As Halloween approaches, we thought it appropriate to look at some of the most historic cemeteries in New England. Cemeteries are almost...
The giant Halloween ephemera factory in Framingham, Mass., for many years churned out crepe paper and cut-outs that collectors go crazy for...
If the English colonists knew how much pumpkin they’d eat when they got to New England, they might have had second thoughts...
Haunted houses belong to New England lore as much as Revolutionary battles or clipper ship races. New England ghosts, witches, devils and...
People still can’t seem to get enough of the Salem witch trials, which remain a mainstay of popular culture more than three...
George Washington called Boston’s annual Pope Night celebration “ridiculous and childish.” But the working-class celebrants, especially the young men, loved the wild...