Goodwife "Goody" Glover (died November 16, 1688) was the last person to be hanged in Boston as a witch.
Glover was arrested and tried for witchcraft. At trial it was demanded of her to say the Lord’s Prayer, she recited it in English and broken Latin, but since she had never learned it in English, she could not say it in English. The proof against her was wholly deficient. The jury brought her guilty.
On November 16, Annie Glover was hanged in Boston amidst mocking shouts from the crowd. Three hundred years later in 1988, the Boston City Council decided that this conviction was not just and proclaimed November 16 Goody Glover Day.
On November 3, 1957, the second-ever orbiting spacecraft carried the first
animal into orbit, the dog Laika, launched aboard the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft (nicknamed ‘Muttnik’ in the West). Laika died during the flight, as was intended because the technology to return from orbit had not yet been developed.
In 2008, Russian officials unveiled a monument to Laika. A small monument in her honour was built near the military research facility in Moscow which prepared Laika’s flight to space. It features a dog standing on top of a rocket.
On November 02, 2000, a person calling themselves Timetravel_0, and later John Titor, started posting on a public forum that he was a time traveler from the year 2036.
One of the first things he did was post pictures of his time machine and its operations manual. As the weeks went by, more and more people began questioning him about why he was here, the physics of time travel and his thoughts about our time. He also posted on other forums including the now non-existent Art Bell site. In his posts John Titor entertained, angered, frightened and even belittled those who engaged him in conversation.
On March 21, 2001, John Titor told us he would be leaving our and returning to 2036. After that, he was never heard from again. Speculation and investigation about who John Titor was and why he was online continues to this day.
Click HERE to read an extensive collection of John’s IRC Chats
Today I decided to share 2 movies to get you in the mood for Halloween night. I hope you will enjoy them.
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
A documentary about the history of witchcraft, told in a variety of styles, from illustrated slideshow to dramatized events of alleged real-life events, right up to the early twentieth century (when the film was made).
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror; also known as Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror or simply Nosferatu) *1922)
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter’s wife. Silent classic based on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”
Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe, January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)
Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement and was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre.
Born as Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts; he was orphaned young when his mother died shortly after his father abandoned the family. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia, but they never formally adopted him.
Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today.
His death on October 7, 1849, has remained mysterious: the circumstances leading up to it are uncertain and the cause of death is disputed. On October 3, Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, “in great distress, and … in need of immediate assistance”, according to the man who found him, Joseph W. Walker. He was taken to the Washington College Hospital, where he died at 5 a.m. on Sunday, October 7. Poe was never coherent enough to explain how he came to be in this condition.
On June 17, 2011 I wrote an article about John Henry Pepper and the Peppers Ghost effect. For a long time I’ve known about a book that John wrote describing this cool effect (The true history of Pepper’s Ghost : And all about Metempsychosis) written in 1890.
Well I’m happy to announce that I have finally found this book, I have posted a link to a PDF copy I really hope you enjoy it.
Some Background:
“Pepper’s ghost” is an illusionary technique by which a mirror and a piece of glass are used to create the appearance of ghostlike figures or objects, which can seem, to the viewer, to appear and disappear, or to spontaneous change shape. This book contains a detailed explanation of the process of creating and carrying out this illusion.
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Aaron Burr, (born February 6, 1756, Newark, New Jersey [U.S.] Died September 14, 1836, Port Richmond, New York, U.S.)
Serving as vice president under Thomas Jefferson but is best known for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. Burr’s ghost is said to roam the streets of his old neighborhood (also the West Village). Burr’s spectral activity is focused particularly on one restaurant, One if By Land, Two if By Sea, which is located in a Barrow Street building that was once Burr’s carriage house.
Goodwife "Goody" Glover (died November 16, 1688) was the last person to be hanged in Boston as a witch.
