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Illustration: Boston Light, Little Brewster Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

George Worthylake Still Making Waves with Boston Lighthouse (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on October 24, 2024

With Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a haunted lighthouse in Boston Harbor and a family tragedy that befell its first keeper... (Read More)

Illustration: the “wicked warlock” John Godfrey with the devil. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

The Devil Went Down to Newbury (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on October 22, 2024

With Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about an accused “wicked warlock” in Newbury in 1679, 13 years before the Salem witch trials... (Read More)

Illustration: the devil in Newbury. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

The Devil Went Down to Newbury (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on October 18, 2024

With Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about an accused witch in Newbury in 1679, 13 years before the Salem witch trials... (Read More)

Illustration: Ocean-Born Mary House and ghost. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

New England Ghost Hunter and His Haunted Houses (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on October 16, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about ghost hunter John Parker, focusing on the Ocean-Born Mary House in New Hampshire... (Read More)

Illustration: spooky ghost and horse. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

New England Ghost Hunter and His Haunted Houses (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on October 10, 2024

With Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about ghost hunter John Parker, who investigated more than 30 haunted houses... (Read More)

Illustration: haunted house. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

New England Ghost Hunter and His Haunted Houses (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on October 8, 2024

In this article, with Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about ghost hunter John Parker, who investigated more than 30 haunted houses... (Read More)

Illustration: haunted tavern. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

Spooky Tales: The Ayers-Allen Haunted Tavern

By Melissa Berry on October 4, 2024

In this article, with Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the spirits that seem to haunt the Ayers-Allen House in New Jersey... (Read More)

Illustration: witchcraft trial at Salem Village. The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom is usually identified as Mary Walcott. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

How the Accused Were Pinned for Witchcraft in Salem 1692

By Melissa Berry on October 2, 2024

In this article, with Halloween approaching, Melissa Davenport Berry turns her thoughts to witches and writes about the Salem witch trials of 1692... (Read More)

Photo: Independence Hall's Assembly Room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Antoine Taveneaux; Wikimedia Commons.

For Constitution Day: How Newspapers Covered the 1787 Constitutional Convention

By Jane Cook on September 17, 2024

In this article for Constitution Day, Jane Hampton Cook tells the story of how 55 delegates in 1787 created and signed the U.S. Constitution... (Read More)

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