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Strange Fancies: Tales of Haunted Pittsfield

Name: Strange Fancies: Tales of Haunted Pittsfield
Start: 2025-08-29T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-29T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Berkshire County Historical Society at Arrowhead

Literature, Lectures, and Talks

summer, weekend

August 29 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

$20 – $25

Join us for an evening of Pittsfield ghost lore in this talk by Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires and ghost tour guide at The Mount and Ventfort Hall. In addition to Pittsfield ghost stories, Oakes will discuss Herman Melville’s own strange fancies, and the ghost writings of his friend and frequent Arrowhead visitor, Nathaniel Hawthorne. The talk will be followed by a lantern-lit tour of Arrowhead.