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Author: Thomas D’Agostino
Abraham Lincoln: Paranormal President
On April 14, 1865, a tragic event shocked the country. The 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated. Only his killer and co-conspirators were aware of the heinous crime that was about to take place, but historical research and documents have recently come to light showing that
The Floating Coffin
Here is a wonderful and spooky story just in time for the Halloween season. This story has appeared in several publications over the centuries including Haunted Rhode Island. It is a known fact that the early New Englander folk were very superstitious. The supernatural played an important role in their
New Hampshire’s Most Famous Witch
www.tomdagostino.com Early New England was plagued with superstitious folk. Any calamity or ill fated circumstance was considered to be the work of some evil entity. In many cases, a witch. The Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692 may have been the most noted in the regions history, but there were many
Betty Moody’s Cave
www.tomdagostino.com King Philip’s War in New England was the most brutal conflict, per capita, ever fought on American soil. Whole villages were attacked and burned on both sides without regard of life or limb. Even after the treaties of 1676 and 1678, raids and attacks continued. Later, the French joined
Abram’s Rock
This story is from our upcoming book, Ghosts of King Philip’s War due out on July 22, 2024. The book is filled with legends, ghost stories, and haunted places from the war and subsequent skirmishes that took place years after the last treaty was signed. If you are looking for
A Parrot Once Helped Solve A Triple Murder
Halifax Massachusetts in the late 19th century was a close knit little community of about 600 people. One journalist in the 1870s referred to the town as such, “no lawyers and none needed.” This would change however when on February 15, 1874 a gruesome triple murder took place in the
The Ghost of Edgar Allan Poe in Providence
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His journeys in his short forty-year lifespan took him to many places, including those that resided in his mind. Poe was the child of two actors. His father left when he was very young, and his mother died a
The Winsted Wildman
According to the American Guide Series, Winsted, Connecticut has always been known as a “never-never land where the unusual is expected to happen and usually does. Tales of five legged cows, talking owls, tame trout and even a wildman…” In August, 1895, Winsted Selectman Riley Smith and his trusty companion
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