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Stories From Head of the Harbor Part II: What Lies Beneath Mary’s Grave

Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Head of the Harbor/St. James, Legends of Mary, Uncategorized, tagged Colonial Long Island, Mary Hatchet, Mary's Grave, Richard Bull Smith, Stanford White architect, true ghost stories, urban legends on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »

There’s some strange legends about Head of the Harbor, New York concerning Mary’s Grave and Mary Hatchet, associated with a couple of particular places. We take a look at what the truth is about these places, and what truth lies beneath the legends.

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Hard Candy and Ghosts at St. James General Store

Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Head of the Harbor/St. James, tagged Barrymore, general store, Ghost story, haunted house, Keaton on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

St. James General Store is supposed to be the oldest General Store in the United States to be in continuous operation. The past clings to the wooden floors, once trod by farmers, fishermen and some of the most famous entertainers in the world. And it’s quite possible, some of those feet still walk the floors.

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Stories From Head of the Harbor I: New Thoughts on Mary’s Grave and Mary Hatchet

Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Head of the Harbor/St. James, Legends of Mary, tagged Folklore, Ghost story, Haunting, long island, Mary Hatchet, Mary's Grave, urban legend on November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

One of the most prolific folk tale and urban legends of Long Island is that of Hatchet Mary or Mary’s Grave. What many people don’t realize is that Hatchet Mary was a historical figure, and that the tale of Mary’s Grave is quite likely much older than many people believe. While it’s impossible to know for sure the truth behind the tale, there’s a lot more there than one might have known.

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In the eighteenth century a new form of literature emerged, the dark twin of the Romantic movement, known as Gothic. It dealt with ghosts and the supernatural, often along with haunted houses and castles, madness, poisonings and bloody murder, curses and dark secrets never fully spoken. Along the way, the term became detached from literature, just as Gothic authors had taken it from Gothic architects, and it became an adjective which describes a dark mood of nearly any sort, a feeling of melancholy sometimes hinting, sometimes explicitly supernatural. Long Island certainly has a long history of darkness, of undefined creatures roaming its woodlands, of haunted houses, family curses, madness and gruesome murder. Here we explore these subjects and others not as scientists, but as artists and collectors of tales. One characteristic which is often associated with the Gothic, is of dealings with events that happened in the past. Details are sketchy and often never revealed during the lives of those involved, and over time the stories become legends and myth, and as such the stories become fluid - there are no right or wrong versions. What we hope to do is take you to the places associated with these events, tell you the tale and for you to say "yeah, I could see that happening here." And if your face turns ashen, your hands begin to shake and you find yourself sleeping with the light on, so much the better. read more
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