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Monthly Archives: February 2016

A treasure trove of New England architecture
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February 29, 2016 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

It must have been some imp of the perverse—or some sardonic pull from dark, hidden sources—which made me change my …
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Category: Useful Links | Tags: Architecture, Boston Post Road, Essex (CT), Maine, Marblehead, Portsmouth (NH), White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs
Joe Froggers – a Marblehead Specialty
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February 23, 2016 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Marblehead, as we’ve previously mentioned, served in large part as an inspiration for Kingsport, especially the version presented in Kevin …
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Category: New England Folklore | Tags: Joe Brown, Joe Frogger, Kingsport, Lucretia Brown, Marblehead, Recipe
The Disappearance (and Alleged Recovery of) of J. Bruce, of Winchendon
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February 10, 2016 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Here is a strange case of a disappearance (and quite possibly the murder) of J. Bruce, supposedly solved by a …
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Category: New England Folklore | Tags: 1848, Boston, Disappearance, Graveyards, J. Bruce, Psychic, South Burying Ground, Spiritualism, The Western Literary Messenger, Winchendon
A sampler of New England’s animal oddities
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February 1, 2016 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Having just covered Massachusetts’ “Sacred Cod”, I thought I would share with our blog readers some other stories of strange …
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Category: New England Folklore, Useful Links | Tags: Barnard VT, Oscar the 'Death Cat', The Black Dog of the Hanging Hills, The Spectral Moose of Maine

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