All posts tagged "court"
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3.4KMassachusettsMary Bliss Parsons, the Witch of Northampton
The year 1656 wasn’t the first time Mary Bliss Parsons of Northampton was accused of witchcraft. Nineteen years later, in 1675, she...
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4.8KCrime and ScandalAlice Bishop, Pilgrim Murderess, Kills her 4-Year-Old Daughter
The mystery of why Alice Bishop cut her four-year-old daughter’s throat in Plymouth Colony still lingers 370 years later. Alice didn’t deny...
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4.3KConnecticutA Pants-Free Preacher Starts a Bonfire of the Vanities in New London
In 1743, religious enthusiasts ignited a bonfire of the vanities on the docks of New London, Conn. Their deranged leader, James Davenport,...
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19.0K3Arts and LeisureThe Feud That Drove Rudyard Kipling From Vermont
Rudyard Kipling loved the four years he spent in Vermont, loved the seclusion, the golf, the leaves turning in fall. He would have...
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