Freaked Out By 'Shadow Man'Jeff in Elk River, Minnesota called in to tell of his numerous shadow man sightings.“Basically I’m 26 now. This happened three years ago. I'm sleeping… Read More

My department has been co-sponsoring topical symposia for the past few years, first on the Great Salem Fire of 1914, and last year on northern slavery. These are day-long events, very much o… Read More

The memorial stands at the site where 19 innocent women and men were hanged. It opened on the 325th anniversary the first mass execution of five women.(Image credit: Stephan Savoia/AP) Read More

On 18 April, 1943, four teenage boys from nearby Stourbridge, Robert Hart, Thomas Willetts, Bob Farmer and Fred Payne, were in the woods poaching. It was a chilly spring day in the rural Mid… Read More

The weather actually did change very perceptibly here, at about 9:30 or 10:00 yesterday morning, from muggy late summer into breezy crisp fall. In about a half hour: I felt it, and everyone… Read More

Crossposted from Reflections Journal.Last week a new memorial was dedicated to victims of the Salem witch trials. Wednesday, July 19 marked the 325th anniversary of the first five hangings… Read More

I enjoy that Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois' monument to victims of the witch hunts in what is Steilneset in modern Norway. Particularly in its bleached winter form, it is a reminder tha… Read More

     As you've probably read previously in my blog, Salem, Massachusetts was on my list of the most haunted places in the United States that I'd like to visit. My husband and… Read More

Say everybody, have you seen my balls, they’re big and salty and beige?I wrap mine in bacon.Sometimes this blog makes me feel a bit like the man standing in a pickle suit next to a san… Read More