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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

05/09/2026

Rain cleared up nicely; Macabre Pittsfield: 1800s will proceed as scheduled at 7pm from Pittsfield Common.

05/08/2026

46 years ago this week downtown Pittsfield was reeling from a series of shocking attacks, prompting local women to launch a movement that has been with us in some form ever since.

Full story free here[no paywall]: https://www.patreon.com/posts/156816788/

The first Mothers Day was invented by Masshole social justice activist Julia Ward Howe in 1870, as a renunciation of war...
05/08/2026

The first Mothers Day was invented by Masshole social justice activist Julia Ward Howe in 1870, as a renunciation of war and militarism.

Howe spoke in Sep 1889 at the old Berkshire Athenaeum.

05/07/2026

Pittsfield MA MAY 9. MSG me to reserve a spot
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May 7- We recall Pearl Whittaker, who died on this day in 1945 from multiple shotgun wounds in an attack at her Great Ba...
05/07/2026

May 7- We recall Pearl Whittaker, who died on this day in 1945 from multiple shotgun wounds in an attack at her Great Barrington, MA home. She was killed by Willie E. Winn, for rejecting his affections. Winn had loaded the shotgun shells with glass marbles.

Pearl Whittaker, 1908-1945. Daughter of Calvin and Emily. Sister to Stephen and Sinclair. She grew up in Camden, South Carolina, and came north for employment opportunities. She worked with your parents/ grandparents at the GE. She was our neighbor.

An evangelist preacher started the first known 0pium den ... learn more at Macabre Pittsfield: 1800s this weekend in d...
05/06/2026

An evangelist preacher started the first known 0pium den ... learn more at Macabre Pittsfield: 1800s this weekend in downtown Pittsfield.
Message this page or email info@berkshirehomehistory.com to reserve spaces in this downtown walking tour. $10 cash.

A world champion boxer, a world-famous actress, a disturbance at the Colonial Theatre, and a dead body in Pontoosuc Lake...
05/05/2026

A world champion boxer, a world-famous actress, a disturbance at the Colonial Theatre, and a dead body in Pontoosuc Lake all intersect in a dramatic saga that unfolded in the summer of 1906.
Throwback from the archives- full story available for subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/terry-mcgoverns-128186719

S*x, drugs, murder, and fire bombing- take a walking tour of Macabre Pittsfield: 1800s this Saturday at 7PM. Message me ...
05/05/2026

S*x, drugs, murder, and fire bombing- take a walking tour of Macabre Pittsfield: 1800s this Saturday at 7PM.

Message me here or email info@berkshirehomehistory.com to reserve spots at this one-night-only event.

Many years before the Sheffield "UFO park" hoax was thought up, a Berkshire resident wrote some 3 dozen articles on his ...
05/05/2026

Many years before the Sheffield "UFO park" hoax was thought up, a Berkshire resident wrote some 3 dozen articles on his alleged contacts with ETs, including travels in their saucer crafts and to their secret base under a local mountain.

These were all published in Flying Saucers International between 1963 and March 1969.

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