Tag: history

  • The Search for the Dupuy Family Letters

    The Search for the Dupuy Family Letters

    In July 2026, a collection of family letters belonging to the Dupuy family was sold at a flea market in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The letters are believed to have been written by Trevor N. Dupuy and his wife and contain personal correspondence relating to the family, their travels and their lives in Asia. They…

  • The Witch of Esperance

    The Witch of Esperance

    Esperance is an old township in Schoharie County, upstate New York, with a local legend about a witch. I was asked to investigate the origins of the story and discover who this mysterious woman might actually have been, as her name is never mentioned. What I uncovered was far less a tale of witchcraft and…

  • The Ugliest Woman in the World

    The Ugliest Woman in the World

    I researched Mary Ann Bevan on behalf of a comic publication, she was the world’s ugliest woman, you may even know about her. She developed a condition called acromegaly and after her husband died she joined the circus to support her family. Her oldest son sadly died on the HMS Triad submarine in WW2, something…