These Mysterious Hills

History, mystery and folklore in the Berkshires and surrounding area...

Saturday, February 28, 2015

The Old Coot of Greylock: The Legend in Full

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The following is a full account of the Legend of the Old Coot, as told over a campfire last summer by Mount Greylock State Reservation Park ...
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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Gilded Age Ghoulishness at The Mount for "Victorian Boudoir" Party

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The fine folks at Berkshire Shenanigans have, over the past several years,  earned themselves a reputation as cats who know how to ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Ghosts & Legends of Upstreet Pittsfield

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Based on the longtime local folklore project These Mysterious Hills, a new downtown walking tour will explore a lesser known, mysterious, ...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Deceased Bernard Baran 2nd Top Vote Getter in Berkshire DA Election

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 Controversial Berkshire County District Capeless received an unexpected, but telling, challenge in last week's statewide primary elec...
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Friday, December 13, 2013

Friday the 13th Copycat Killing in Western Mass

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Almost everyone in the western world takes notice, at least in passing, when the thirteenth of a month falls on a Friday. Many people are ...
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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 ...
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