Posts Tagged ‘ghost story’

Director’s Blog: What can you do at the Historical Society this week?

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Be-witched!

Museum Educator Deb DeSmet has scared up a month of eerie history events starting this Saturday, October 1.  Join us as we kick off “Bewitched in Andover” with Ghost Hunting 101 Saturday, October 1 at 7:00 p.m.  Meet local ghost hunters G.H.O.S.T. (Ghost Hunters of Southern Tri State) and learn about how they do what they do.

Other events in Bewitched in Andover include a talk about Andover’s role in the witch hysteria of 1692, a book signing by author Kathleen Kent, a tour of the Abbot House, and Andover Girl Tea, and, wrapping up the month, Cocktails from the Crypt.  Visit the Society’s website calendar for all the spooky details!

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Andover Story – October 28, 2010

Friday, October 29th, 2010

This week’s Andover Story, “Legends and Ghosts of the Shawsheen River,” explores tales of the river that winds its way through Andover. Andover Stories chair Gail Ralston begins her story with the 1930s version of a Native American tale that explains how the “Shaw Sheen” was named.  The story also winds its way through Andover history as Gail tells the story of the Shawsheen River’s role in the witchcraft hysteria that took hold of Massachusetts in 1692.  Visit the Andover Townsman Online to read the whole story.

Accused "witch" Martha Carrier's grave

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