Photo: portrait of Judge Samuel Putnam from “Chronicles of Danvers (Old Salem Village] Massachusetts, 1632-1923,” Harriet Sylvia Tapley, 1923, page 66.

A Spooky Real-Life Murder Mystery, Part IV

By Melissa Berry on November 8, 2021

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

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)

Photo: 92 Second St, Fall River, MA, the home of Lizzie Borden at the time of the murders as it appeared in 1892. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘And Gave Her Mother 40 Whacks’: Lizzie Borden Acquitted

By Tony Pettinato on June 20, 2017

An article about Lizzie Borden being acquitted on 20 June 1893 of the charges of murdering her father and stepmother... (Read More)

Photo: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1980. Credit: Jack Mitchell; Wikimedia Commons.

34th Anniversary of Ex-Beatle John Lennon’s Death

By Tony Pettinato on December 8, 2014

An article about the murder of ex-Beatle John Lennon by a fan, Mark David Chapman, in New York City on 8 December 1980... (Read More)

Capital Punishment in the 1700s: Women Burned at the Stake

By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 17, 2013

If you committed murder in 1755 you were dealt with severely. However, the punishment for the crime was not always the same for a man as it was for a woman. In this article from an old 1700s newspaper, we learn that a man and a woman servant were found guilty of the murder... (Read More)

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