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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…

    book draft, book update, book writing, ghastlyhistory, new england, photographs, research, southeastern New england, travel, writing
  • 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!…

    book draft, book update, book writing, ghastlyhistory, new england, research, southeastern New england, writing
  • 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…

    book draft, book update, book writing, ghastlyhistory, new england, research, writing
  • 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…

    book draft, book update, book writing, ghastlyhistory, new england, research, writing
  • 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.

    book update, books, borrowed books, ghastlyhistory, Kindle unlimited, new books, new england, research
  • Ghastly History Announcement!

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  • Ghastly News: Wednesday 8/7/2024

    Ghastly News for Wednesday 8/7/2024: “Praises Assembly for Mosquito Bill” (Source: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), April 24, 1923, Newspapers.com)

    connecticut, ghastlynews, legislature, malaria, mosquito, mosquito bill, new england, newspapers
  • Ghastly News: Wednesday 6/19/2024

    Ghastly News for Wednesday 6/19/2024: “Long Death Roll From Blistering Heat Wave” (Source: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), July 6, 1911, Newspapers.com)

    boston, deaths, fatalities, ghastlynews, heat wave, hot wave, new england, newspapers, prostrations, temperature, weather
  • Ghastly News: Wednesday 3/20/2024

    Ghastly News for Wednesday 3/20/2024: “Claims To Be Only Bellringing Cat” (Source: Boston Post (Boston, MA), December 6, 1920, Newspapers.com)

    Bellringing cat, boston, cat, dorchester, feline, fly catching, ghastlynews, massachusetts, new england, newspapers

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