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THE SORCEROR FRANCIS WOOLCOTT

Halloween Month continues as Balladeer’s Blog presents another neglected American horror legend.

THE SORCEROR FRANCIS WOOLCOTT

Francis WoolcottFrancis Woolcott lived in Copake, NY in the Berkshire Hills during the first several decades of the 1800’s. Always drawn toward dark and unwholesome studies, Woolcott deciphered markings on the side of a fallen meteor one day in his 30’s.

The markings formed the letters of an unknown alphabet Woolcott claimed, though they defied the efforts of others to understand them. Francis stated that the lessons he learned from the markings on the meteor empowered him with potent magic. Continue reading

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