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

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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

Tales From Head of the Harbor & St. James Part II: What Lies Beneath Mary’s Grave

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“You’re certainly in a cantankerous mood today,” Miss Bronwen noticed as she looked out the window of the passing scenery. “And look at you, speeding along at almost sixty miles per hour. But that’s right, you’re in your element now.” I hmmmmphed indignantly and concentrated on the road for a bit. The road was Route […]

Tales From Head of the Harbor and St. James I: New Thoughts on Mary Hatchet and Mary’s Grave

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Top: Mary’s Playhouse at Head of the Harbor. Mary lived with her father in a large rambling house on Stony Brook harbor, in what is today known as Head of the Harbor, New York. One can assume that Mary’s father was anticipating a large family, or perhaps more likely, he inherited the house. But either […]