Dossier: Salem and Essex County, Massachusetts

Cry Innocent: Salem witch attraction brings the witch hunts and trials to life

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Bridget Bishop. I know nothing of it. I am innocent to a Witch. I know not what a Witch is. Examiner: How do you know then that you are not a witch Bridget Bishop: I do not know what you say. Examiner: How can you know, you are no Witch, & yet not know what a Witch [...]

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The Salem Inn: Hauntingly lovely in Witch City, MA

The Haunted Salem Inn, Salem MA

The Salem Inn, Salem, Massachusetts. To view larger or to see more haunted houses in Salem, click here The young lady had just walked away from her post at the guest counter of the Salem Inn, a tiny little thing tucked into a nook just below the staircase – and stepped into the parlor to [...]

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A True Ghost Story from the Sea: The Curse of the Charles Haskell

Tropical Storm Ida

Tropical Storm Ida, Stephen Fields Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Click here to view larger or order art prints I fear thee, ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand! And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand. I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.’ – “Fear [...]

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A warlock’s curse? The ghosts of Salem’s Howard Street Burying Ground

Howard Street Burying Ground, Salem, Massachusetts

Has the 17th century curse placed on the town and sheriff by Giles Corey, pressed to death in Salem in 1693, been wreaking havoc ever since?

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Newbury Massachusetts and the Pierce Tomb: Dancing with the dead on Old Burial Hill

Pierce Tomb, Old Burial Hill, Newburyport, Massachusetts

The Pierce Tomb in Newburyport Massachusetts has been the victim of various vandals with a macabre streak a mile wide over the past eighty years. Learn more in this

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The Screeching Lady of Lovis Cove: Marblehead, Massachusetts

Screeching Lady Beach at Lovis Cove

The legend of the Screeching Lady of Marblehead, a story of ghosts and spirits from the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries, by history travel photographer writer Todd Atteberry

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Salem, Massachusetts: The Historical Record and a Salem Travelogue

The Witch House, Home of Jonathan Corwin, c. 1675, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

Salem is a town riddled with cliche, hoary with history and a fascinating place to spend some time. This piece from the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosity and Mysteries travels to New England in search of the timeless quality, when witches were thought to roam the landscape.

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