Last one for now! gotta make my kiddo some lunch! lol #5 Go or No? The town of Salem, Massachusetts is no stranger to macabre record and disturbing legends and Joshua Ward House is one of its most prominent. The Georgian/Federal style building was constructed by Joshua Ward, a wealthy merchant sea captain, in the late 1780s on foundations built by notorious former sheriff George Corwin. Corwin was a bloody figure whose zeal added to the unfortunate events surrounding the Salem Witch Trials in the late 1600s. Nicknamed ‘The Strangler’ for his preferred method of torture (which included tying his victims’ necks to their ankles until the blood ran from their noses), he is said to be responsible for death of countless witches. One of them was Giles Corey, a man who stood accused of witchcraft who Corwin crushed to death by placing heavy stones on his chest in order to extract a confession. Before he died, Corey curses the Corwin and all the sheriffs that would follow him. Rumor has it every sheriff since Corey uttered this curse has died while in office or has been ‘forced out of his post as the result of a heart or blood ailment’. Corwin himself died of a heart attack in 1696. Today, many of Corwins victims, including Corey, are said to live in Joshua Ward House.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:10:39 +0000
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