Confessions of a Salem Tour Guide

28/10/2024

Ok... Let's be honest.. If we had to ask who the biggest (no politics included) jackass in Salem is this year... it's this complete failure of an act. This is what happens when Salem's buskers try to take their crap to the bigger world. Don't get me wrong... some of our buskers are amazing... but Borah... probably the most unoriginal, stupid, and offensive of them all.

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28/10/2024

I don't call myself the Brutal Historian for nothin' 😅

20/10/2024

I am here now
Not a memory or a clue
I'm not going away
I'll do what I said I'd do

What do you think?
Am I all bark, or am I bite?
Will my tail tuck right up in
Or am I ready to fight

I've stood my ground
For the last few years, you can see
I will not hide myself
The way you all hide from me

;)

14/10/2024

It's 5am and I am awake at my keyboard. That means it's time to share the dream that woke me. In it I envisioned the greatest walking tour Salem has ever seen. Excet, it will never BE seen because Salem is Salem.... BUT...JUST imagine if you will...

The Salem Woke Walk

Leave your pointed hats and cheesy green make up at home, and take a walk in downtown Salem alongside a “witch” with an attitude. Join, Roger Herson, a 12th generation Salemite, 30+ year experienced guide, and modern day practitioner of magick, on a no nonsense, brutally honest look at the history of witch accusations, including the Salem Witch Trials, and the effects we still see in Salem today. Mr. Herson holds nothing back in this gritty, in your face, no apologies look on Salem’s battle with misconceptions and outright lies. From brutal torture and accusations, to the shameless glorification of it all, this is the most honest tour Salem has ever seen led by one of Salem’s most experienced tour guides. This tour is NOT your grandpa's tour. Unless your grandpa happens to be Bernie Sanders. :D

09/10/2024

30/08/2024

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25/08/2024

I don't talk about it much publicly, not due to shame, but as a matter of respect to my son, whose life it is more than mine. Caiden has Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 2. He spends more time in CBATS and inpatient programs at this point then he does here with his family, and for me, that mean that every day without him here is a heartbreak. Caiden, of all my older three kids has been the only one who has never been taken from me and has never left my side, so I can't even put into words how much pain I go through everyday when he isn't here.

Unfortunately, the pain is even worse when he is. Until we get the resources we need (waiting lists are brutal), this will be his life. Thankfully, I have Ethan and the other kids here to help me through. They also, for their parts all struggle with how much they love Caiden, and dealing with how harshly he treat us when he is here. We all love him so immensely and we try to show him that when he is here, and we all hurt because though we all KNOW he loves us, he struggles with how to show it.

One thing is clear with all of us however, and its something i am ever grateful for. I know that if something were to happen to me, Ethan and my kids would continue to care for Caiden and make sure he is cared for.

I keep thinking about Tim & Gus Walz. I keep thinking about how much I have fallen in love with the whole Walz family. I keep thinking I could sit down with Gov. Walz and he could understand me and be supportive. And one thing I keep thinking more than anything. I keep thinking he would look my son Caiden in the eye, and immediately appreciate the struggles I go through. I keep thinking... anyone who would criticize something that powerful does NOT DESERVE TO HAVE POWER IN OUR COUNTRY!

Why do we keep voting for bullies? Why do we run to leaders who show their strength by crushing those who can't fight back? Why do we honor cowards, thieves, and liars?

I was all in on Kamala before Kamala even decided to run. Ask anyone who I talk to on a day to day basis and I was telling them I wish they would let Kamala loose on the orange weirdo. Nothing against Biden, but I'm a damn psychic and I just had a sense. I couldn't WAIT to see her up there wiping the floor with the old orange whiner. I knew she would turn him into even more of a babbling pile of overpainted skin and fat, and that she has. Now Trump could see his chances at the White House dwindling down to the tiny size of his hands. We are hopefully about to witness the most EPIC example of a fall from power in US history Trump and his cronies.

Then... Kamala introduced us to the Walz family. She could not have picked better. She chose someone amazing. She chose the exact OPPOSITE of the bullies she is running against. I supported her then, I support her now, but when you have a team like this. This is the team we need right now. I love our President. I'm glad he did the right thing here. He just gave us back our hopes. And like he said....he proved once again that he will always put our country first.

To Tim, Gus, and the rest of the Walz's though. It is such a pleasure to support a family like this.

19/08/2024

Hello my friends. I want to take the opportunity to do something I very rarely do. I want to ask for your help.

As many of you may know, I am trying to make a living as a writer. It's not just a dream of mine but a drive as well. I spend a good portion of my time in front of a computer screen, or with a pen and notebook. Now I am actively transferring all this to my Patreon and hoping to gain members. Much of what I put on there will be free to read, but the more personal writing, and the books I am working on will be protected behind a paywall.

The more supporters I have, the more it will remind me to keep writing. Also, soon I will be posting on social media far less and most of what I write will go directly to my patreon. So if you have the means, and you want to help support my work I would really appreciate it. And please share it with anyone you think may also enjoy it.

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19/08/2024

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15/08/2024

Objection by projection is a special sort of evil.

12/08/2024

You know what's despicable? Calling yourself Bridget Bishop on FB and claiming to have come back to life as a witch. What the actual F--K is wrong with people?

24/07/2024

You can’t possibly do any worse, so why bother? You have drenched me in your hate, so why would anymore poison being piled on me make a difference. You have beaten me to the point of submission and then left me to bleed. I managed to lift myself off my feet, and now I am standing here… I am proud to have survived you. Not only did I survive you, but I taught our offspring to survive you… Future generations you have lost ALL control of… You are bitterness. You are anger. You are that which cannot stand compassion and empathy. You are not me. You can not BE me. I can be proud of that... how about you?

24/07/2024

I just need to say this. Freedom does not actually exist if it is not available to all. A country that claims it is free must remain free for ALL. Freedom from intolerance is not something our country can offer. We do not live in a free country. WE are not free until we no longer need to worry that each election will make a difference on the rights of ANYONE living on the soil of the United States.

-R. Herson

19/07/2024

I want to make sure this is all very clear. I am not sure whose decision it is to hire or decide who can work with who, but I have been put through enough unfair treatments, and illusionary corporate and sales processes and discriminations to identify a pyramid scheme when I see one. Since I have been involved with LHBHBS I have been told I should consider being a part of the service.. consider being a family partner...that I was a natural... it was always suggested to me as a career I should consider. Initially I was not sure it was right for me, I even very vocally said I was NOT right for the position...but employees at this organization WOULD NOT GIVE UP and kept encouraging and even prodding me to try even AFTER I shared doubts. and should keep considering it. They said it quite often and it was mentioned way more than regularly. It even made me uncomfortable at times.. as if they were trying to GROOM me to work for them.....by Beth LaCroix, Emma Bell, as well as any family partner I have worked with in the BILH organization. They would always mention I should consider working for BILH even though I said multiple times I was not ready. When I finally trusted this organization and decided they had given me enough guidance, and gained my trust enough to believe they genuinely wanted my employment, they made it clear that it was all part of some hiring scheme. The truth is, it was during my time in service with this very company that they convinced me that my abilities and talents would be perfect for the positions they seek. Their employees mentioned for me to look into it enough that I was led to believe it was a natural step for me career wise and that I would certainly have a place in the company. In the end however.. I felt like I was just part of some hiring farm where they filter people in and out. I learned quickly that if the company you have services with should NOT be trying to hire you, it proves that their goal is not anything LESS than to filter people in and out. It's very sad.. I had the utmost faith in this organization for years, and yet ultimately... they decided to tell me that all they have TOLD me for years was just lip service. It feels like they used their service as some hiring company,... dangling employment in front of us to cooperate. It strikes me that a company designed to help a family get ahead should not dangle promises in front of them only to rip their world apart in the end. I was told I was perfect for this position NUMEROUS times... I resisted until it was made clear to me I was perfect for this position. I listened, was open to, and worked hard to be a better parent as this program sought to help me be... all along that process I was told I would be a PERFECT family partner. I trusted that advice to the point of stepping out of the comfort zone BILH KNEW I had. They still pleaded with me to apply for a family partner position,,,when I did. They made it clear I was just another chump they feed the same line to with any case they have open. I call that a pyramid scheme to fill your roster. Pure and simple. To these people ....we are just a number... not actual people. Just like any corporation they just want to fill their roster, and what better people to promote than the people you are given the privilege to open cases with. All the years I have worked with Beth Israel Lahey vs places like B*H or Sevita... Beth Israel is only going to be great as long as they think they can own you. Avoid them, unless you are ok with them manipulating you. Just my experience. And if you have a case open with them and they mention you you would be perfect working for them... remember.... corporate breeding. Why was I pushed to the point of believing I might have a secure place in the company that was assigned to HELP my family... to be told NUMEROUS times I was perfect for the position...ONLY to be declined. I am sorry. I just think it's another example of a company demanding we give them everything, and then disrespecting us in return. . ...You want our total upfront honesty and then refuse to turn tha favor. I am extremely disappointed in BILH. No better than any other corpo organization. My family and I are human beings... not just another opportunity your organization can try to profit off of.
Now I will continue to try to learn and struggle with the ins and outs of the system with one less organization to help. BILH COULD have helped me a lot, but in the end...they decided instead to always remind me that they could treat me like a number that could MAYBE buffer their employment roster.. or they could just prove to me that their numbers are far more important to them than the people who they just pretend they care about... Ultimately... to BILH... we're a commodity...not a person. They have DEFINITELY proven that to me at least. probably even to most of their clinets.

16/07/2024

The reason I struggle writing sometimes is that what I want to say can be painful to re-live. There are so many things I want to write about, but when they enter my mind it puts me in a frenzied state. How can I organize trauma? There is truth that must be shared, but after years of being told I was the unstable one by people who were far more disturbed than I was, it became difficult to really make sense of whether I was right or wrong. All my life I had been forced into a box that constantly told me I was wrong… that I was the one who needed to change… that I was the one who needed help. What I ended up learning was that boxes are for those who have stopped living.

09/07/2024

You know how they call poser fans of the Red Sox "pink hats"? Well.. all those crazy women running around Salem looking like Morticia and fangirling over the Sandersons are our own version of pink hats. 💁

28/06/2024

EUREKA!!!! All this time I have had to say i was the PRESUMED 11th great grandson of Thomas and Mary Oliver because of the theory that my 10th ggf MAY have been their son. Well none of that exactly matters anymore. Thomas and Mary Oliver in FACT my 11th great-grandparents through their verified daughter Mary...my 10th great-grandmother. Take that non-believers. :P

10/06/2024

Truth be told... any religion that tells you to put some unproven, and possibly non-existent entity before your own family can not POSSIBLY be trusted.

If you applied for a job and they told you work comes first...family second... you would not work there.

Why would you follow a religion that tells you to blindly put it before your family and before reality. If you are the type that does that...then you are not "strong in the faith", you are just blinded by your own ignorance.