A Fascinating Trip into the Occult with Thom Nickels

By Sabina Clarke Despite being raised in a strict Irish-German Roman Catholic household and schooled in the Baltimore catechism when Mass was said in Latin and nuns wore traditional habits, Thom Nickels looked beyond searching for adventure, curious about the… Continue Reading

Philadelphia Mansions: Stories and Characters Behind the Walls

Photo (above): William L. Elkins built Elstowe Mansion in 1898.  His neighbors along the Old York Road included Gilded Age millionaires: John B. Stetson, John Wanamaker, Jay Cooke and Peter A. B. Widener. In 1932, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine… Continue Reading