
Lost Massachusetts
By Garth Bruen




Vince Aut Morire E90
Vince Aut Morire - "Victory or Death", the battle cry of April 19 1775...

Listener Comments - End Season 3 E89
Your comments, postcards, etc...Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Quiet Zone of Mass. (Season 4 Preview) E88
Preview of Season 4 in the Quiet Zone of Massachusetts, police interaction and podcast software failure... https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Maaswauseexay Wuwaana'kwthik E87
The Place of the Arranged Stones....Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place


Boston and Providence Depot E85
You call it Park Square, but before South Station opened this was the gateway to the city from all points south between Boston and Rhode Island...Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Where the River Bends Back E84
What is Assabet? It's more than you'll ever know...Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place



Beacon Street Dam E81
Long road from the State House to Lower Falls was once a narrow dam with water on both sides. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place



Mechanic Street Great Barrington E78
Mechanic Street Great Barrington. More investigations into the mysterious Mechanic Street (see Episode 41 for full context). Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place



Mechanic Street - Tri-county Corner E75
Continued exploration of the Mechanic Street mystery (see Episode 41.), this time the looping Mechanic Street route in Bellingham, Holliston, Hopkington, Medway and Upton. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/

State of Boston E74
Reading from the text Altered States by Michael Trinklein and a brief note on the Boston Police Strike of 1919... Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place Photos and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

Wooden Nickels E73
People will tell you they are worthless, but in reality they can be used as admission to interesting history.... Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/wooden-nickels-e73 Photos and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

Ripton, Mass. - Paper Towns E72
Ripton only exists on paper, or in people's minds (or does it?) Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/ripton-mass-paper-towns-e72 Pictures and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

Trailer for Lucasian Legacy Podcast E71
This is an announcement for our second podcast: Lucasian Legacy - History of the Lucasian Chair at Cambridge University. See http://lucasianchair.org Social: https://www.instagram.com/lucasianlegacy/

ZOLTAN E70
This Lost Massachusetts Episode is about a secret identity... Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/zoltan-e71 Pictures and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

Comments and Notes E69
Postcards from listeners, emails, IG comments, online reviews and preview of upcoming shows... Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/comments-and-notes-e69 Photos and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

Elm Street E67
Revolutionary meaning behind the Elm Street in your town. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc. https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/elm-street-e67

Billingsgate Island E66
A lost town that reveals itself occasionally and disappears again. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc. https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/billingsgate-island-e66

Lost Fragment E62
A fragment of the True Cross can be found in East Boston.
Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/lost-fragment-e62

Abattoir E65
The Brighton Abattoir, a mass slaughterhouse between the Charles River and the Boston-Albany Railroad. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/abattoir-e65

Mechanic Street, Marlborough E68
Continuing saga of the mysteries of Mechanic St. This time in beautiful Marlborough, Mass. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

The Lost Cable, Part 1: Cable Hut E60
The French Cable Hut in Eastham Mass. and where it leads. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/lost-cable-part-1-cable-hut-e60

Province of Massachusetts E64
Multiple colonies reorganized in 1691 by King William and Queen Mary after decades of turmoil in England and the various territories. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/province-of-massachusetts-e64

Mechanic Street, Easthampton Mass. E61
Mechanic Street Easthampton, Mass. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/mechanic-street-easthampton-e61

Matheson, Mass. E63
Fictional town of Matheson, Mass. from the show Locke & Key. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/matheson-mass-e63

Listener Notes, End Season 2, Season 3 Preview E59
We respond to various listener comments, recap season 2 and preview Season 3... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/end-season-2-begin-season-3-listener-comments-e59

Devens, Mass. E58
Fort Devens, is it a town now? What went on here for over 100 years? Why is so much of it restricted and abandoned? Many stories to tell? Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/devens-mass-e58

Mechanic Street Leominster E57
Mechanic Street, Leominster. Continued investigation of the mysterious Mechanic Street and where it leads... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/mechanic-street-leominster-e57

Lost Ice Age E56
What made Massachusetts first millionares? Pond Ice. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/lost-ice-age-e56

Dune Shacks E55
Dune shacks off Route 6 outside Provincetown. Solitary and sublime, A place to forget and be forgotten. The mind expands when it is bathed in light and then wrapped in darkness without the noise of the modern world. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/dune-shacks-e55

Valley Acre E52
Valley Acre, aka Pemberton Square, aka Cotton Hill, aka Center Plaza, etc. Original English settlement on the foot of Beacon Hill. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/valley-acre-e52

Apologies & Listener Comments E54
Apologies & Listener Comments. Where have we been? Explained. Where we are going? Explained. Thanks for listening and thanks for the ideas an encouragement. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Brook Farm, MASS E53
Brook Farm West Roxbury, a short-lived Transcendentalist Utopian Communal experiment with some well-known Massachusetts intellectuals involved. The preserved site is in the center of an enormous cemetery complex, worth a visit for many reasons. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/brook-farm-e53

Mechanic Street, Upper Falls E51
Mechanic Street, Upper Falls. Continued exploration of the mysterious Mechanic Street across Massachusetts (and maybe elsewhere?). This one is in a post industrial section of Newton. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/mechanic-street-upper-falls-e51

Mudville, Mass. E50
Mudville, Firecracker Alley, Whiskey Hollow...all colorful names but not ones that would remain in place for modern polite society. Follow Lost Massachusetts down a quiet side street to a shady park and well-used baseball diamond. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/mudville-mass-e50

Spa E49
No, you cannot get your nails and hair done here...but you can get Tonic, Grinders, Tall Cans, Slushies, Butts, Frappes, Batteries for your Clicker, Hoodsies, Roadies...you have no idea what I'm talking about? Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/spa

Comments and Notes E48
In this episode we respond to listener postcards, letters, emails and Internet comments. The comments cover recent episodes including MVM E46, Myrtle Village E45, Workmans Circle Camp E44, Southerton, Mass: Velvet Mill E43, Vos Haven E42, Mechanic Street E41 and The Arsenal E40. Listeners provide additional personal context for these stories and tell us which topics were their favorites. More information at LostMassachusetts.com

Out There E47
In Out There Episode 47 we discuss some of the odd history and findings out in Boston Harbor, particularly the Bug Light. We also demonstrate how to dial into various navigational devices and collect data from them... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/out-there-bug-light-e47

MVM E46
Did you grow up near or have you ever seen mysterious castle buildings with the enigmatic "MVM" carved over the door? In this episode of Lost Massachusetts we will explain the meaning behind MVM and the history of the castle buildings... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, links, blog, etc.:https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/mvm-e46

Myrtle Village, Mass. E45
Major highway projects can bring prosperity, ease of travel but can also cut through the soul of a community and make it vanish. In this episode we learn about how the Turnpike Authority cleared out swaths of homes in West Newton and Auburndale Mass. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, links, blog, etc.:https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/myrtle-village-e45

Workmans Circle Camp, Mass. E44
If you are driving through Ashland Mass you might notice something odd pop up on your GPS: a designation called “Workman’s Circle Camp” Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, links, blog, etc.:https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/workmans-circle-camp-e44

Southerton, Mass. & the Velvet Mill E43
Join Lost Massachusetts on this mystery road trip and what we found at the end of it...We take an unexpected tour of a liminal space inside the lost town of Southerton Mass. Never heard of Southerton? It was and still is there. You can see it too. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/southerton-mass-velvet-mill-e43