The Tewksbury State Hospital Murder Spree
On February 4, 1938, a 79-year-old patient at the Tewksbury State Hospital shot and killed three fellow patients in their beds and critically wounded two more. The attacker, John Mack,… Read more »
Category: Industrial Era
History of Lyceum Hall in Salem, Massachusetts
Lyceum Hall is a historic public lecture hall on Church Street in Salem, Massachusetts. The word “lyceum” means “an association providing public lectures, concerts, and entertainments.” The hall was built… Read more »
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich, Massachusetts
Castle Hill is a historic mansion on the Crane Estate on Argilla Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in 1928, the mansion is a fifty-nine-room Stuart-style house designed by architect David… Read more »
Ipswich Historic Sites
Ipswich, Massachusetts, is a small historic town that is home to the highest concentration of 17th-century homes in America. The following is a list of historic sites in Ipswich, Massachusetts:… Read more »
Is Blackbeard’s Skull at the Peabody Essex Museum?
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, has an artifact in its collection that is rumored to be the skull of the notorious pirate Blackbeard. The museum obtained the skull… Read more »