What is an angel but a ghost in drag? part 3

Messengers
Perhaps the most common category of ghosts is that of the messenger. These spirits usually appear shortly after their deaths to people close to them. They are aware of their deaths and can interact with the living. They most often bring messages of comfort to their loved ones, to communicate that they are well and [...]

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Before Salem – First to Die

Most Americans know something about the Salem Witchcraft Trials in 1692, but very few realize that the first major witch scare in colonial New England took place in Hartford, CT 30 years earlier.
Furthermore, the first recorded execution for witchcraft in all of North America also occurred in Connecticut, a full 55 years before Salem. The [...]

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