I'm going to be visiting Salem for the first time this summer. Any opinions as to what is most important to see and photograph as a tie-in with Lovecraft's life and writings?
I'm thinking I will want to see Salem Gaol (if it is still around), Gallows Hill, and the graveyard. I believe Lovecraft visited the house of one of the accused witches, also.
> I'm going to be visiting Salem for the first time this summer. Any > opinions as to what is most important to see and photograph as a tie-in > with Lovecraft's life and writings?
On Jun 29, 2:54 am, Al Smith <inva...@address.com> wrote:
> I'm going to be visiting Salem for the first time this summer. Any > opinions as to what is most important to see and photograph as a > tie-in with Lovecraft's life and writings?
> I'm thinking I will want to see Salem Gaol (if it is still around), > Gallows Hill, and the graveyard. I believe Lovecraft visited the > house of one of the accused witches, also.
> -Al-
Just remember that it all happened in Salem Village, which is now Danvers.
> On Jun 29, 2:54 am, Al Smith <inva...@address.com> wrote: >> I'm going to be visiting Salem for the first time this summer. Any >> opinions as to what is most important to see and photograph as a >> tie-in with Lovecraft's life and writings?
>> I'm thinking I will want to see Salem Gaol (if it is still around), >> Gallows Hill, and the graveyard. I believe Lovecraft visited the >> house of one of the accused witches, also.
>> -Al-
> Just remember that it all happened in Salem Village, which is now > Danvers.
> John Goodrich
I'm going to go by the little tourist signs. I'm hoping that at least a tiny part of the old Salem and Salem Village are still around, but I have a depressing feeling that there's not much left. If I run across an old copy of the Necronomicon tucked away in some garbrel-roofed attic, I'm keeping it.
<J...@qusoor.com> wrote: >On Jun 29, 2:54 am, Al Smith <inva...@address.com> wrote: >> I'm going to be visiting Salem for the first time this summer. Any >> opinions as to what is most important to see and photograph as a >> tie-in with Lovecraft's life and writings?
>> I'm thinking I will want to see Salem Gaol (if it is still around), >> Gallows Hill, and the graveyard. I believe Lovecraft visited the >> house of one of the accused witches, also.
>> -Al-
>Just remember that it all happened in Salem Village, which is now >Danvers.
>John Goodrich
Not really. Salem Village was just a farming community. The trials, the gaol, the "Witch House" (where many of the interrogations were conducted) and Gallows Hill were all in Salem. The "Witch House" is still there and open for visitors, as is Gallows Hill, although looking nothing like it did in 1692. Many of the accused were from Salem Village and the house of one of them, Rebecca Nurse, is still there and open for visitors.
There's a lot more to see in Salem, including the old harbor and Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables. And of course there's the Peabody Essex Museum and the Pickman House, the oldest house still standing in Salem.
I was there last year. Go to Laurie Cabbots shop . She is the the witch of Salem. The graveyard is a good place to go. Also the witch museum . Avoid the haunted houses they are god awful. I loved Salem. The wax museum is just ok.
On Jun 29, 8:55 pm, Al Smith <inva...@address.com> wrote:
> If I run across an old copy of the Necronomicon tucked away in some > garbrel-roofed attic, I'm keeping it.
> -Al-
If you do so, send me scanned copies either via email or postal service. It simply HAS to be more detailed than the edition by William Andrew Prazsky (a.k.a. "Simon") or the various "Al-Azif/Liber Logaeth" variations by our friend, Dan Clore. The rituals and evocations might be based upon fiction, but they work surprisingly well given the student has a commanding enough will, which is the reason any work after all.
On Jun 30, 11:10 am, Al Smith <inva...@address.com> wrote:
> > Which also has Danvers State Hospital *(a.k.a. Arkham Asylum!)
> I'll have to try to get to Danvers as well.
> -Al-
I have a friend who grew-up not too far from there - he claims the part of SESSION 9 where the caretaker/security-guard claims the patients wandered the area and attempted to "get back in" is not altogether untrue.
On Jul 1, 1:28 pm, HalloweenQueen3...@webtv.net (Halloween Queen3113) wrote:
> I was there last year. Go to Laurie Cabbots shop . She is the the witch > of Salem. The graveyard is a good place to go. Also the witch museum . > Avoid the haunted houses they are god awful. I loved Salem. The wax > museum is just ok.
She was a sweetie, but might not reveal too much she knows as far as whereabouts. That might make her liable if certain tourists were to attempt something. If you do see her (and if she even recalls me!), tell her "Blackwing Bear" sends his regards!
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:22:08 -0700 (PDT), John Goodrich > <J...@qusoor.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 29, 2:54 am, Al Smith <inva...@address.com> wrote: >>> I'm going to be visiting Salem for the first time this summer. Any >>> opinions as to what is most important to see and photograph as a >>> tie-in with Lovecraft's life and writings?
>>> I'm thinking I will want to see Salem Gaol (if it is still around), >>> Gallows Hill, and the graveyard. I believe Lovecraft visited the >>> house of one of the accused witches, also.
>>> -Al- >> Just remember that it all happened in Salem Village, which is now >> Danvers.
>> John Goodrich
> Not really. Salem Village was just a farming community. The trials, > the gaol, the "Witch House" (where many of the interrogations were > conducted) and Gallows Hill were all in Salem. The "Witch House" is > still there and open for visitors, as is Gallows Hill, although > looking nothing like it did in 1692. Many of the accused were from > Salem Village and the house of one of them, Rebecca Nurse, is still > there and open for visitors.
> There's a lot more to see in Salem, including the old harbor and > Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables. And of course there's the > Peabody Essex Museum and the Pickman House, the oldest house still > standing in Salem.
This is something I've never been certain about -- how much went on in Salem, and how much went on in Salem Village. So the jail was in Salem, not Salem Village? And the trials were held in Salem, not Salem Village? This is not really clear from reading Lovecraft.
> I was there last year. Go to Laurie Cabbots shop . She is the the witch > of Salem. The graveyard is a good place to go. Also the witch museum . > Avoid the haunted houses they are god awful. I loved Salem. The wax > museum is just ok.
I'm looking forward to seeing the witch. I'll probably buy a Tarot deck,if there's any kind of selection. The wax museum I will look for.
>On 6/30/2009 3:26 PM, A.Lur...@who-knows-where.com wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:22:08 -0700 (PDT), John Goodrich >> <J...@qusoor.com> wrote:
>>> On Jun 29, 2:54 am, Al Smith <inva...@address.com> wrote: >>>> I'm going to be visiting Salem for the first time this summer. Any >>>> opinions as to what is most important to see and photograph as a >>>> tie-in with Lovecraft's life and writings?
>>>> I'm thinking I will want to see Salem Gaol (if it is still around), >>>> Gallows Hill, and the graveyard. I believe Lovecraft visited the >>>> house of one of the accused witches, also.
>>>> -Al- >>> Just remember that it all happened in Salem Village, which is now >>> Danvers.
>>> John Goodrich
>> Not really. Salem Village was just a farming community. The trials, >> the gaol, the "Witch House" (where many of the interrogations were >> conducted) and Gallows Hill were all in Salem. The "Witch House" is >> still there and open for visitors, as is Gallows Hill, although >> looking nothing like it did in 1692. Many of the accused were from >> Salem Village and the house of one of them, Rebecca Nurse, is still >> there and open for visitors.
>> There's a lot more to see in Salem, including the old harbor and >> Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables. And of course there's the >> Peabody Essex Museum and the Pickman House, the oldest house still >> standing in Salem.
>This is something I've never been certain about -- how much went on >in Salem, and how much went on in Salem Village. So the jail was in >Salem, not Salem Village? And the trials were held in Salem, not >Salem Village? This is not really clear from reading Lovecraft.
>-Al-
Yes, as I said, Salem Village was a farming community: It had a church and an inn and maybe a general store. A lot of the accused lived there, like Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor, but once arrested, they were hauled into Salem where all the government stuff was.
The death toll is always given as the 19 hanged plus the guy who died while being tortured at the local Gitmo, but quite a few more died of disease while in jail awaiting trial. And of course we know all the big fish, like Orne, Hutchinson and Curwen, got away.
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