The Grove Street Cemetery
In New Haven Connecticut, Yale University shares a side with Grove Street Cemetery, dating back to colonial times. And like any old cemetery, it comes with many urban legends.
It’s rumored that secret […]
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The Great Elm
Years ago, a huge elm tree proudly stood on Boston Common. At a near sky scraping height of sixty-five feet, it was affectionately referred to as the “Great Elm”, and its large hollow provided a play space for many children. […]
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The Beverly Boogie Man
Beverly, MA, 1970, a local family buys a mansion right at the edge of Beverly Harbor. They’re thrilled with their new purchase, fixing up the decrepit house into a home. But these […]
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07, 2015
Happy Fourth of July from the Folklorist!
July Fourth, a nationwide celebration of independence, filled with barbecues, sunshine, and fireworks. All over the country, pranksters have been celebrating Independence Day in rambunctious ways since the nineteenth century.
In the town […]
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06, 2015
The Moodus Noises
In a small town in Connecticut, people have been hearing rumbling sounds coming from a small hill for centuries.
Moodus, a small town in East Haddam (originally named Machimoodus, which means “Places of Evil Noises” in the […]
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Witch Rock
In the small town of Rochester, MA, a rock that sits on private property, at an imposing height of twelve feet. It is branded with a painted silhouette of a witch, along with the words: “Witch Rock”. But the question […]
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Underwater Dwarf Man
Alambegwinosis, the Penobscot word for dwarfed, literally translates to “underwater dwarf man” in the Algonquin language. These creatures live in deep pools of rivers or on the bottom of deep lakes. Typically, three feet tall, the water dwarfs have long […]
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The Palatine Ship
August 1738, the Princess Augusta, a two hundred ton British ship, set off from Rotterdam, of the Palatinate region in Germany (from which it derived its contemporary name “the Palatine Ship”) to Pennsylvania. The Palatine was transporting a fourteen man […]
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2015 Emmy Award Winner
The Folklorist is the proud recipient of four 2015 Boston/New England Emmy® Awards! Our team at NewTV is honored to be recognized by this prestigious group for the fourth consecutive year.
Host John Horrigan won for Outstanding […]
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2015 Communicator Award Winner
The Folklorist recently won four 2015 Communicator Awards: The Gold Communicator Award of Excellence for “Film/Video – History/Biography” and “Film/Video – Videography/Cinematography,” as well as two Silver Communicator Awards of Distinction for “Film/Video – Cultural” […]