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History, mystery and folklore in the Berkshires and surrounding area.* (and anything else I feel like posting about)

*Page managed by Home Historian and award-winning history columnist Joe Durwin

Tune in to WTBR 89.7FM on FRIDAY 8-27 at 7:30AM EST, we'll be talking about Berkshire houses and history and such
08/27/2026

Tune in to WTBR 89.7FM on FRIDAY 8-27 at 7:30AM EST, we'll be talking about Berkshire houses and history and such

08/27/2026

Honestly, this is the most accurate image ever of me😂

Here in the parlor of this Pittsfield home, the clairvoyant "Professor Morris" saw clients in the fall of 1896. Claiming...
08/26/2026

Here in the parlor of this Pittsfield home, the clairvoyant "Professor Morris" saw clients in the fall of 1896. Claiming to have come from the court of the Czar, Morris gave advice and predicted the future during his stay in Pittsfield. The mysterious Professor Morris plied his trade in many locations, and 1890s advertisements were found in Indiana, Michigan, and New Orleans papers.

His ads offer no first name or identifying information, so we have no idea who Morris was or where he was born or died, just that he spent the last decade of the 19th century crossing the country with his clairvoyant business, one of hundreds like him to visit the Berkshires.

08/26/2026

Pittsfield Parks & Recreation is looking for participants and volunteers for the 2026 Halloween Parade.

This year's parade will be held on Friday, October 30 at 7:00p.m. on Tyler Street.

This year’s parade theme is “Futuristic Frights: The Next 80 Years” and participants are encouraged to imagine what Halloween, and the world, might look like 80 years from now. Instead of traditional ghosts, witches and vampires, participants are encouraged to envision how future technology, science, climate or society could transform what we find scary or mysterious. Think robots and aliens, flying cars and floating buildings, holographic costumes, glowing light displays and more. It will be a celebration of Halloween that meets science fiction, where participants can bring their wildest visions of the future to life.

Every unit will need to review the Halloween Parade Application Packet and complete all applicable forms available on the city's website on the Parks and Recreation page. The deadline for completed forms is Friday, October 9.

For more information, visit https://www.pittsfieldma.gov/590/Halloween

In here, its always spooky season
08/25/2026

In here, its always spooky season

Wasn’t she nervous, folks asked - being the first woman to speak at Williams College?The locals asking her likely did no...
08/24/2026

Wasn’t she nervous, folks asked - being the first woman to speak at Williams College?

The locals asking her likely did not know that 9 years earlier she had been the first woman in history to address the multitudes in Sultanahmet Square, in that ancient city of Constantinople; that men by the tens of thousands had roared applause at her words - or how they fallen to their knees, tears on their cheeks, pledging themselves to the Turkish revolution as she spoke.

More on Halide Edib Adivar's remarkable stay in the Berkshires in August of 1928 available now for subscribers! Link in comments below-->

The first ever busts directly targeted Chinese-American immigrants. Link to full story in comments-->
08/23/2026

The first ever busts directly targeted Chinese-American immigrants. Link to full story in comments-->

08/23/2026

A quick recommendation guide to some great history and regional interest pages I follow. Now more than ever it's crucial to support real, reliable, vetted information from real humans checking their facts!
Lost New England
New England Historical Society
Western Mass Hilltown Hikers
Herman Melville's Arrowhead [Berkshire Historical Society]
Historian of the Strange,
Fake History Hunter,
Jake Wynn - Public Historian,
Gravestones of New England,
Southwick Time Machine,
Coffee with a Colonial

Follow, subscribe, sign up for their mailing lists, bookmark their websites - do whatever you can to get in the pipeline because credible content-producers are being drowned out and systematically suppressed by algorithms. In a couple years, probably less, 90% of the historical and local curiosity posts you see in your Facebook feed will be AI slop. The age of the orc has come to social media.

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