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Book Update 11/30/2025
Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season! During the last week of October, my wife and I visited a few locations in southeastern New England where we took plenty of photographs and videos that will be used for my book. Overall, it was a successful trip, despite the weather turning rainy…
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Book Update 10/20/2025
I am still steadily engaged in research and writing. My plans to visit some locations at summer’s end did not pan out, but I am visiting a few locations across southeastern New England the last week of October to take some video and photographs for the book and website content. Let’s hope the weather cooperates!…
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Book Update 9/2/2025
I wanted to share my latest book haul! A quick snapshot is below, and some of them have been shared on my Source Recommendations page if you want to explore further. I am realizing that this process is a marathon, not a sprint. I am still actively engaged in research and writing, and still hope…
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Book Update 7/14/2025
I am still heavily immersed in research, but have also been doing a lot of writing since my last update! I have a lot of great topics where I have drafts created, and still have some more to flesh out. I am hoping to visit some locations later this summer for photos to include in…
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Book Update 5/17/2025
I have been heavily immersed in research the past week and a half. Between borrowing titles on various sites, and purchasing others to add to my collection, I’ve been able to find some great ideas to explore further for the book. This will be the name of the game for the next few weeks.
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1/9/2024: Spectral Evidence
SPECTRAL EVIDENCE Between the 17th and 19th centuries, spectral evidence was frequently given as witness testimony in court proceedings. Spectral evidence was usually comprised of two corresponding ideas. The first is that the spectral shape/spirit of the accused would leave their physical living body, through witchcraft, to interact with the living to complete a nefarious…
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11/7/2023: The Curious Case of Nellie Vaughn
THE CURIOUS CASE OF NELLIE VAUGHN Co-collaborator on this project: Starina’s Art TRANSCRIPTION & CITATIONS: Click here to read a full transcript and view source/image/video citations
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9/6/2023: Hermit of the Tomb
HERMIT OF THE TOMB Even in death, Jonathan Reed expressed his unwavering devotion to his wife, Mary Guild Reed, and vowed not to leave her side. A once successful entrepreneur of the trucking business from the New York borough of Brooklyn, he later became known as a local, much talked about eccentric, and dubbed “the…
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