The Rise and Fall of Sparhawk Hall
A surviving colonial cabinet tells tales of a lost Seacoast mansion
Witchcraft in NH
RAMBLE CXLIV: Witchcraft in Portsmouth and New Castle – Death of Molly Bridget – Stone Throwing Devil of New Castle.
Pat Wall Talks about “Beyond Freedom”
Enslaved in Portsmouth, freed in Boston, two books for children
The “Kittery Kid” Rides Again
Add Fred Pray to the genre of seacoast Bad boys Tom Bailey, Plupy Shute, and Ike Partington
Redefining Vampires in New England
Did our ancestors consume corpses to cure disease? An interview with folklorist Michael E. Bell.
Celia Thaxter’s Poem about a Norwegian Murder Victim
What can we learn from Celia Thaxter’s Norwegian poems?
Enslaved Runaway Ona Judge Staines
An amazing story of courage and defiance in 1796 by history researcher Evelyn Gerson.
The Truth About Ocean Born Mary
Another great pirate legend spoiled by the equally fascinating facts
The History of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in a Bottle
From sails to atoms is Portsmouth Shipyard motto
Exeter Officer Eugene Bertrand on UFOs
Fifteen years after the Exeter UFO event, student journalists do their homework
John Paul Jones in Portsmouth
250 years later, we're still talking about his visit
The Ever-changing Story of South Meetinghouse
It may look like a church on a hill, but it's been recycled many times