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Matthew Maule built the House of the Seven Gables but Colonel Pyncheon wanted it, so he accused Maule of witchcraft and hung him.
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The grandson of Matthew Maule took advantage of Alice Pyncheon's psychic powers to contact Matthew. He used her to his advantage.
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Hepzibah Pyncheon had to open a shop because she had serious finacial issues
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Phoebe Pyncheon was a young, youthful girl who is cousins to Hepzibah. She shows up in shop after claiming to have sent a letter that never went through.
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Clifford Pyncheon is Hepzibah's brother, he arrives home from jail because he was accused of killing one of his family members. He takes a liking to Phoebe.
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Judge Pyncheon is cousins to Hepzibah and Clifford. When he shows up he hears Clifford and demands to see him, but Hepzibah refuses to let him in.
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After Clifford arrives back, he falls into a depression and when Phoebe tries to show him things outside he tries to jump out of the window. But Hepzibah and Phoebe pull him back in.
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Holgrave tells Phoebe about the story of Alice Pyncheon and how she was manipulated by Matthew Maule's grandson.
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When Judge hears that Clifford knows about a certain treasure, he tries to get Clifford to tell him where it is and threatens to put him in an insane asylum. But Clifford knew of no treasure.
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It was Judge's time to die, he died of natural causes. But when Clifford and Hepzibah finds out, they are afraid that they'll be blamed, so they flea the house
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When Phoebe comes back, she meets with Holgrave and they confess their love for each other. Then Holgrave tells Phoebe about Judge Pyncheon.
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After Hepzibah and Clifford realize that the murder won't be pinned on them and Phoebe is back, they come back home.
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They all live in one of Judge's houses, and they never think about The House of Seven Gables again. Later, they found out that the curse that was put on their family wasn't actually a curse. It was just a thing that ran in the Pyncheon line.