What happened to Eli McRae?
In June 2021, Eli McRae disappeared from his home and business. Later that year, I went to find him. That someone so prominent in their community could vanish without a trace from a town as small as Prudence, Massachusetts is beyond my ability to comprehend or accept.
This blog exists to share the resources I used to investigate his disappearance with the public, in the hopes that collectively we can make better sense of what happened that day at the Black Goat Tavern.
No matter how hot or cold the tip, please do not hesitate reach out and leave any information in the comment sections provided. Together, we will continue the search until the real story is uncovered and justice restored.
-Byron Hwang
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An Oral History of the Black Goat Tavern Before we get to the truth and lies and everything in between surrounding this place, I want to start with my own confession. I came to Prudence, Massachusetts for selfish reasons.
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An Unwanted Revelation I thought my headphones were properly synced and paired with my laptop when I opened the link from my college roommate. He wasn’t weird, but he was Canadian. And for the three years we spent living together, first by Shirley Jackson housing lottery and then later on by choice, he was obsessed…
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Proud to Be Something I Suppose By Lewis Stanchion for Policy Pet Chap Butler stands to greet us. The first thing that strikes you other than his cloying exuberance to shake hands with our photographer and her assistant who happen to both be women of color are the graying temples. Jutting out from a full…
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SaidIT so they won’t forget it © tru_paytriotluv: evry1 knos they perform black mass @ the goat evry full moon 1nayshun_gawd: not evry full moon tru_paytriotluv: wdym? 1nayshun_gawd: ur solutely right that they do black mass there Ujame$cityS: they cant do it evry full moon tho tru_paytriotluv: y not? Ujame$cityS: draw 2 much attention u…
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Cybersecurity and the Dark Web 2.0 Yellow Bridge Convention Center Pittsburgh, PA October 15-17 SPEAKERS ALDO IDLE Mr. Idle is editor of the ASC Quarterly puzzles and games page, a post he has held since 2007. His cryptographic crosswords appear biannually, and his conventional crossword puzzles also have been published in the New York Times.…
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To the best of my knowledge, this is the high school newspaper Evelyn McRae discussed at length when I interviewed her. I don’t know what I expected to out of it, but tracking it down was no small feat. So, I may as well include it on the off chance someone finds it interesting or…
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PRUDENCE PIONEER Remembrances Violet Watters of Acton By Elliot McRae Last week we lost a true original. Ms. Violet Watters of Acton, Massachusetts died at age 75 if we’re to take her word at face value. Her age, of course, is the least interesting thing about her. Violet was born in Prudence, a February Aquarius,…
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Where the Wild Things Bro or Beyond the Valley of the Balls By Davina Allen-Faust for The Western Spectator There’s this place I want to tell you about. Mainly, because I’ve been paid to tell you about it.
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The TaoSt*r Monthly May 2021 Online Presence, IRL Experience By R. Sage Amelia McRae is no longer the new kid in town. In part because new businesses are finally opening again in Madrid. March saw the opening of a Native pottery studio and in April a specialty chai café with revolving watercolors for sale welcomed…
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PRUDENCE PIONEER Monday April 16, 2012 NEWS LOCAL Magical Prudence Senior Crowned Miss Commonwealth By Carter Dugan Saturday, the Miss Commonwealth Pageant Association crowned its 89th champion at the Veterans’ Memorial Ballroom in Barnstable. Aside from a brief hiatus during the Second World War, the pageant has celebrated feminine charm and virtue throughout the state…
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