Wicked Yankee

Wicked Yankee is a blog dedicated to all the
obscure bits of New England history
and folklore that don't often get recorded in
history books or taught in history classes.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Jolly Jane - Queen of the Poisoners - Cataumet, Ma

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During my research into New England history, I have been to supposedly haunted places, many graveyards after dark, and even to the resti...

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

The Mystery of Cape Cod's Boundary Stones

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I was very busy this spring preparing an article for the June 2013 Summerscape , which is published by the Barnstable Patriot. My article...

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Friday, June 28, 2013

Connecticut - First In Flight?

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Whitehead (2nd left) in front of No. 21 "The Condor" Most students learn in school, as I did, that Orville and Wilbur Wright...

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Happier Than Paul Revere With a Cell Phone

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I love this commercial. But I'm guessing it wasn't that easy to warn "every Middlesex village and farm." Still, even the w...

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Wampanoag Language Reclamation

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Douglas Pocknett - from Boston Globe It is now graduation season throughout our country. Thousands of our nation’s youth are comple...

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Jamestown Rediscovery Project - Cannibalism Evidence

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Here is a short video clip created by the Jamestown Rediscovery Project , detailing the evidence of Cannibalism discovered at the site of th...

Cannibalism at Jamestown

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Possible reconstruction of "Jane" - Cannibalized victim If you know anything about the Jamestown colony, this title proba...

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