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On Magic and Witchcraft: A letter to a ten-year-old

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It’s a tough time for you, being a Harry Potter fan and all. You want to believe that the world you read about in the books and watch in the films exists. It doesn’t. At least not the way that you’ve been taught, and not what most people think of when they hear the word [...]

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Too good to be true, mayhem on the highway turns into a ghost story from Old Charleston and the legend of Lavina Fisher

Old Jail, Charleston, SC

A look at Lavina Fisher, and the truth behind the true ghost stories and legends of America’s first female serial killer, hung in Charleston in 1820.

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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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To believe or not to believe, the power of myth and childhood

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The Ghost of Christmas Past is alive and well, and making his usual rounds this Christmas. My own Yes Virginia moment in the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries

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Chelsea Manor, East Norwich, NY: A Long Island Christmas Carol

Chelsea Manor, in the Muttontown Preserve in East Norwich, New York, was built by Benjamin Moore and his wife Alexandra. Moore was the great, great grandson of the author of the Night Before Christmas, also known as “a Visit From Saint Nicholas,” Clement Clarke Moore. A Christmas ornament from the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet

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The Ghosts of Fire Island Lighthouse

Fire Island Lighthouse, Robert Moses State Park, Long Island, New York

The Fire Island National Seashore is protected by the Fire Island Lighthouse, which has for almost 200 years protected those in peril on the seas. Explore the history and the spirits of this maritime treasure from the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet.

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