"I Do Not Desire To Spend My Judgm’t Upon It" - The Amesbury Witch Susannah Martin
Usually around this time of the year, the nerds usually receive multiple requests to share tales of New England hauntings and mischief. We usually try to avoid discussing questionable or undocumented stories of the unexplained as it could lead down a slippery slope of fabrication and exaggeration. That said, no semi reputable blog...which we occasionally rise to the level of…. could expect to survive in New England without a witch story. As a result, allow us to share the s
"The Body Of The Maid Was Found By An Indian" - The Murder of Mary Sholy
For the past two weeks, the nerds of have been hard at work conducting research for our October Haunted Candlelight Tours. If you want to avoid the rush and oddities of Salem in October, be sure to travel a bit further north and check out a historical tour that prides itself in accuracy, entertaining stories and historic alcoholic drinks!
Anyway, we were researching 17th and 18th century homicide cases and came across the murder of Mary Sholy.
In 1635, English settlers a
