RIPTON — In 1984, Massachusetts lawmakers allocated $60,000 in state funds for pond cleanup and river improvements in Ripton, a tiny town in the Berkshires. The catch? Ripton didn’t actually exist.
When it comes to ghost stories, New England has plenty to offer. There's a mad doctor who roams the White Mountains of New Hampshire; phantom pirates in Rhode Island, a haunted lighthouse in Maine; a ...
According to legend, Joseph of Arimathea brought the chalice used at the Last Supper when he came to England in 63 A.D., about 30 years after the Crucifixion. That chalice set the stage for the ...