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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century....

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Jack-O-Lanterns

Every October, carved pumpkins peer out from porches and doorsteps in the United States and other parts of the world. Gourd-like orange fruits inscrib...

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Le Prince, Louis

Relatively unknown today, Louis Le Prince is the inventor officially recognized as the first person to record motion images on film, giving birth to t...

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Mary Celeste

The Mary Celeste was a British-American merchant brigantine famous for having been discovered on 4 December 1872 in the Atlantic Ocean, unmanned and a...

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Morse, John

John Vinnicum Morse (1853-1912) was known as Uncle John to Lizzie and Emma Borden, being that he was the brother of their biological mother Sarah Anth...

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Ortega, Gus

Reincarnation: Ron Ortega and his wife had a baby that they named Gus. Gus Ortega. When Gus was about one year old and a half, his father was changing...

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Part 1 - The Birth Of Spirit Photography

Part 1 of a 7 part series about spirit photography.

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Part 2 - Leaving Boston

Part 2 of a 7 part series about spirit photography.

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Part 4 - The Arrest and Trial

Part 4 of a 7 part series about spirit photography.

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Part 5 - Witnesses for the Prosecution

Part 5 of a 7 part series about spirit photography.

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Part 7 - Return to Boston

Part 7 of a 7 part series about spirit photography.

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Poltergeist - It Started One Christmas

Christmas Ghost Story

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Professional Mourners

Professional Mourners known as 'Mutes' were hired to walk behind the hearse in Victorian times. They wore black draped hats and coats and carried drap...

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Russell, Alice

Alice Manely Russell (1852-1941) moved with her family to Fall River in 1873. Upon her father's death in 1878, she moved to 96 Second Street, next doo...

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Salem Witch Trials

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and...

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Salem witch trials - tests of guilt

These were the several different tests used to test the guilt of witches during the Salem witch trails.

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Santa Claus and Coca-Cola

Our vision of Santa Claus was developed out of a marketing plan by the Coca-Cola Company.

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Shroud of Turin

An ancient strip of cloth marked with bloodstains and what appears to be the image of a man. Believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.

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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose story "The Lege...

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Sleepy Hollow, New York

Sleepy Hollow is a village in Tarrytown, New York in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson Rive...

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Souling

A medieval Christian precursor to modern-day trick-or-treating. On Hallowmas (November 1), the poor would go door-to-door offering prayers for the de...

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Spangler, Jean

Like so many other talented hopefuls in Hollywood in the 1940s, Jean Spangler wanted to be a star. Sultry and big-eyed, the statuesque 27-year-old bru...

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