Gallows Hill
Gallows Hill is a summit in Essex County, Massachusetts, listed in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. It appears here for its name.
What awaits
Named for the gallows used in 1692 to execute persons accused of witchcraft (Barber 1839).
Legend. A legend recorded by Charles M. Skinner in 1896 holds that Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts is haunted. In the version that reached print, it is tied to an execution. The Haunted Guide carries it as nineteenth-century folklore from Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, not as established fact.
Sources: USGS GNIS, Myths and Legends of Our Own Land (Charles M. Skinner, 1896).
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Everything before the scream
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