Weather Magic
Thanksgiving is fast approaching. It's the holiday most closely associated with New England, having its origin in the old Puritan tradition of celebrating thanksgiving days. Many of the foods we...
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Black Agnes: Montpelier's Death-Cursed Statue
As I mentioned before, Tony and I recently traveled up to Montpelier, Vermont to see our old friend Brian. He showed us around Vermont's charming capital, and also showed us some of its spooky sights,...
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