The Gnome’s most recent and interesting finds from around the web.
MasterGnome · October shop
For the one who walks past a hundred perfect pumpkins and carries home the crooked one.
The October shop is open. Keep digging for the world’s stranger stories.
The record first. His take second.
Strange stories. Named sources. The Gnome has something to say.
Selected September 28, 2026Each story carries its source date.
Gnome illustration.Researchers confirmed Proctor’s Ledge as the site of Salem’s 1692 hangings in January 2016. Historian Sidney Perley had identified the spot in 1921; the later team reexamined evidence, including eyewitness accounts from neighboring homes.
Salem Witch Museum · Read the source ↗
Ninety-five years to confirm what Perley said in 1921. I’d have put up a bigger sign.
Gnome illustration.Hard Mountain Dew’s promotion asks entrants for four of seven kinds of evidence, from specified footprints to hair samples and photographs. MediaPost reports that Bryce Johnson will judge the submissions, which close November 30, 2026.
MediaPost · Read the source ↗A photograph, a hair sample and a recording still aren’t enough. Even Bigfoot needs a fourth reference.
1904 record, with the Gnome added.A Library of Congress stereograph shows an exhibit of pumpkins from a New York stock farm at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. The pumpkins and the photograph are real. The Gnome in our version is a fictional addition.
Library of Congress · Read the source ↗Everyone photographed the big ones. I took the crooked one home. It’s on a shirt now. The big ones are compost.
Matching family originals
Adult tri-blend tee · three colors
A pumpkin portal. A mysterious book. Your kind of family gathering.
Also available for the family · $26 each: Youth tee · Toddler tee · Baby bodysuit
$36USD
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Baby bodysuit · black or white
Same spell. Smaller sleeves. Match the rest of the family.
$26USD
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MasterGnome originals · Halloween
One pumpkin portal. One mysterious book. A matching look for adults, kids and the smallest witness in the house.
Adult tees $36. Kids and baby $26. An adult + child pair is $62 before tax, with free US apparel shipping.
For every member of the family
Same spell. Your colors.White or black across the family, plus oatmeal for adults and natural for youth. Each piece is sold separately.
Thanksgiving · a look ahead
Thanksgiving originals in the works. Not available to order yet.
Previously published stories, with their original dates.
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