New England Oddities

Investigation at Hillside Cemetery

Recently we received an invitation to investigate Hillside cemetery in Cheshire, Connecticut; a ride along, if you will, with the Greater Hartford Paranormal Society. Now I know you’re probably thinking writing about cemeteries is Katie’s milieu, and you would be correct. But this investigation was an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up. Besides, I can’t let her have all of the fun, now can I?

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From the Mailbox: Orbs in Maryland

Let me start by saying that both Chris and I love reader emails.  Should any of you ever have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to pass them along.  Our email addresses can be found, of course, by navigating to the Who are we? tab at the top of any page.

Our latest bit of correspondence comes from Lee Ann in Maryland.  Though she writes to us from a location a bit outside of our usual focus area, her questions regarding a set of potentially paranormal photos are universal ones and certainly merit sharing here.

Her initial email is below:

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Words

Some of you may be wondering what the heck we’re all about.

Well, funny you should ask.

I can see no topic more fitting of my first post here on New England Oddities (long overdue, I might add) than a bit of an explanation – a mission statement, if you will. I am a firm believer in defining one’s terms. And in nearly no other field are so many diverse and colorful terms bandied about so indiscriminately – with irresponsible, reckless abandon, even – than when discussing the subject of, well . . . oddities.

First up, let us dispense with one of the more egregious offenders in our sundry lexicon of oddities – “Supernatural.” Breaking it down, we end up with super, from the Latin meaning “above, beyond, in addition to” and natural, meaning “now with no preservatives, lower MSG and 100% real cheese flavor” . . . or something like that. You get the point, I’m sure.

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