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The Celebrated Ventriloquist and Professor of Legerdemain & Namesake of Potter Place, New Hampshire: Richard Potter (1783-1835)
I was reading a 1968 article in the Nashua Telegraph about how Potter Place, New Hampshire is reportedly haunted. I suppose anywhere mankind has lived and died is haunted–Potter Place not less so. Besides, the official New Hampshire state marker … Continue reading
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History, N.H. Historical Markers, NH Persons of Color, R.I.P, Travel
Tagged black, black art, buried, cemetery, color, conjure, dark arts, first, ghost, grave, Harris, haunt, haunted, illusion, legerdemain, magician, mesmerism, mesmerist, mulatto, necromancer, people, perform, performance, performer, person, Potter, Potter Place, Richard, Sally, stage, throw, tricks, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, voice
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A Token April Cow Article
Yes my friends, this is a “token” article for the “Cow Stories” category of this blog.
Speaking of tokens… do … Continue reading
The Dark Elements of A New Hampshire Halloween
H.P. Lovecraft penned it hauntingly well …
“But the true epicure in the terrible, to whom a new thrill of
unutterable ghastliness … Continue reading
Posted in Carnivals and Memes, Haunted New Hampshire
Tagged Devil, Farragut, Great Island, Lakawaka, lithobolia, Lovecraft, stone, throw
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New Hampshire Glossary: Lithobolia–The Stone Throwing Devil
Lithobolia, or the Stone-Throwing Devil, was a term used to describe a type of poltergeist that reportedly harassed a New … Continue reading
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History, New Hampshire Glossary
Tagged Devil, diabolic, Hannah Jones, lithobolia, New Castle, New Hampshire, Newcastle, NH, seacoast, stone, throw, Walford, Walton, witchcraft
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