| Description |
ix, 254 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"It's no surprise that the historic Massachusetts seaport's history is checkered with violence and heinous crimes. Originally called Naumkeag, Salem means "peace." However, as its historical legacy dictates, the city was anything but peaceful during the late seventeenth century. Did the reputed Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo, strike in Salem? Evidence supports the possibility of a copy-cat murder. From the recently pinpointed gallows where innocents were hanged for witchcraft to the murder house on Essex Street where Capt. Joseph White was bludgeoned to death and then stabbed thirteen times in the heart, Sam Baltrusis explores the ghost lore and the people behind the tragic events that turned the "Witch City" into a hot spot that has become synonymous with witches, rakes, and rogues."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Alice Parker -- Bridget Bishop George Jacobs, Sr. -- Mary Easty -- Samuel Wardwell -- Sarah Good -- Wilmot Redd -- Albert Desalvo -- Giles Corey -- Glendower Murder -- Dorothy Talbye -- Jessie Costello -- Richard Crowninshield -- Abigail Ropes -- Cotton Mather -- Elias Hasket Derby -- George Corwin -- Harry Houdini -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Thomas Barnard. |
| Subject |
Haunted places -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
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Ghosts -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
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Witches -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
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Ghosts. (OCoLC)fst00942434
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Haunted places. (OCoLC)fst00951930
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Witches. (OCoLC)fst01176346
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Massachusetts -- Salem.
(OCoLC)fst01205839
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Baltrusis, Sam, author. Wicked Salem Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot, An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019] 9781493037124 (DLC) 2019011432 |
| ISBN |
9781493037117 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1493037110 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781493037117 (e-book) |
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9781493037124 (ePub ebook) |
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