Newspapers · 2011-10-28
Midnight Mary inspires a Halloween poem
Article and photo linkedJim Shelton reports Vincent Casanova’s poem inspired by the local legend. The story documents Mary’s later cultural remembrance; it does not reproduce her death certificate. Arnold Gold’s accompanying photograph shows Casanova at the grave.
Evidence & access: External source; original image or full text is not included. No reproduction license established. The poem is not reproduced.
Source / creator: Jim Shelton; photograph Arnold Gold / New Haven Register
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Silent Grounds Collective, Mary “Midnight Mary” Hart collection, MH-021, “Midnight Mary inspires a Halloween poem,” research edition September 8, 2026. Source: Jim Shelton; photograph Arnold Gold / New Haven Register; https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Midnight-Mary-inspires-as-muse-for-Clinton-man-s-11570226.php (accessed September 8, 2026).