When I lived in Arizona, where dozens of little mining ghost towns dot the foothills just off the major highways, I was awash in the lore of...

Joe Durwin Advocate Weekly Oct. 20, 2005 By virtue of timing, this area was, for the most part, free of the witchcraft hysteria that once sw...

This is a story about a prophet; a Mohammed who went to the Mountain, and delivered down a dire warning about the future. It’s also a story...

Right on the side of Route 116 as it winds through the town of Savoy , there is a tiny cemetery rising up around a tomb built into t...

By Joe Durwin Photos by Autumn Doyle Advocate Weekly Thursday, September 24 Arguably the most prominent historic landmark in Stockbrid...

THESE MYSTERIOUS HILLS Wonders and Mysteries of the Natural World By Joe Durwin This week marks the final installment of These Mysterious Hi...

Back in 2005, I wrote about Greenwood, known more commonly as “the Old Britton Place,” one of Pittsfield’s most haunted houses of the 19th c...

This story, originally appearing in 2007 in the Advocate Weekly newspaper, has been updated in places and enhanced with photos by Amanda Rae...

http://advocateweekly.com/thesemysterioushills By Joe Durwin New Boston Inn, at the junction of routes 8 and 57 West in Sandisfield, is the ...

[late posting this here...] http://www.advocateweekly.com/thesemysterioushills/ci_4705378 By JOE DURWIN Thursday, November 23 My interest w...

http://advocateweekly.com/thesemysterioushills By JOE DURWIN After writing on the subject for The Advocate for just about two years now, it ...