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Al Smith

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Jun 29, 2009, 2:54:49 AM6/29/09
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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-

Mark W

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Jun 29, 2009, 2:43:50 PM6/29/09
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"Al Smith" <inv...@address.com> wrote in message
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> 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?
>


Architecture. And your geneological records.


John Goodrich

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Jun 29, 2009, 10:22:08 PM6/29/09
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Just remember that it all happened in Salem Village, which is now
Danvers.

John Goodrich

Al Smith

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Jun 29, 2009, 11:55:42 PM6/29/09
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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.

-Al-

Blackwingbear

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Jun 30, 2009, 11:05:24 AM6/30/09
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On Jun 29, 7:22 pm, John Goodrich <J...@qusoor.com> wrote:
> Just remember that it all happened in Salem Village, which is now
> Danvers.

Which also has Danvers State Hospital *(a.k.a. Arkham Asylum!)

Al Smith

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Jun 30, 2009, 2:10:22 PM6/30/09
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I'll have to try to get to Danvers as well.

-Al-

A.Lu...@who-knows-where.com

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Jun 30, 2009, 3:26:38 PM6/30/09
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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.

Halloween Queen3113

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Jul 1, 2009, 4:29:55 PM7/1/09
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We stayed in Danvers.

Halloween Queen3113

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Jul 1, 2009, 4:28:34 PM7/1/09
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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.

Blackwingbear

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Jul 1, 2009, 5:10:11 PM7/1/09
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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.


Blackwingbear

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Jul 1, 2009, 5:11:51 PM7/1/09
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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.

Blackwingbear

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Jul 1, 2009, 5:14:22 PM7/1/09
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On Jul 1, 1:28 pm, HalloweenQueen3...@webtv.net (Halloween Queen3113)
wrote:

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!

Al Smith

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Jul 1, 2009, 10:13:00 PM7/1/09
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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-

Al Smith

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Jul 1, 2009, 10:15:19 PM7/1/09
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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.

-Al-

A.Lu...@who-knows-where.com

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Jul 2, 2009, 10:43:10 AM7/2/09
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On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:13:00 -0400, Al Smith <inv...@address.com>
wrote:

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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