I just wanted to note that my feature (titled “From Whence the Witches Came” in print) is now available to read on Milwaukee Magazine’s website here: https://www.milwaukeemag.com/second-salem-the-haunted-history-of-whitewaters-spiritualist-past/

This was my favorite article I worked on this year, it’s about the Morris Pratt Institute, a Spiritualist college that was built in the 1800s in Whitewater, Wisconsin (and still exists today in Wauwatosa. The article appeared in the September issue of MilMag. I was somewhat familiar with the story but was excited for the chance to take a deeper dive. I had a (somewhat rare) long lead time, so I was able to take a trip to Whitewater (and Wauwatosa) to conduct interviews and had a fair amount of time to read up on the story. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

In fact, I’ve been working on a book project and I think a slightly different version of this might be part of it. We’ll see. For now, I hope you enjoy this story, it’s a true story about a unique and unusual chapter of Wisconsin history, perfect, I think, for the Halloween season.