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ISIE: E AK AAIC z ISIGS l lvr fr IAY, MAC 6, 200 rntd I Et Kntn tEWS Exeter I Grnlnd I ptn I ptn h I ptn ll l. . 08 I 6 Knntn I fld I rth ptn I I h I Sbr I Sth ptn I Strth Coey Commuicaios C 4 www.Aaicews.com I 0 Em See, Saisuy, MA 02 I (60 26 I FREE • TAKE ONE _ . Clnr,t rnh btr n nd r td fnd t C h r CES MAGIIQUE — A tdnt t Chz hr. rnh Cn Shl r ptn dpl ltn f ptr rtd n th flt xpnv n thn. d r bt t n th n "t l z" tn, bnnn n n th f th Atlnt . — Atlnt ht Pubs, pages and the paranormal Y MAK (AG I. ow x r, rnn dntn rtth nd 'Little did I AAIC EWS SA WIE fr hr tntlzn tl f h rn nd bl n n know how far xt t r tr ntrtnd th th pr tn. tppn n t th nrl. Cpln n rtnt the ghost stories N ll tvrn, tt t t n t fr th prn f hntd trn hl n would take me.' th hnrd dd — th trt f hr pplr ht tr ll x Enlnd tt, b thr t hr . bt tn th rl f hr "ntd b" x Roxie Zwicker b rln h tn n thrd b, "ntd b f dl ntn f h Author hl n nn th th Enlnd," vlbl t tr th frthnd nt rnt rl f llth Mnl phr n f prnt d lv lldn 'Haunted Pubs' AAOMA Cnt. n A. PAGE A I Artmnc NEWS I MARCH 06, 200 I Vot 35, No 06 AACEWS.COM OCA OS SEAOOK COMMUIY AE other pirates seeking his trea- rage of ghostly activity at the EES IE IIAIO After a visit to the sure, which he is said to have Frost Sawyer Tavern/ hr State Street spot, she soon Chimney's Inn. • t - SEABROOK I A newly-formed coalition of local volunteers disclosed the hidden location - is embarked on a six-state tour ttn th tbl fr r, ln l rvd fr vr of to Mary in his dying words. Two dozen tvrn nd - Mnd nd hrd nht fr 6:4 p.. t th Chrh f to see what other historic tav- Legend has it that the gold bul- pubs in all compile "Haunt- Chrt, ltd t 86 ftt d n Sbr. ems and pubs might reveal lions were buried beneath the ed Pubs," each with riveting rprd and served by the Seabrook Community Table, th their haunted secrets. hearth of the house, which is ghostly legends intertwined l tpll nld n ntr (h pt nd tbll r What she found was a reportedly haunted to this day with d f fntn his- ham and beans), sal4 dessert, bread mitt beverage. wealth of tales — some never by Mary's ghost tory delectably-told in the way Working in aewgii -f four or five on their pre-selected eve- before told — that she packs The tale has many dif- only a trtllr l d rungs, br f th ltn do all the cooking and serving, into page after haunted page ferent facets, and has drawn can deliver. and they supply everything that's needed for each meal. of her book. enormous interest over the The b l nhd According to organizer Joyce Addison, the whole objective One aspect that makes years, much to the dismay of plenty of enticing reasons to the Seabrook Community Table is to fill a need in the town of t Seabrook. She adds that the effort is not exclusive to Seabrook Roxie's latest effort stand tall the owners of the home who want to visit h t, f nt fr residents, and that people in need from surrounding communities above the competition is that have long pleaded for privacy, th ht, thn fr th fd are welcome to come to dnnr. she has traveled from one cor- insisting that there is no trea- and fine l. Wht r, h ltn ll rtfll pt dntn (ppl ner of New England to the sure — and no ghost. Roxie, as always, rdnfl ll ntr fr nn n th nt h ld other, to personally visit each "Ocean Born Mary" like prt th prrvtn f tt l t hlp t Wth th ffrt r r nfrtn r t ffr site she writes about so many other haunted tales, historic site. tn, ll j Addison at (60 44608 r Ml nn with the world from beyond. All too often, ghost tales is passed along from one sto- "The tr vl f th t (60 4420. The focus of the book specifi- are told time and, again, typi- ryteller to the next with folks prprt phnnl," OME UYES• SEMIA SCEUE cally is taverns and pubs — cally by folks who have no capitalizing on the legends of h . "W lv hr n AMO I br dtn is the first step toward most of which are open to the first-hand connection to any of a site they can't even visit first- Enlnd jt rrndd b home ownership and building financial security. public today — where ghosts the stories, who simply rehash hand. Rest assured, there are th fntn pl nd To that end, Susan lnd nd Krn Klbr f Cr nd from the past reportedly raise what others have written. no such yams spun in Roxie's s odes. We really can't take this Gp ltr hv td p th l f l Wtr patrons' hair as they raise their Take; for example, New book. stuff for granted." Mrt t ffr fr frtt h br nr n hr own glasses. Hampshire' s infamous "House "I don't understand how Now busily at work on her d, Mrh 2 t 6:0 p.. n th n t th n Mrl "It all started when the of Ocean Born Mary," in Hen- you can write about some- fourth book — an exhaustive brr n ptn. niker. It's a ghost story with thing like that, if you can't go collection of cemetery tales h dn ll f n th n $8,000 tx rdt fr Travel Channel was in town frt t h br, bnft f hnrhp, th pr doing a documentary about all the spooky trimmings that and experience it, and go and from across New England — f prhn h, rrnt rt ptn nd h t one of my tours," Rode says, has been told over and over prv n CO r. while seated in a booth for until nearly all the facts have rtpnt ll l rv fr rdt rprt fr l lunch at the downtown Ports- been replaced with lubricous Wtr Mrt, dnt pn fr Gll tl nd rffl mouth restaurant, the Blue legends. hn fr $0 ft t th Gll th pl thr vn n Mermaid, which is supposedly As the story goes, Mary h br t. (you guessed it) haunted. Wilson was born at sea in th Klbr nd lnd rd n ptn nd hv n A Travel Channel produc- 1720, in a vessel en route to r f xprn n th ll rl tt rt. hr nr er, intrigued by Roxie's sto- Boston from Ireland. The ship ll hlp lr p n nfn fr th h hv tn was purportedly boarded by bt, r r ntrtd n, frt t h nrhp. r r ries about Portsmouth's many nfrtn r t S fr th nr, ll (60 02024. well-known hauntings, sug- pirates, led by Don Pedro, GE KIIG WI AMO EC gested that she should look who spared the family with into the rumors swirling about the newborn under the condi- AMO I h ptn rtn prtnt r haunted pubs, starting with tion that they name the child uncover the story yourself," Rode is readying her ghostly rntl ffrn nttn r ntrtd b ll xprnd the city's own Molly Malone's Mary, after the pirate captain's Roxie says. "I want to go there, walking tours which are set nttr. (now called McMenemy's). mother. meet the people who have had to begin later this month. One Whthr thr n xprn nttr r jt ttn nt th these experiences, and give the hbb, dlt 8 nd p ll nj d pn nd lrn "His first suggestion was In later years, Mary became such tour takes guests on a th b ll n dvnd thn. to find out the ghost stories at a widow and Don Pedro readers something they aren't visit to the many haunted Cl t n th Mrtn Shl nnx n d vnn Molly's. Little did I know how returned to find her and con- going to find anywhere else." pubs of Portsmouth. fr p.. bnnn n Mrh . h f t prtpt $48 far the ghost stories would take fess his love. Don Pedro was That she does, and more, As she gets up from her fr rdnt nd $ fr nnrdnt. me," Rode writes in "'Haunted then murdered in Henniker by with "Haunted Pubs." From table at the Blue Mermaid, she r r nfrtn r t -n p, ll ptn t (60 the Pettibone Tavern in Con- describes how the structure 262. necticut, to the Coach Stop Inn was built as a residence in the SUOC E AMES OUSE in Bar Harbor, and the many in 1800s, and once served as a AMO I h pbl nvtd t pprt th nn 11 between, Roxie reveals plenty brothel.

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