This summer, BCHS presented Strange Fancies, an exploration of Pittsfield ghost lore, the supernatural influences on Herman Melville’s imagination, and the ghostly experiences reported at the Moby-Dick author’s former home led by Robert Oakes.
The tale continues this fall at the Country Club of Pittsfield. Once known as Broadhall, this building was the home of Melville’s friend, fellow writer Sarah Morewood, whom Melville often visited while he lived at Arrowhead.
And some say he may still be calling. Indeed, both Melville’s ghost and that of Mrs. Morewood are said to haunt the house, as well as others yet unidentified. Many …
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