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Photo: replica ducking stool at Leominster, England; last used in 1809. Credit: John Phillips; Wikimedia Commons.

The Ducking Stool: Colonial Cure for the Common Scold (part 2)

By James Pylant on June 16, 2025

In this article, James Pylant continues exploring a form of humiliation and punishment used by our colonial ancestors to chastise “public scolds.”.. (Read More)

Photo: replica ducking stool at Leominster, England; last used in 1809. Credit: John Phillips; Wikimedia Commons.

The Ducking Stool: Colonial Cure for the Common Scold

By James Pylant on June 3, 2025

In this article, James Pylant describes a form of humiliation and punishment used by our colonial ancestors to chastise “public scolds.”.. (Read More)

Photo: Concord Civil War Monument from the early 1900s. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

For Memorial Day: Hail to the Concord Heroes!

By Melissa Berry on May 23, 2025

In this article – in honor of Memorial Day – Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Civil War Monument in Concord, Massachusetts... (Read More)

Illustration: Sherlock Holmes investigates a mystery. Illustration credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

L.A. Mystery: A Kidnapping in Hollywood (part 2)

By James Pylant on May 7, 2025

In this article, James Pylant concludes his story of the puzzling kidnapping of a young mother in Hollywood in 1921 that confounded the police... (Read More)

Illustration: Sherlock Holmes investigates a mystery. Illustration credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

L.A. Mystery: A Kidnapping in Hollywood (part 1)

By James Pylant on May 6, 2025

In this article, James Pylant describes the puzzling kidnapping of a young mother in Hollywood in 1921 that confounded the police... (Read More)

Photo: close-up of Rev. Peter P. Cooney. Credit: Notre Dame Special Collection.

Easter Celebration: Remembering Father Cooney

By Melissa Berry on April 18, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Father Cooney celebrating Easter Mass on a Civil War battlefield during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864... (Read More)

Illustration: Sherlock Holmes investigates a mystery. Illustration credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Surprise: Murder in My Family Tree

By James Pylant on March 25, 2025

James Pylant describes how, while researching a previous story, he was surprised to find that one of his relatives was the accused killer’s wife!.. (Read More)

Illustration: shamrocks and stars for St. Patrick’s Day

For St. Patrick’s Day: Honoring Capt. Jeremiah O’Brien

By Melissa Berry on March 17, 2025

In this article, for St. Patrick’s Day, Melissa Davenport Berry describes the exciting exploits of an Irish American hero during the American Revolution... (Read More)

Illustration: Sherlock Holmes investigates a mystery. Illustration credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Massachusetts Mayhem & Mystery: Mabel Page (part 3)

By James Pylant on March 10, 2025

In this article, James Pylant concludes a “whodunit” story that mystified police and townspeople alike in Weston, Massachusetts, in 1904... (Read More)

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