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The Bussey’s Woods Ghost Mystery & The Murders of Franklin B. Evans

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The Bossy's Woods Ghost Mystery and the Murders of Franklin B. Evans

This week's episode is called the Bossy's Woods Ghost Mystery and the Murders of Franklin B. Evans. A few miles south of downtown Boston, known as Jamaica Plain, is home to a large sprawl in public park of Arnold's Arboretum. The area around Jamaica Plain consisted of a large wooded parkland, divided predominantly by two large estates. Benjamin Bussy bought the majority of his Jamaica plainer state in 1806, which he used to develop his interest in scientific farming and ornamental gardening. He also planted large areas of fresh woodland, after the area had been previously cleared in order to free up ground for grazing animals and to supply the city with firewood

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