Lore Legends 64: No Rest For the Wicked
Oct 13, 2025
Unearth thrilling tales of legends born from gravesites. Discover the spine-chilling story of Mary Jane Hendrickson, transformed into a witch by campfire tales. Explore Molly Lee’s tumultuous past and how her exhumation cast doubt on her witchy reputation. Delve into the mysteries surrounding the Stoskov granite orb, said to imprison a witch’s spirit, and uncover the real crimes behind local legends. Finally, meet Sarah Norton, a midwife who became a protective ghost. History intertwines with eerie folklore in captivating ways!
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Disaster Framed As Divine Judgment
- Port Royal became notorious because wealth, trade, and brutal systems like slavery concentrated vice into one city.
- Its 1692 earthquake that sank much of the city made people read moral meaning into a natural disaster.
How A Campfire Tale Created A Witch
- Mary Jane Hendrickson was a real 19th-century spinster who died in 1898 and attended church faithfully.
- A 1963 camp counselor invented a scary tale about her grave that turned her into Belleville's supposed witch.
Witch Stories Fill Social Gaps
- Witch legends often attach to women who deviate from social norms like spinsterhood or independence.
- Folklore fills gaps in knowledge by converting ordinary lives into supernatural narratives.