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Dead Ship of Salem
I love stories like this one. Of course, they’re undocumented. Today, we’d call them urban legends.
Stories like these are classics, in jeopardy of being as lost as the subject of this tale.
This one was from a December 19o1 newspaper:
The Dead Ship of Salem is well known off the Massachusetts shore. Just 2oo years ago, the [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2009 under General.
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Resuming research
After taking a couple of months to write two new books (Ghost Hunting in Haunted Cemeteries, and Ghost Photography 101), I’m back at work on the Salem book.
I’m having tremendous fun researching this book. The personal family connections make this even more intriguing.
Posted: August 21st, 2009 under General.
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My Salem Ancestry
Salem, Massachusetts is part of my heritage. In 1692, several of my ancestors lived in Salem.
I discovered this while researching a different ghost connection.
To my amazement, I noticed the name of one of my ancestors, William Webb, in some Salem records. I thought, “That’s interesting. It’s not a unique name, but I wonder how he [...]
Posted: May 20th, 2009 under General.
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