History, mystery and folklore in the Berkshires and surrounding area...
Friday, November 01, 2013
Folkore & the 1st Amendment: The Halloween Story That Almost Wasn't
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These Mysterious Hills celebrated its 9th birthday yesterday by weathering the first major challenge to publication of its content in the h...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
The Darkness Over Savoy: Fervor, Murder, and Madness in a Rural New England Town (Part 1)
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It's first school was known as Tomb School. It has had a Police Chief named Norman Bates, and a weekly paper called The Crow. Histor...
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Asylums of Massachusetts
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I get a lot of questions about the old abandoned asylums in Massachusetts, those lovely brick ones with the 'batwing' shaped flo...
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Weird in Williamstown Part 2
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continued from Weird in Williamstown: Part 1 Despite its comparative size, the pages of Williamstown history present to our browsin...
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Weird in Williamstown: Part 1
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Recently it has come to my attention that there is a sentiment on the part of more than one reader that I may have been a tad remiss in my ...
Saturday, February 02, 2013
Grave Robbery at the Pittsfield Common
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This summer construction will again begin at the Common, as it undergoes an 0.08 million dollar renovation , the second of four planned st...
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Shaker Past Dots the Trails of Savoy's 'New State' Region
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Continuing a series of scenic and historic hikes in Savoy Forest throughout the past year, I embarked Sunday on an exploration of a few mi...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
These Mysterious Mesas: the Folklorist in Arizona
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A little departure from the parade of distinctly New England weirdness featured throughout this blog, I decided to resurrect some samplin...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The First Witch of Savoy, and the Tragedy of Tower Cemetery
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“ How short the race our children ran Cut down in all their bloom The course but yesterday began Now finished in the tomb.” ...
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