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This is the 100 year anivarsary of H.P. Lovecraft's Pickman's Model. In the first part we brief the story and then read it in its entirety. The entire scary story takes place on the streets of Boston. in Part 2 I join a Lovecraft aficionado for a tour of the locations discussed in the tale... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Frogs, fish, squid, unidentifiable blobs of gelatinous goo falling from the skies over Massachusetts! Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Did a storm in 1717 carry a whaling boat over Cape Cod into the Atlantic Ocean? According to S.E. Schlosser in Spooky New England it did... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Lost Mass taking a spooky look at the fictitious town of Widow's Bay, is there something close to in feel you can visit? Maybe... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Historic resort club on Cape Cod with a curious name, noted in a Lost Mass listener's postcard... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

There's no place like home, or the Homestead and their famous chicken pot pie, but sadly is no more...another episode suggested by a listener's postcard... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Many places sound familiar but are not exactly where or what we thought...another episode for a listener Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's probably a duck...unless it isn't... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Thanks to our listeners for sending postcards that we can turn into episodes. What dreams can you see through the keyhole? Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

For International Postcard day we are featuring more postal history, and vintage postcards...we also respond to listener comments and announce the start of Season Six of Lost Massachusetts... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

You find the inspiration diner for the Edge of Town in Endicott... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Sherwood Forest? From Robin Hood? Yes... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

There is a thin sliver of Brookline in Boston that keeps Allston and Brighton from being exclaves... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

The Devil you say? Be not afraid, except for the snakes... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Does anyone actually know where Brighton and Allston cross? Lost Massachusetts does... Photos and contact: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/⁠ About Mechanic Street: https://lostmassachusetts.com/mechanic-street Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place