FC 063 Mysteries and Legends New England with Diana Ross McCain
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FC 063 Mysteries and Legends New England with Diana Ross McCain

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Diana Ross McCain, author of the book Mysteries and Legends New England: True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained. Bio Diana Ross McCain has written about Connecticut’s past for more than 25 years and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history. A frequent contributor to Early…

FC 062 Vampires: Food for the Dead with Michael Bell
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FC 062 Vampires: Food for the Dead with Michael Bell

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Michael Bell, author of the book Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires. Bio Michael E. Bell was awarded a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University at Bloomington, where his dissertation topic was African-American voodoo practices. He also has an M.A. in…

FC 061 Hanging Ruth Blay with Carolyn Marvin
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FC 061 Hanging Ruth Blay with Carolyn Marvin

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Carolyn Marvin, author of the book Hanging Ruth Blay: An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy. Bio Carolyn Marvin currently works as a research librarian at the Portsmouth Athenaeum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Previously, she worked in both public and school libraries. Ms. Marvin lives in a tiny…

Researching Legends: Post Script with Jeremy D’Entremont

Researching Legends: Post Script with Jeremy D’Entremont

Recently, I interviewed maritime expert Jeremy D’Entremont about his book Ocean-Born Mary: The Truth Behind a New Hampshire Legend. (Listen to the interview here.) The book details the items most likely based in fact about Mary’s ocean birth, the pirates and the ghosts surrounding the story and reveals the embellishments based purely in fiction. With…

FC 060 Ocean-Born Mary with Jeremy D’Entremont
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FC 060 Ocean-Born Mary with Jeremy D’Entremont

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Jeremy D’Entremont, author of the book Ocean-Born Mary: The Truth Behind a New Hampshire Legend. Bio Jeremy D’Entremont, author of Ocean-Born Mary, has been writing about and photographing the lighthouses of New England since the mid-1980s. He’s the author of more than ten books and hundreds…

FC 059 Witches, Rakes, and Rogues with D. Brenton Simons
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FC 059 Witches, Rakes, and Rogues with D. Brenton Simons

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is D. Brenton Simons, author of the book Witches, Rakes, and Rogues: True Stories of Scam, Scandal, Murder, and Mayhem in Boston, 1630-1775. Bio D. Brenton Simons, is the President and CEO of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, Massachusetts. Currently piloting a groundbreaking $50…