Strange New England

by Thomas D'Agostino, Arlene Nicholson

Overview

New England boasts some of the strangest characters and stories that ever graced a region. From ghosts blessing a marriage to a clairvoyant who raised the dead, mysterious happenings abound. There is the simple grave of the mysterious and anonymous "XYZ" and the extravagant monument built for a pauper. One man may have actually found the elixir of immortality, while another woman left her whole fortune to a spirit she met via a Ouija board. Stories of the Melon Heads, the Leather Man and the Old Coot of Mount Greylock have fascinated New Englanders for years. Join Tom D'Agostino and Arlene Nicholson as they unveil the mysteries and oddities of this unique region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467148979
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Thomas D'Agostino and his wife, Arlene Nicholson, have been extensively studying and investigating paranormal accounts for more than thirty-eight years, with more than 1,400 investigations to their credit. Tom and Arlene are ardent researchers of New England history, haunts, legends and folklore. Creators of fourteen books, together they have penned and captured on film the best haunts and history New England has to offer. Tom and Arlene's interviews and paranormal experiences have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and other periodicals throughout New England and beyond in regard to their books and comprehensive work in the paranormal field. Tom has contributed to various other books and publications and has appeared on many television and radio shows, as well as documentaries on the subject of the paranormal. Arlene is a professional photographer with a degree in photography. Tom is a graduate of Rhode Island College with a degree in political science. He is a professional teacher and musician. Tom builds his own musical instruments, many from the Medieval and Renaissance periods, that are used in his profession.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

Witches, Wizards and Vampires

Tessa 13

Moll Pitcher 14

The Magician of Marblehead 17

Goody Cole 18

Tammy Younger 20

Foster, Rhode Island: A Real Witch City 22

Exeter, Rhode Island: The "Last" Vampire 24

JB 55 27

Mary Nasson 30

Cumberland's Strange Request 32

Dogtown's Easter Carter 34

Molly Bridget 36

Curses

Aunt Lonnie Davis 37

The Hayden Family Curse 38

The Curse of Micah Rood's Apples 40

Rachel's Curse 44

Jonathan Moulton Could Not Fool the Devil 45

Grave Concerns

A Macabre Monument Marks the Spot of a Gruesome Murder 49

Lucas Douglass 53

Warren Gibbs 55

The Hillers' Monumental Monument 56

The Strange Premonition of Francis Lightfoot Eddy 60

John P. Bowman's Eternal Pose 63

Dr. Timothy Clark Smith 66

Asa "Popcorn" Snow 67

The Confederate Buried in a Yankee Cemetery 69

Deacon Wheelock's Protected Grave 70

Caroline Cutter 72

Persecuted for Wearing a Beard 73

The Strange Burial in Damariscotta, Maine 76

Captain Samuel Jones 77

XYZ 78

Unique Yankee Legends

Handkerchief Moody 81

Lord Timothy Dexter 84

Frozen Vermonters 91

The Melon Heads of Connecticut 94

Frozen Alive 95

The Green People of Coventry 97

Phineas Gage' 97

Helen Dow Peck's Amazing Will 99

Where Did Ephriam Gray Go? 101

Vagabonds and Wanderers

The Darn Man 103

Old Coot of Mount Greylock 108

Leather Man 109

Cling Clang 111

They Dared Great Things

John Hays Hammond Jr. 115

William Miller 116

The Ghost of the White Bird 119

Hiram Marble 121

Dr. Thomas Benton 124

D.D. Home 126

Captain Thunderbolt 128

The Lucrezia Borgia of Ansonia 131

From Beyond the Grave

The Vengeful Ghost of Rebecca Cornell 135

A Parrot Once Helped Solve a Triple Murder 139

The Seer of Rutland 140

Nelly Butler: First Lady of American Ghosts 142

Madame Sherri's Staircase 145

Wareham's Haunted Violin 148

Gardner Lake's Ghostly Piano 150

Bibliography 153

About the Authors 157