Black cats and witches. Jack-o’-lanterns and candy apples. Or maybe it’s the crunch of leaves underfoot that reminds you of trick-or-treating as … Continue reading As American As Pumpkin Pie: The Global Origins of Halloween by Dr. C. Morgan Grefe
Robert Geake, author of Death in Early New England: Rites, Rituals & Remembrance, will explore the documentation in diaries, letters, … Continue reading Ghostly Sightings, Unexplained Occurrences, and Tales Both Tall and True from Early New England with Robert Geake
Join Dr. Bruce Dorsey, author of Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation … Continue reading Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime that Captivated a Nation with Dr. Bruce Dorsey
Join as as we connect via Zoom with Cambridge-educated historian Adrian Gray for an exploration of Rhode Island's connections to … Continue reading Worksop, Witches and a Place in American History: the Life of Richard Bernard with Adrian Gray
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on the Great Lawn of the John Brown House Museum for the Witch Craft Market, … Continue reading Witch Craft Market
Join the RIHS for the culmination of their monthlong All Hallow's Evenings series with a Spellbinding Soirée, hosted at their … Continue reading Spellbinding Soiree
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