Strange Halloween Characters from Seacoast History
Make Halloween a teachable moment for your kids
Writing Ruth Blay’s Tragic Tale
"I was so filled with anger and sorrow about what had happened to this woman."
Tales of a Real Ghostbuster
Haunted tales and haunted tours are holiday fun – just don't call it history
Buried Treasure in Little Harbor?
The rumors in 1882 boosted attendance at the Wentworth Hotel nearby
Famous Fake Bonhomme Flag Unfurled
Even Abraham Lincoln was fooled
Secret Love Letters of Dorothy Vaughan Discovered
Letters donated to state historical society reveal a lively librarian
Chatting with the Dead
Spiritualism and séances attracted millions in the 1800s
Richard Potter, America’s First Magician Reappears
“America’s first black celebrity” is the subject of a new book
NH Woman Meets Mormon Founder Joseph Smith
Portsmouth's Charlotte Haven describes with Mormon founder in letters home to POrtsmouth
Anna De Koven Exposes Ranger Flag Hoax
The scholar versus the fraudulent historian
William Morris Hunt Dies Mysteriously at Isles of Shoals
Depressed or too infirm to save himself?
Rethinking the Miss Underhill Legend
Rogue wave or a despondent lover?