AGAINST NEW LOCKDOWN ORDERS.
IT'S THE FRIDAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN
WE ARE JOINED BY RORY RAVEN. I
HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT A SPECIFIC
HAUNTING. LET'S START OFF WITH
MERCY BROWN. WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THIS?
"Mercy Brown is the Rhode Island
haunted story so I'm required by
law to tell you. In Exeter in
the 1890's there was a family
experiencing death over short
period of time. Todaya we would
recognize it as tuberculosis,
but they thought it was
vampires. The family goes out to
dig up the bodies. Mercy Brown
died at 19 years old her nails
and cheeks were rosy.
ÁND MERCY BROWN'S GRAVE IS STILL
IN RI?
"Yup shes in Exeter still in a
quiet graveyard."
AND TELL US ABOUT RAM TAIL MILL.
"It's out in Foster. So in 1885
census for RI tthis mill still
stands and says haunted. Making
it the only official haunting in
RI.
HALLATINE LIGHT IN BLOCK ISLAND
ANOTHER HAUNTED SPOT?
"Eevry year if you look off to
the doors you can see the
flaming wrek of a ship.
YOU DEAL IN WRITTEN RECORDS OF
THE PAST, DO YOU BELIEVE THEY
ARE REAL?
"I believe they are real
stories. Halloween time is the
time for thee creepy stories.
DO YOU THINK RHODE ISLAND AND
NEW ENGLAND IN PARTICULAR HAVE A
RICHER HISTORY?
"I've said for years that Rhode
Island is the place people end
up with these beleifs of feeling
unwelcomed so I think that it
really makes sense."
RORY THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY
AND TELLING US SO MUCH ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND.
"Happy Halloween"
(KK)
YOU CAN FIND MY FULL
CONVERSATION WITH RORY RAVEN ON
WPRI-DOT-COM...
WHERE HE GIVES MUCH MORE DETAIL
ABOUT THE HISTORY BEHIND MERCY
BROWN, RAMTAIL MILL AND PALATINE
LIGHT -
AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING FUN TO DO TONIGHT OR
TOMORROW BESIDES TRICK-OR
TREATING
WE HAVE A LIST OF THE BEST
HALLOWEEN DISPLAYS IN RHODE
ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS!
EVERY YEAR WE HIGHLIGHT OUR
FRIENDS AND NEIHBORS WHO GO *ALL
OUT* DECORATING THEIR HOMES...
YOU CAN FIND THE FRIGHTUL
FREEDISPLAYS NEAR YOU RIGHT NOW
ON WPRI-DOT-COM AND THE 12 NEWS
APP.
(KK)
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