{"id":66878,"date":"2026-08-26T10:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/?p=66878"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:31:22","slug":"providence-photos-from-steven-j-mariconda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/providence-photos-from-steven-j-mariconda\/","title":{"rendered":"Providence photos from Steven J. Mariconda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steven J. Mariconda writes and kindly encloses a few old pictures from “near the end of the 1980s”, which he says have not been seen online before. I have his permission to post them here. <\/p>\n

1) St. John’s church (“The Haunter of the Dark”), Providence.<\/p>\n

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St. John’s was abandoned but still standing [at that time]. Apparently it was unlocked, as I recall we simply walked in. There are two photos of the church interior — the nave\/sanctuary, and a ladder up to the tower.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We had low lighting conditions and no flash on the camara, unfortunately. The ladder led up from the landing at the topmost stairs. I believe, in retrospect, that it led from the louvered area in the brick structure [as seen from the outside] up to the black capped-space above. This was a 20+ foot wooden ladder that was not secured — merely leaning against the opening above. S.T. Joshi was a couple of dangerous rungs up before we got him off, thus possibly saving the entire field of Lovecraft studies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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2) “The Shunned House”, Providence.<\/p>\n

One of the gang knew the owners of the Shunned House, who were congenial to the whole HPL tie-in. They allowed us inside to take a look at the basement. One photo shows the inside of the doors — which so many Lovecraftians have stood before in wonder on the outside — that exit directly onto the sidewalk. These were boarded over.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The other photos are of the fireplace of the Shunned House, sans<\/em> rugose insect-like head dissolving at the top into a mist. But — and this is the really unique item — the owners showed us a photo-album which included pictures of their then-recent basement renovation. I took a photo of their snapshot showing a hole in front of the fireplace (caption: “Shunned House vampire unearthed.”)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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3) Bob Price.<\/p>\n

Also a picture of Bob Price at the Patterson Museum in New Jersey. This museum was run by Lovecraft’s mineralogist friend Morton. He had a special upper gallery which specialised in ‘glow in the dark’ minerals, crystals and rocks.<\/p>\n

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Steven J. Mariconda writes and kindly encloses a few old pictures from “near the end of the 1980s”, which he …<\/p>\n

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