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Tuesday September 17th, 1 pm

Arkham Historical Society, 537 South Garrison St.

The Society is located in the Lower Southside of Arkham, one of Arkham’s poorer neighbourhoods. The lanes are narrow and twisted, and there are many tenements in which reside recent Italian and Polish immigrants. It is somewhat overcrowded and noisy, but not too disconcerting, even for those of a sensitive disposition. It might still perhaps be a surprising place to find an academic establishment. The Society itself is a restored Georgian mansion set back from the street, and is in good condition.

The companions ring the bell, and are greeted by a tall, balding man wearing a suit and bow tie, who looks to be in his early sixties. He greets them politely and invites them in. Introducing himself as E. Lapham Peabody, the curator of the Society, he asks them what they might be seeking.

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"Good afternoon, Mr. Peabody" says Alice. "I'm Alice Stanton. We'd like to research the Bosworth family, specifically William and Samantha Bosworth."

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:53 pm**

“Ah, the Bosworths!” exclaims Peabody. “An old Arkham family. Been present in the city for generations, although I’m not sure if there are any left now. Please excuse me a moment.”

Presently he returns holding a ledger, in which copious notes are written. “We collect notes on historical figures in the town” he explains. “Here it is.”

“William Bosworth was a successful lawyer, first in Boston and again after returning here. He had a house built in West College Street.” He reads on. “He died in 1851, and Jessica, his wife, followed nine years later. Suicide.” He raises an eyebrow. “Hmm, why does this address sound familiar to me?” he muses.

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:22 am**

"What do you know about their daughter, Samantha?" asks Alice, reluctant to answer his question.

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:00 pm**

Peabody looks at his ledger again. "Samantha Bosworth married Joseph Whately, another old Arkham family. She has also passed on, and is survived by her son Joshua Whately.”

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:49 am**

"What can you tell us about Joseph and Joshua Whately?" asks Alice. "Do you know where Joshua Whately lives?"

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:12 am**

"I'm sorry, I don't really have any details for them" replies Peabody. "I know that Joshua owns several properties in the city."

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:27 am**

Isadora Carmichael

Luckily, there are no moving lines or labyrinthine patterns scrawled on the historical documents, which means Isadora remains relatively calm throughout the inquiry.

HoneyDog wrote:“William Bosworth was a successful lawyer, first in Boston and again after returning here. He had a house built in West College Street.” He reads on. “He died in 1851, and Jessica, his wife, followed nine years later. Suicide.”

"How did William Bosworth die? Of illness, or just old age? And, well, I'm sorry to bring up such a gruesome topic, but what were the circumstances of Jessica Bosworth's taking of her own life? Where there any signs leading up to it?"

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:08 pm**

“Natural causes for William Bosworth” says Peabody. “Jessica though – it seems that she suffered from a long mental decline, including hallucinations. She was eventually committed to Arkham Asylum, and committed suicide there.”

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:26 pm**

Isadora Carmichael

Isadora gasps, and covers her face with her hands. The historian might assume that she does this because she is surprised to learn such a horrid detail. On the contrary. Isadora is not surprised at all. Which only makes matters worse. This is exactly the answer she was expecting to hear.

"Such a tragedy... what kind of hallucinations?"

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:20 am**

"I'm afraid it gives no indication" Peabody replies. "Such a shame."

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2019 4:12 am**

"Yes, that is a tragedy," says Alice, concerned for Isadora and Margaret both. "Do you know how much time the mental decline took before she took her own life?"

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:12 am**

"It was several years, but apart from that I don't have any more details" Peabody says.

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:32 am**

Isadora Carmichael

"Perhaps the Asylum kept records of her history of illness," adds Isadora with uncertainty in her voice. "Would the Historical Society have access to such things? Or are they kept private?"

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:15 pm**

“We certainly don’t have anything like that” replies Peabody. “It’s likely that the asylum still keeps medical records, but they would be confidential, of course.”

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:19 pm**

Harrison listens to the conversation, searching his mind for anything he can say or do to follow up. Unfortunately, he comes up empty. Is there any way to connect the troubled women together? He looks over to Isadora with concern.

Posted: **Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:48 am**

"What can you tell us about the Bosworth House, and about the architect, Ryan Saxby?" asks Alice, relieved that they still have time to undo whatever is happening.

Posted: **Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:23 am**

Peabody bids the investigators to sit and disappears to find more records. When he returns, he gives them the details.

"I take it you're referring to the house in West College Street. Yes, I remember now that the house has a local reputation for being haunted, although there seems to be little consistency to the stories. As for Saxby, it seems he designed several local houses and buildings, but he doesn’t seem to have any particular reputation. Just a journeyman architect.”

Posted: **Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:05 pm**

"How did these stories of the house being haunted begin?" asks Alice. "There must be some basis in history. Did it begin with Jessica Bosworth's mental decline, or is it older than that?"

Posted: **Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:09 pm**

Peabody spreads his long arms.

"Who really knows? There must be a house like that in almost every neighbourhood in every town. Often it’s just a sense of disquiet, amplified by wagging tongues. I mean, the story I heard was that the house was once home to Goody Bosworth, who was burned as a witch during the Witch Trial days. Apparently she would seduce men into unnatural couplings, if you ladies will forgive me for the turn of phrase. Apparently you can see her late at night, beckoning from an upstairs window. But in reality, the house was built after those times, and I find no records of any execution of an individual with that name. So I wouldn’t put too much faith into such rumours.”

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:30 am**

"It does make some sense," says Alice. "The Bosworth family may have owned the land on which the house stands for centuries. Where did you hear this story? Do you know what stood on that spot before the house was built?"

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:50 am**

Peabody shakes his head, smiling.

“It doesn’t change the fact that there is no record of a witch named ‘Goody Bosworth’. We have to put our trust into the historical fact, and not some rumour. There are other stories about the house, equally unconnected and equally fantastic. I’m sure the local residents would be able to furnish you with a variety.”

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2019 2:05 am**

"Thank you, Mr. Peabody," says Alice, already thinking of ways she can follow up on finding out what stood on the site before the Bosworth House and the story of Goody Bosworth, alleged witch. She looks to the others to see if they have any questions.

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:37 pm**

Isadora Carmichael

"Maybe she was recorded under another name," Isadora thinks out loud. "Do you have any information about what stood at the place before the Bosworth house was built?" she risks the question, but doesn't set her hopes high.

Other than that, she doesn't want to ask anything else.

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:03 pm**

"I've got nothing else."

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2019 3:39 pm**

“I believe that area was mostly undeveloped. As the town grew, houses began to be built. I wouldn’t concern yourselves into researching the story. As I said, there is nothing to indicate any truth to it. It’s just local people trying to give some substance to their disquiet.”

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:01 pm**

"Well thank you for your help." Harrison says to Peabody. Then turning to the others, he says, "I'm at a loss. There's only a certain number of things that this phenomenon can be. Normally it would be either a person, place or thing. In this case, Peabody at least doesn't think it's the Bosworth house or the land it is on itself so that rules out the place. It can't be a person because it's affecting Isadora as well as Margaret." Harrison looks over to Isadora as he says that to make sure she's still okay.

"So that leaves thing. Is there something in the house or the room that is affecting the people? Something that has been there since Jessica and William's time? Maybe something behind the wallpaper?

Posted: **Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:39 am**

"It could still be a person," says Alice quietly, going aside with the others so that Peabody can't hear, "if that person is Goody Bosworth. With everything we've seen, we can't discount the possibility that death hasn't stopped her, if she is indeed a witch. She could be the woman in the walls, bound to the site where she died. We need to find out everything we can about her."

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2019 11:54 am**

Isadora Carmichael

"The Historical Society doesn't have records about Goody Bosworth. Where else can we turn? Back to the university library?"

Isadora fantasizes about a raging flame, fueled by the Historical Society's useless archives, that consumes Bosworth House.

Posted: **Fri Apr 05, 2019 3:27 am**

"Yes, I think the library is our best bet," says Alice.

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The investigators make their way to Miskatonic University. At the library, directed to the sections on local history and the occult, they are unfortunate to discover no references about any woman named Goody Bosworth.

By the time the companions have finished, the evening has drawn in and the library is about to close.

Posted: **Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:07 am**

"We'll have to call it a night," says Alice. "Tomorrow we can seek out an expert on local folklore here at the university. Peabody had to have heard the story from someone. It's a shame he ignored my question about how he heard of it."

Posted: **Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:26 am**

Isadora Carmichael

"These academics, they don't care about real history. They are of no use to us," Isadora says, irritated. "We are running around in circles. Pointless conversations with people who only see their little slice of the world, and cannot see the bigger picture."

Posted: **Sun Apr 07, 2019 9:40 pm**

"We need to find out more about Goody Bosworth if we're to defeat her," says Alice. "If not from academics, from whom can we learn it?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:34 pm**

"Well, we're talking about a witch, have any of you heard of any covens in the area? We could also speak to someone from church. Sometimes they keep records on witches and possessions." Harrison pauses before continuing. "The only other suggestion I would have would be to go to a tavern where there are older people. Buy a round or two and they love to talk about the history and rumors of the area."

Posted: **Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:22 am**

"Those sound like good ideas," says Alice. "I've not heard of any modern witches, unless you count Asenath Waite, and I'd rather not have anything to do with her again if I have any say in the matter."

Posted: **Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:46 am**

Isadora Carmichael

Isadora shivers at the bare mention of Asenath Waite. All it took was a split second of eye contact for that witch to get inside her head...

"I don't know any witches, per se... But there are practicioners of different traditions in my social circle. Researchers of hidden histories, adepts of Eastern paths, ceremonial magicians - of the good kind, of course. I will ask around, too."

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Alice has no trouble convincing Beth to intercede on their behalf with her parents to allow them to visit Margaret. She is the smoothest she has ever been.

Posted: **Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:17 pm**

Beth is convinced by Alice’s persuasions and in turn manages to let Mr. and Mrs. Carter-Field give permission to the doctors at the sanatorium to let the companions visit Margaret that Saturday.

Posted: **Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:34 pm**

evil_scientist wrote:
OOC,Isadora would like to try and contact somebody from her Theosophic Society circle. Somebody who is knowledgeable about witchcraft, hidden history, or knows someone who can consult the Investigators about witches and witch trials in Arkham. As for the Persuading the parents, I feel Alice should do it. Isadora is getting more and more unstable, and we don't want her shouting with Beth or the parents...

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The following day, Alice goes to the university to find a local folklore or history expert to ask about Goody Bosworth.

Posted: **Sat Apr 13, 2019 4:55 pm**

Isadora Carmichael

Late at night, Isadora calls Alice.

"See? I told you, these historians don't know anything," she announces with a strange, triumphant angst. "According to legend, there was a Goody Fowler, hanged by a mob in 1704. Make sure you ask about her as well. Might be the real Goody 'Bosworth'."

Posted: **Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:39 pm**

"Thank you, Isadora," says Alice. "That helps."

Posted: **Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:29 am**

Harrison asks around discreetly, looking for a local speakeasy for his "research" project about local witch stories.

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Posted: **Sun Apr 14, 2019 8:13 pm**

"Thank you, Dr. Armitage," says Alice. "I'd like to find out more about Goody Fowler's story. I think it is relevant. It has to do with the Bosworth House. The spirit of this witch appears to be bound to the house and affecting people."

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"It may still be relevant somehow," says Alice. "I'd like to see the cottage. Do you know the address?"

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"None who have attempted to see or communicate with the ghost of Goody Fowler have lived to talk about it? Have there been people that have tried and gone missing or turned up dead?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:23 am**

"Thank you again, Dr. Armitage," says Alice. "It was nice to see you too." She goes to compare notes with the others to see what they've discovered.

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Isadora Carmichael

"It's a conspiracy," Isadora grumbles. "Historian and academics telling us to drop this line of inquiry or that line of inquiry. They just don't want us to get close to the truth."

Posted: **Fri Apr 19, 2019 4:55 am**

"I think Dr. Armitage's heart is in the right place," says Alice. "Maybe he's just trying to protect me. In any case, how are we supposed to find the cottage? All we know is that it's southeast of town. We'll need more information before we can go there."

Posted: **Fri Apr 19, 2019 4:05 pm**

Alice and Isadora have joined the others at the Desolate Highway Cafe.

"Maybe they're telling us to drop it because there's nothing to find" grumbles Henry, who has been silently brooding for a while.

Posted: **Fri Apr 19, 2019 5:08 pm**

Isadora Carmichael

HoneyDog wrote:"Maybe they're telling us to drop it because there's nothing to find" grumbles Henry, who has been silently brooding for a while.

"Well how would they know, if they haven't looked into it yet?"

Isadora shakes her head.

"This is not like you, Henry. Where is your curiosity?" she asks, and for a moment just eyes Henry suspiciously. "Are you covering for them? Did they get to you too?!"

Posted: **Fri Apr 19, 2019 5:56 pm**

"Unless we can find an address for that cottage, we can't go there," says Alice. "Our best bet is to talk to Margaret. She'll know the most. Is there anything we can do until it's time to visit her?"

Posted: **Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:28 am**

"I think we have enough information to talk to Margaret. She could very well be the key. We can always come back to investigating Goody Fowler later. She isn't going anywhere." Harrison laughs awkwardly at his attempt at a joke.

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The vast countryside...

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Henry Glynn

"We could try down that lane between the ditches? No wait, I think we came back that way after climbing through the hedge."

Posted: **Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:37 pm**

Harrison will return to the records department and take a picture of the blueprints for the home. After developing the picture, he will return to the Bosworth house and verify that each of the rooms is in fact accounted for and that they are consistent with the dimensions listed in the blueprints.

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