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No One Can Hear You Scream!
I know it’s not Halloween or anything, but I’m still thinking about city-vs.-country scariness, and this idea (thanks Jen) that in the country, no one can hear you scream. Another myth on the On The Media myth-busting episode (which I recommend) is an investigation of the famous murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964 Queens, which,… More →
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Brook – 
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City Myth, Country Myth
As the Mythographer prepares to visit her hometown in Maine this summer, she’s reminded of a conversation she had maybe 12 years ago with her college roommate, a native New Yorker. At this point, I was a Mainer planning to visit New York for the summer. And the two of us were talking about which… More →
Posted on June 24, 2009 by Brook – 3 Comments
Paradise Lust | Tagged crime, Maine, New York City, Stephen King, trees
Indians traded Manhattan for trinkets
Three of the Mythographer’s favorite words are “according to legend,” especially when they are memorialized in bronze on a historical plaque. And such a plaque can be found in the Mythographer’s backyard, otherwise known as New York City’s Inwood Hill Park, where it is affixed to a boulder in the corner of a large field surrounded by paved walkways. “According to legend,” the plaque reads, “on this site of the principal Manhattan Indian village, Peter Minuit in 1626, purchased Manhattan Island for trinkets and beads then worth about 60 guilders.”
Posted on April 14, 2009 by Brook – Leave a comment
History | Tagged Manhattan, Native Americans, New York City, stones, trees
