lizzie borden

Our picks for some of the most haunted hotels in New England — where to (maybe) see, hear, and feel a ghostly encounter while on the road.

In 1892, the “oddly well preserved” exhumed body of Mercy Brown led many to believe she was a vampire responsible for the death of her family in Exeter, Rhode Island.

From Lizzie Borden to the Smuttynose murders, New England is home to a number of unusual cold cases. Here are 5 well-known unsolved mysteries.

The chow mein sandwich, a unique and crunchy noodle-sandwich hybrid, has been attracting hungry customers to Fall River, Massachusetts, for decades.

Our picks for some of the most haunted hotels in New England — where to (maybe) see, hear, and feel a ghostly encounter while on the road.

What do you do when you’re Lizzie Borden and everyone thinks you got away with murder? We revisit the case in this 1996 Yankee classic.

For anyone intrigued by unsolved crimes and brave enough to risk an encounter with the supernatural, the Lizzie Borden house in Fall River, Massachusetts, is an ideal destination.

It was August 9, 1799, when Abner Blaisdel first heard the “knocking noises” in his house in Machiasport, Maine. Learn the story of Nelly Butler, America’s first ghost.

Here’s your chance to own Maplecroft, the mansion in Fall River, Massachusetts, where Lizzie Borden lived out her days after the ax murders that made her notorious.

The Newton family was camping at Coburn Gorge in northern Maine over Labor Day weekend in 1975 when Kurt, age 4, disappeared. What followed has been termed “the most extensive woods search in the history of Maine.” But all the thousands of volunteer searchers ever found were unanswered questions.

In 1993, we made a Thanksgiving Day guest list of all the famous New Englanders we’d like to see around our table.

Have you ever wanted to know more about the New England landmarks that pepper the six-state region? Our area is filled with historic sites and manmade masterpieces, from the beautiful to the baffling. Here are a few of our favorites. Don’t ask why–there’s no accounting for taste. CONNECTICUT 1. Boothe Memorial Park & Museum in […]