BHS e461-H.P. Lovecraft and Brattleboro

The Brattleboro Historical Society Podcast

In 1928 a local columnist, Vrest Orton, wrote an article for the Brattleboro Reformer entitled, “A Weird Writer is in Our Midst.” The column was about H.P. Lovecraft. Howard Phillips Lovecraft was a writer from Providence, Rhode Island who would later become well-known for his science fiction/fantasy/horror stories. Here's the story of how the Brattleboro area played a prominent role in one of Lovecraft's better known stories...and later became a full-length movie...