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New England Legends Podcast

394 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 897 ratings

Twice each week, legend hunter, author, and historian Jeff Belanger and radio host Ray Auger explore the ghosts, monsters, aliens, folklore, history, roadside oddities, true crime, and legends of New England in this award-winning podcast. If you give us about twenty minutes, we’ll give you something strange to talk about today. The bizarre is closer than you think!

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FtV - Vermont’s Witch Trial

March 18, 2024 14:30 - 21 minutes - 21 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 52 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Pownal, Vermont, to explore the witch trial of the widow Mrs. Krieger. In 1765, the widow Krieger was accused of being in league with the devil. She was given a choice to face one of two horrible tests to see if she was indeed a witch. Though a century had passed since Salem’s infamous trials, belief in New England witches has not gone away. This episode first aired October 14, 2021.   Li...

The Dream Pond Murders

March 14, 2024 14:30 - 20 minutes - 21.5 MB

In Episode 340 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Dream Pond in Fairfield, Vermont, in search of clues that could solve an 1841 double murder. After Eugene Clifford tragically loses his wife and infant daughter on a stormy day on Fairfield Pond, his neighbor has a profound dream that gnaws at her until she makes a startling discovery. Was it an accident or murder?   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-340-the-dream-pond-murders/   Listen ad-free pl...

FtV - A Tombstone Every Mile in the Haunted Haynesville Woods

March 11, 2024 15:30 - 27 minutes - 26.3 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 51 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a drive down Route 2A through Haynesville, Maine, to see a road so treacherous and haunted, it inspired a 1965 country song by Dick Curless. Behind the song, though, are countless stories of vehicle accidents and strange encounters on this road that may cause you to slow down and look twice. Be warned, Jeff brought his guitar on this trip, and Ray may have sung some of Dick Curless’s song. This ...

Rev. Phelps’ Haunted Mansion

March 07, 2024 15:30 - 21 minutes - 21.4 MB

In Episode 339 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a nightmare on Elm Street in Stratford, Connecticut, where in 1850 Rev. Phelps and his family were plagued by poltergeist and haunting activity so profound it made all the newspapers. Though the mansion was torn down in the 1970s, the story lingers.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-339-rev-phelps-haunted-mansion/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglan...

FtV – Connecticut’s Melon Heads

March 04, 2024 15:30 - 24 minutes - 20.8 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 50 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger motor down Dracula Drive in Trumbull, Connecticut, in search of the mysterious Melon Heads. These small humanoids with enormous heads have been talked about in southwestern Connecticut for more than half a century. But who are they? Some monster? An alien? Or something else? This episode first aired September 13, 2018.   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patr...

The Burning of the Great Gaspee

February 29, 2024 15:30 - 18 minutes - 15.7 MB

In Episode 338 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the shores of Narragansetts Bay in Warwick, Rhode Island, to the see the site where Rhode Islanders led by John Brown attacked the HMS Gaspee and her overzealous crew in 1772. Could this shot have been the actual first shot fired in the Revolutionary War?   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-338-the-burning-of-the-great-gaspee/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/...

FtV - The Wizard of Warren, New Hampshire

February 26, 2024 15:30 - 20 minutes - 19.6 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 49 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the small town of Warren, New Hampshire, in search of a missile, a ghost, and a wizard who, according to the history books, tormented a local family during Colonial times. This is one strange trip backed up by historical documents. This episode first aired February 28, 2019.   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

See Maine and See the World

February 22, 2024 15:30 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

In Episode 337 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a drive to the intersection of Routes 35 and 5 in Lynchville, Maine, to see a unique road sign giving directions to places like: Norway, Paris, Denmark, Naples, Sweden, Poland, Mexico, Peru, and China – all of them just a few miles away – in Maine. How did that happen?   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-337-see-maine-and-see-the-world/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patr...

FtV - Boston’s Molasses Disaster

February 19, 2024 15:30 - 21 minutes - 23.5 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 48 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Boston Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919, that left 21 people dead and 150 injured. What happened and why? Could it have been avoided? This episode first aired January 11, 2018.   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

The Haunted Chase House

February 15, 2024 15:30 - 15 minutes - 16.7 MB

In Episode 336 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger search for ghosts at the historic Chase House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Built in 1762 by Stephen Chase, it’s been a private residence, then an orphanage, a private home again, and now a museum. With so much history, it’s no surprise the building is haunted. But who is haunting it and why?   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-336-the-haunted-chase-house/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: h...

FtV - The Beaver Trout of Vermont

February 12, 2024 15:30 - 23 minutes - 23.6 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 47 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger go ice fishing for the legendary beaver trout on Lake Memphremagog in northern Vermont. Since the time of the Civil War anglers have spread the tale of a trout that grows a fur coat to keep warm during the cold winter months. The story and even photos of the fish have been in the newspapers for over a century. Is it just a story, or could there be something more to it? The guys enlist the help of the...

Nathan Selee’s Satanic Sawmill

February 08, 2024 15:30 - 16 minutes - 17.5 MB

In Episode 335 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a section of Easton, Massachusetts, that was home to a sawmill back in the 18th century. The mill was owned by Nathan Selee, a local wizard who (according to the town sign) employed satanic imps to run his mill in the dead of night.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-335-nathan-selees-satanic-sawmill/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends   ...

FtV - The Rhode Island Stigmata

February 05, 2024 15:30 - 20 minutes - 20.8 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 46 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the mysteries and legends of stigmata through America’s only reported case: Marie Rose Ferron of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Stigmata occurs when a devoutly religious person mysteriously exhibits the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ — this can include bleeding from the hands, feet, side, and forehead. Marie Ferron was said to exhibit all of the wounds. But was she a bona fide miracle? Or was ...

Vermont’s Haunted Police Academy

February 01, 2024 15:30 - 20 minutes - 20.3 MB

In Episode 334 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hunt for ghosts at the haunted Police Academy in Pittsford, Vermont. Built as a tuberculosis hospital in 1907, the facility transformed into the state’s police academy in the mid-1970s. They say the police academy is haunted by a former nurse who caught TB and died at the hospital. She’s been said to wander the halls and grounds.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-334-vermonts-haunted-police-academy/   Find out more ...

FtV - Three Strange Beasts from the Woods of Maine

January 29, 2024 15:30 - 23 minutes - 24.8 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 45 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hit an old logging camp in the woods of western Maine in search of the Agropelter, the Billdad, and the Tote Road Shagamaw. These legendary creatures have haunted and hunted loggers for decades. Are they just tall tales told around the campfire at the end of the day, or could there be something more to it?This episode first aired March 5, 2020.   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus epi...

Connecticut’s Stonehenge

January 25, 2024 15:30 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MB

In Episode 333 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Sachem’s Head, Connecticut, to search for a not-so-ancient structure called “Circle of Life,” a monument that looks exactly like one of the Seven Wonders of the World: Stonehenge. But this monument was never supposed to be here. Who placed it… and why?   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-333-connecticuts-stonehenge/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon....

FtV - The Strongest Man in New England

January 22, 2024 15:30 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 44 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger don their gym shorts and pump some iron in Voluntown, Connecticut, while they search for Elmer Bitgood: the strongest man in New England. Bitgood kept himself in the newspapers between 1909 and 1916 by performing various feats of strength, including lifting 2600 pounds in front of reporters! But when you make bold claims, others will come gunning for you. Enter Bartello the Great for a potential show...

Hell’s Half Acre

January 18, 2024 15:30 - 18 minutes - 17.9 MB

In Episode 332 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike into the woods of West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to explore what’s left of Hell’s Half Acre. This small section of forest was once home to taverns and gin mills full of fights, gambling, murder, and more. This was once the Red Light District of the old New London Turnpike. Today a cellar hole and the story are all that’s left.   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-332-hells-half-acre/   Listen ad-free plus get early a...

FtV - Concord's Diabolical Torture Device

January 15, 2024 15:30 - 25 minutes - 24.2 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 43 – Jeff Belanger and Ray stroll Main Street in Concord, New Hampshire, searching for the birthplace of a torture device that has plagued billions of people since it was invented by Levi Hutchins back in 1787. Hutchins built a machine intended to defy both God and nature. It was on this humble street, that he unleashed his creation on New England and then the world. This episode first aired October 7, 2021.   Listen ad-free plu...

The Dead Ship of Harpswell

January 11, 2024 15:30 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MB

In Episode 331 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the beach of Harpswell, Maine, scanning the horizon for a ghost ship called Sarah that dates back to a torrid and tragic story from 1813. They say if you spot the ship, it’s a harbinger of doom. That someone in Harpswell will die. Poet John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized the story in one of his haunting poems.   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-331-the-dead-ship-of-harpswell/   Listen ad-free plus get early ac...

FtV - The Immortal Mad Scientist of Malden

January 08, 2024 15:30 - 19 minutes - 20.5 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 42 – Jeff Belanger and Ray walk the streets of Malden, Massachusetts, in search of Ephraim Gray, a mad scientist who may be close to 200 years old. They say in 1850, Ephraim Gray was laid in his grave. Half a century later, his casket was found empty. Some believe his immortality elixir worked, and Ephraim Gray simply walked away. This episode first aired August 15, 2019.   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes...

A Tombstone Tirade in New Hampshire

January 04, 2024 15:30 - 20 minutes - 19.8 MB

In Episode 330 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a cemetery safari in Milford, New Hampshire, to visit the final resting place of Caroline Cutter. Cutter died in 1842. Her headstone features a 150-word tirade against specific members of the Baptist church in town. When small-town church gossip makes it to a headstone, it becomes immortal.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-330-a-tombstone-tirade-in-new-hampshire/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonu...

FtV - The Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain

January 01, 2024 15:30 - 21 minutes - 22.6 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 41 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the folk legend of Levi Beebe, the Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain in Lee, Massachusetts, who predicted the devastating Blizzard of 1888 that claimed 400 lives in March of that year. How did he make this and his many other weather predictions? Listen to find out! This episode first aired January 25, 2018.   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patre...

FtV - The Ghost Who Saved Christmas

December 28, 2023 15:30 - 24 minutes - 25.9 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 40 – In Episode 70, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Boston to the haunted Parker House Hotel in search of the ghost of the man who brought Christmas to America. We learned in last year’s holiday podcast that the Puritans of Boston banned Christmas back in 1659 because they claimed making merry and dressing festive was “satanic.” They’d fine you five shillings if you were caught! Though the ban was lifted in 1681, that doesn’t me...

FtV - Boston’s Christmas Tree

December 25, 2023 15:30 - 20 minutes - 21.2 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 39 – In Episode 175, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll Boston Common to see this year’s Christmas tree. The tree is an annual gift from the people of Halifax, Nova Scotia – a gift that traces its roots back to a horrible tragedy that took place December 6, 1917, when a French ship carrying munitions exploded, instantly killing hundreds of people, and injuring thousands more. Out of this dark day came a bright light of hope when nei...

When Longfellow Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

December 21, 2023 15:30 - 21 minutes - 21.3 MB

In Episode 329 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend Christmas strolling the grounds of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s former mansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to witness the birthplace of a poem written Christmas morning in 1863, when Longfellow felt his hope renewed after his son had been badly injured in a Civil War battle. The poem was later turned into a holiday song that’s been recorded by giants like: Burl Ives, Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Andy Williams, and Johnny Cash.    See m...

FtV - The Bootlegger Queen of Vermont

December 18, 2023 15:30 - 28 minutes - 28.5 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 38 – In Episode 162, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel back to 1925 in West Halifax, Vermont – the height of prohibition – to ride shotgun with Hilda Stone, the Bootlegger Queen of Vermont, on one of her many runs to Canada. Stone was drawn into a life of crime after her husband came into financial difficulties, but she stayed for the love of the chase. Stone became an icon in the newspapers, and got arrested more times than you ca...

FtV - America’s First Christmas Card

December 14, 2023 15:30 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 37 – In Episode 279 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, searching for the factory that produced America’s first Christmas cards. Back in 1875, Louis Prang took a chance that Americans might want to send Christmas cards like they do in Europe. His risk paid off. Within a few years 5 million cards per year were leaving his Roxbury factory, and sending holiday cards became an institution. J...

FtV - The Witch Tree

December 11, 2023 15:30 - 23 minutes - 23.6 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 36 – In Episode 159, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive around an odd intersection in Smithfield, Rhode Island, 13 times searching for the Witch Tree. Some claim the intersection of Mann School and Colwell Roads is cursed by a witch rotting below an oak tree that sprouted more than two centuries ago. How did this road hazard turn into a monster? Listen to find out! This episode first aired September 3, 2020.   Listen ad-free plus...

The Petroglyphs of Bellows Falls: We’re Not Saying it’s Aliens…

December 07, 2023 15:30 - 17 minutes - 18 MB

In Episode 328 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore some ancient petroglyphs along the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls, Vermont. These carved faces have perplexed locals for centuries. Who put them here and why? Are they ancient Abenaki graffiti? Do they mark a sacred place? Or could they have out-of-this-world origins?    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-328-the-petroglyphs-of-bellows-falls-were-not-saying-its-aliens/   Listen ad-free plus get early access ...

FtV - Christmas Witch Sheep of Narragansett

December 04, 2023 15:30 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 35 – In Episode 214, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend Christmas on a Narragansett, Rhode Island, sheep farm searching for a unique breed of sheep that takes its name from a spell cast by a local witch after the brutal Christmas blizzard of 1811 hit Benny Nichols’s flock. Against all odds, a young Ancon sheep survived the storm, but the ewe’s strange winter coat drew the attention of local witch Tuggie Bannocks. This episode first a...

They Only Moved the Headstones

November 30, 2023 15:30 - 23 minutes - 23.5 MB

In Episode 327 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a stroll through Williams Memorial Park in New London, Connecticut, to see the site of a former cemetery. The park was created in 1885 after Mayor Charles Williams generously agreed to fund the transfer of hundreds of graves to a newer cemetery on the outskirts of town. Today there’s an apartment building and houses on the land, but for more than a century, rumors have dogged this park that the workers only moved the headstones and that the bod...

FtV - The Leaping Lumberjacks of Central Maine

November 27, 2023 15:30 - 22 minutes - 22.2 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 34 – In Episode 214, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods around Moosehead Lake in central Maine searching for some leaping French-Canadian loggers who became the subject of teasing and a neurological study back in 1880. When startled, these loggers would jump up and down uncontrollably and do whatever anyone tells them to do. Was this affliction the result of inbreeding? Boredom? Or something else? This episode first aired...

Thanksgiving at Alice’s Restaurant

November 23, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 30.3 MB

In Episode 326 for their Thanksgiving Special, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to the place where a Thanksgiving radio legend was born. An arrest that gave rise to a story that gave birth to an 18-minute song that was made into a movie. Arlo Guthrie came here in 1965 and tossed some trash over a hill. The trash belonged to his friend Alice Brock who owned a restaurant in town. But how much of this masacree song is true?   See more here: https://ournewengl...

FtV - The Exploding Treasure Rock of Buckingham Village

November 20, 2023 15:30 - 27 minutes - 26 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 33 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive to the Buckingham Village shopping plaza in Glastonbury, Connecticut, in search of a bolder where a man believed there was buried treasure because of a dream he had, and because a psychic told him so. In 1921, that man lost his life trying to get the loot. Today that rock still stands as an obscure memorial to long-shot hope and a dream of a better life. This episode first aired September 30, 2...

The Legendary Fountain of Providence

November 16, 2023 15:30 - 16 minutes - 16.9 MB

In Episode 325 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll down Benefit Street in Providence, Rhode Island, searching for a magical and enchanted fountain built in 1873 they say has the ability to transport you. But how did it get here? And does it really work? Jeff and Ray put this legend to the test!   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-325-the-legendary-fountain-of-providence/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEng...

FtV - A Sermon from beer Bottle Church

November 13, 2023 15:30 - 18 minutes - 19.4 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 32 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Beer Bottle Church in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, in search of the legend of the beer bottle that sits atop the First Baptist Church steeple. They also explore the strange story behind a unique clock located on that very same steeple. The clock and beer-topped spire are so inspiring that Jeff and Ray may just break into song at the end. This episode first aired November 14, 2019.   Listen...

The Ghost Ship of Ancient Pemaquid

November 09, 2023 15:30 - 20 minutes - 20.4 MB

In Episode 324 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Bristol, Maine, to search for the site where, one foggy night in 1888, a witness claims a ghostly pirate ship sent a crew of spirits ashore to dig for lost treasure in an ancient graveyard. This spooky account made the newspapers and had the town on edge.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-324-the-ghost-ship-of-ancient-pemaquid/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https...

FtV - A Banned Beard in Massachusetts

November 06, 2023 14:30 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 31 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Leominster, Massachusetts, in search of Joseph Palmer and Silas Lampson, two men who were persecuted and even jailed for wearing a beard in the 1830s. Though they were both devout Christians, they were attacked, mocked, and even accused of being in league with the devil, all for sporting facial hair. Though both men would live to see the times change, these non-conformists suffered due to the...

A Punkin’ Chunkin’ Yankee Siege

November 02, 2023 14:30 - 16 minutes - 16.4 MB

In Episode 323 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger get medieval in Greenfield, New Hampshire, where we go searching for Yankee Siege – a world record-holding roadside oddity trebuchet that left its mark launching pumpkins over a quarter of a mile.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-323-a-punkin-chunkin-yankee-siege/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

FtV - Trick-or-Treating at the Conjuring House

October 30, 2023 14:30 - 53 minutes - 51 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 30 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Burrillville, Rhode Island, to go Halloween trick-or-treating at the farm house that served as the inspiration for the 2013 movie, The Conjuring. We explore the movie, Ed and Lorrain Warren, then dive into what really happened in that house. You’ll hear from Roger Perron, whose family lived the experience in the early 1970s, and who were portrayed in the movie, as well as the new owners who a...

Halloween 2023: The House of Purple Shadows

October 26, 2023 14:30 - 23 minutes - 24.2 MB

In Episode 322 we break format to spend Halloween in an old-time radio drama from The Hermit’s Cave exploring the House of the Purple Shadows in central Vermont. After the mysterious disappearance of Jim Davidson, his home, business, and belongings transfer to his niece and her husband. But where did Davidson go? And what horrible danger lurks inside his former house?   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-322-halloween-2023-the-house-of-purple-shadows/   Listen a...

FtV - The Day it Rained Fish in Olneyville, Rhode Island

October 23, 2023 14:30 - 23 minutes - 25.4 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 29 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger go on a fishing expedition in the Olneyville section of Providence, Rhode Island. At an unremarkable intersection it once rained fish down from the sky back on May 15, 1900, but that wasn’t the only weird thing to make the headlines that day. Just across town, an explosion in a trolley car covered the occupants with a mysterious goo. May 15, 1900, may just be Providence’s weirdest day. This episode f...

From the 9th Hole to the Moon in Auburn

October 19, 2023 14:30 - 20 minutes - 21.4 MB

In Episode 321 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a swing at Pakachoag Golf Course in Auburn, Massachusetts, where near the 9th hole back on March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. If not for what happened here we may never have gone to space, reached the moon, and beyond. Sometimes it takes a dreamer to leap us forward.    See mnore here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-321-from-the-9th-hole-to-the-moon-in-auburn/   Listen ad-free plus...

FtV – The Vermontasaurus

October 16, 2023 14:30 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 28 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger go on a hunt for the 160-foot Vermontasaurus at the Post Mills Airport in Thetford, Vermont. Born in 2010 from the rubble of fallen buildings, the giant beast is the brainchild of hot air balloon pilot Brian Boland, who joins us on this Jurassic adventure. The Vermontasaurus faced extinction not once, but twice, yet still stands lurking by the runway of the airport. Welcome to Vermont’s Jurassic Park...

The Haunted Ticknor House

October 12, 2023 14:30 - 19 minutes - 19.6 MB

In Episode 320 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head back to 1873 to investigate the haunted Dr. Ticknor house in Salisbury, Connecticut. This house made the news after the Fenn family moved in and began experiencing strange ghostly phenomena. Once the story made the rounds, a reporter from New York City came calling with the intention of spending the night in this alleged haunt.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-320-the-haunted-ticknor-house/   Listen ad-free pl...

FtV – Chenoo the Cannibal Ice Giant of Maine

October 09, 2023 14:30 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 27 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike into the deep woods of northern Maine in search of the Chenoo, a cannibal ice giant from Algonquin folklore that hunts and kills people foolish enough to wander into his domain. This is the story of a Micmac family who takes on a Chenoo with an unlikely weapon. This episode first aired January 23, 2020.   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/New...

Eat, Drink, and Be Scary at Tavern on Main

October 05, 2023 14:30 - 16 minutes - 16.4 MB

In Episode 319 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger belly up the haunted Tavern on Main in Chepachet, Rhode Island, searching for ghosts. Back in 1842, this tavern became the epicenter of the Dorr Rebellion -- a parallel Rhode Island government that was vying to allow all men in the state to vote. The rebellion turned violent, but it did force some changes. Today the ancient tavern is haunted by spirits from many eras.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-319-eat-drink-and-...

FtV - The Battle of the Frogs

October 02, 2023 14:30 - 24 minutes - 24.5 MB

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 26 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll downtown Willimantic, and nearby Windham, Connecticut, is search of a French and Indian War battle site that left thousands dead in July of 1758. The region has never forgotten, nor will it ever forgive those responsible for the slaughter. There are monuments to the battle, an opera written about it, and since September of 2000, a Willimantic bridge even tips its hat to those responsible lest ...

America’s Last Crank Call Made in Maine

September 28, 2023 14:30 - 19 minutes - 20.2 MB

In Episode 318 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Woodstock, Maine, to see the world’s largest telephone on display in Remembrance Park. Back in 1981, Woodstock had the distinction of being home to the last crank phone call made in the United States. This roadside oddity story may just leaving you wonder if your refrigerator is running…   See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-318-americas-last-crank-call-made-in-maine/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bo...