Illustration: a portrait of Captain Joseph White. Courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum; photo taken by staff member Ben Arlander.

A Spooky Real-Life Murder Mystery, Part III

By Melissa Berry on November 2, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about a murder that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830 and shocked the country, focusing on the trial... (Read More)

Illustration: image of the murder of Captain Joseph White from "Trials of Capt. Joseph J. Knapp, Jr. and George Crowninshield, Esq. for the murder of Capt. Joseph White of Salem, on the night of the sixth of April 1830." Charles Elms, 1830, page 20.

A Spooky Real-Life Murder Mystery for Halloween, Part II

By Melissa Berry on October 28, 2021

In this article, Melissa Berry continues her story about a spooky murder mystery that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830 and shocked the country... (Read More)

Photo: Gardner-Pingree House, 128 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Image from the Frank Cousins Collection, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Courtesy of Digital Commonwealth.

A Spooky Real-Life Murder Mystery for Halloween, Part I

By Melissa Berry on October 26, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a spooky murder mystery that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830 and shocked the country... (Read More)