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New England Legends

121 EpisodesProduced by Jeff Belanger and Ray AugerWebsite

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… read more

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Farewell

February 22nd, 2024

0:39

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The Lizzie Bourne Tragedy

March 28th, 2024

22:53

In Episode 342 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike New England’s tallest peak in search of a marker that commemorates where Lizzie Bourne left this mortal coil near the summit of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire back in …

FtV - The Robin Hood of Massachusetts

March 25th, 2024

22:06

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 53 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hang around an unassuming Westborough, Massachusetts, …

The Captain’s Well

March 21st, 2024

18:49

In Episode 341 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger grab a drink at the Captain’s Well in Amesbury, Massachusetts. In 1792, future Captain Valentine Bagley …

FtV - Vermont’s Witch Trial

March 18th, 2024

21:29

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 Dream Pond Murders

March 14th, 2024

20:54

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 …

FtV - A Tombstone Every Mile in the Haunted Haynesville Woods

March 11th, 2024

27:10

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, …

Rev. Phelps’ Haunted Mansion

March 7th, 2024

21:14

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 …

FtV – Connecticut’s Melon Heads

March 4th, 2024

24:20

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 50 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger motor down Dracula Drive in Trumbull, Connecticut, in …

The Burning of the Great Gaspee

February 29th, 2024

18:29

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 …

FtV - The Wizard of Warren, New Hampshire

February 26th, 2024

20:23

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 …

See Maine and See the World

February 22nd, 2024

16:45

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, …

FtV - Boston’s Molasses Disaster

February 19th, 2024

21:13

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 48 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Boston Molasses Disaster of January 15, …

The Haunted Chase House

February 15th, 2024

15:47

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 …

FtV - The Beaver Trout of Vermont

February 12th, 2024

23:52

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 …

Nathan Selee’s Satanic Sawmill

February 8th, 2024

16:39

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 …

FtV - The Rhode Island Stigmata

February 5th, 2024

20:34

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 46 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the mysteries and legends of stigmata through …

Vermont’s Haunted Police Academy

February 1st, 2024

20:24

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 …

FtV - Three Strange Beasts from the Woods of Maine

January 29th, 2024

23:59

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 …

Connecticut’s Stonehenge

January 25th, 2024

22:09

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 …

FtV - The Strongest Man in New England

January 22nd, 2024

24:12

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, …

Hell’s Half Acre

January 18th, 2024

18:25

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 …

FtV - Concord's Diabolical Torture Device

January 15th, 2024

25:45

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 Dead Ship of Harpswell

January 11th, 2024

21:56

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 …

FtV - The Immortal Mad Scientist of Malden

January 8th, 2024

19:08

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 42 – Jeff Belanger and Ray walk the streets of Malden, Massachusetts, in search of …

A Tombstone Tirade in New Hampshire

January 4th, 2024

20:04

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. …

FtV - The Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain

January 1st, 2024

21:03

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 …

FtV - The Ghost Who Saved Christmas

December 28th, 2023

24:15

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 …

FtV - Boston’s Christmas Tree

December 25th, 2023

20:15

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 …

When Longfellow Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

December 21st, 2023

21:59

In Episode 329 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend Christmas strolling the grounds of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s former mansion in Cambridge, …

FtV - The Bootlegger Queen of Vermont

December 18th, 2023

28:22

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, …

FtV - America’s First Christmas Card

December 14th, 2023

24:07

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, …

FtV - The Witch Tree

December 11th, 2023

23:27

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 …

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

December 7th, 2023

17:28

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 …

FtV - Christmas Witch Sheep of Narragansett

December 4th, 2023

24:44

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 …

They Only Moved the Headstones

November 30th, 2023

23:25

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 …

FtV - The Leaping Lumberjacks of Central Maine

November 27th, 2023

22:38

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 …

Thanksgiving at Alice’s Restaurant

November 23rd, 2023

27:31

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 …

FtV - The Exploding Treasure Rock of Buckingham Village

November 20th, 2023

27:35

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 33 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive to the Buckingham Village shopping plaza in …

The Legendary Fountain of Providence

November 16th, 2023

16:39

In Episode 325 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll down Benefit Street in Providence, Rhode Island, searching for a magical and enchanted fountain …

FtV - A Sermon from beer Bottle Church

November 13th, 2023

18:29

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 32 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Beer Bottle Church in Hampton Falls, New …

The Ghost Ship of Ancient Pemaquid

November 9th, 2023

20:49

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 …

FtV - A Banned Beard in Massachusetts

November 6th, 2023

26:36

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 31 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Leominster, Massachusetts, in search of Joseph …

A Punkin’ Chunkin’ Yankee Siege

November 2nd, 2023

16:49

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 …

FtV - Trick-or-Treating at the Conjuring House

October 30th, 2023

53:38

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 30 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Burrillville, Rhode Island, to go Halloween …

Halloween 2023: The House of Purple Shadows

October 26th, 2023

23:31

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 …

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

October 23rd, 2023

23:03

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 …

From the 9th Hole to the Moon in Auburn

October 19th, 2023

20:47

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, …

FtV – The Vermontasaurus

October 16th, 2023

27:19

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 …

The Haunted Ticknor House

October 12th, 2023

19:24

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 …

FtV – Chenoo the Cannibal Ice Giant of Maine

October 9th, 2023

24:35

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 …

Eat, Drink, and Be Scary at Tavern on Main

October 5th, 2023

16:12

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 …

FtV - The Battle of the Frogs

October 2nd, 2023

24:26

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 26 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll downtown Willimantic, and nearby Windham, …

America’s Last Crank Call Made in Maine

September 28th, 2023

19:59

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 …

FtV - New Hampshire’s Haunted Lake

September 26th, 2023

19:42

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 25 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger row out on Scoby Lake in Francestown, New Hampshire… a …

The Birth of America’s First Serial Killer

September 21st, 2023

28:20

In Episode 317 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger roll into Gilmanton, New Hampshire, to see the birthplace of America’s first and possibly most prolific …

FtV - The Green Monstah

September 18th, 2023

16:42

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 24 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger discuss a 37-foot-tall New England monster that’s been …

The Monster of Lake Memphremagog

September 14th, 2023

22:57

In Episode 316 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger row out on Lake Memphremagog near Newport, Vermont, in search of a lake monster called Memphre. Sightings of a giant serpent-like creature date back more than two centuries. …

FtV - The North Pond Hermit

September 11th, 2023

26:30

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 23 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger  head to the woods of central Maine in search of the …

The Other Borden Murders

September 7th, 2023

21:10

In Episode 315 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, to investigate the Borden murders you haven’t heard about. Sure, you know Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her parents 40 …

FtV - The Spectral Moose of Lobster Lake

September 4th, 2023

22:20

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 22 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel to Lobster Lake in Piscataquis, Maine, in search …

Rover: A Dog Who Waited Forever

August 31st, 2023

15:44

In Episode 314 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger Visit Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, to explore the story behind a small statue of a dog named Rover. The statue commemorates a dog who waited patiently for his …

FtV - Hartford: New England’s First Witch Execution

August 28th, 2023

25:43

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 20 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the site of America’s first witch trial and …

Newport’s Haunted White Horse Tavern

August 24th, 2023

19:24

In Episode 313 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger belly up to the bar of the White Horse Tavern in Newport, Rhode Island. Built in 1652, it’s America’s …

FtV - Ruth Colbath: A Woman Who Waited

August 21st, 2023

23:59

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 20 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the Russell-Colbath house near the Kancamagus …

Captain Lord’s Haunted Mansion

August 17th, 2023

18:30

In Episode 312 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate Captain Nathaniel Lord’s mansion in Kennebunkport, Maine. Built during the War of 1812, Lord had his shipbuilders construct the finest mansion in town. Lord died …

FtV - Buried Alive in Vermont?

August 14th, 2023

32:18

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 19 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Vermont, in …

The Wickedest Man in the World in New Hampshire

August 10th, 2023

19:29

In Episode 311 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a small cottage in Hebron, New Hampshire, searching for the summer retreat of Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World. During the summer of 1916, Crowley came …

FtV - Return to Fingernail Freddy

August 7th, 2023

22:59

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 18 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods around Camp Ker-Anna in Cumberland, …

The Curse of the Dummerston Cemetery Vine

August 3rd, 2023

21:01

In Episode 310 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a cemetery safari to Dummerston, Vermont, looking for the graves of the Spauldings -- a family …

FtV - Return to Boston’s Flying Man

July 31st, 2023

24:09

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 17 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to the Old North Church in Boston to explore a …

The Westford Knight

July 27th, 2023

21:35

In Episode 309 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger begin their quest for the Holy Grail via the medieval Westford Knight in Westford, Massachusetts. Some …

FtV - Return to a Nerve Tonic that Launched a War

July 24th, 2023

26:25

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 16 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Union, Maine, tracing the steps of Dr. Augustin …

The Devil’s Hopyard

July 20th, 2023

18:45

In Episode 308 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike up to the waterfalls of the Devil’s Hopyard in East Haddam, Connecticut, in search of where they say the devil left his marks in the stones of Chapman Falls. The Native …

FtV - Return to The Wild Man of Winsted

July 17th, 2023

19:30

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 15 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Winsted, Connecticut, to search for a wild man. …

The Haunting of Conimicut Lighthouse

July 13th, 2023

17:43

In Episode 307 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger row out to Conimicut Lighthouse off the coast of Warwick, Rhode Island, to search for the tragic ghosts who haunt the rusting relic in the water. Back in 1922, lighthouse …

FtV - Return to It Gave Me the Willys

July 10th, 2023

22:14

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 13 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the Willey House on Rt. 302 in Crawford Notch, …

Sleeping with the Dead in Lewiston

July 6th, 2023

20:05

In Episode 306 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a Bed and Breakfast in Lewiston, Maine, where you could rent a room that served as a crypt for a …

FTV - Return to Captain Jedidy Cole and the Devil

July 3rd, 2023

23:05

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 13 – Do you know the story behind the jack-o-lantern? Did you know Cape Cod has its own …

The Birth of a New Nation in New Hampshire: Independence Day Special

June 29th, 2023

19:50

In Episode 305 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend Independence Day heading to Pittsburg, New Hampshire, to witness the birth of a new democratic republic born from the injustice of taxation without representation. This …

FTV - Return to Block Island’s Burning Ghost Ship

June 26th, 2023

23:49

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 12 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Block Island in search of The Palatine Light. In …

FTV - Return to a Vampire in Vermont

June 22nd, 2023

21:41

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 11 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger tell the tale of an alleged Vampire in Woodstock, …

FtV - Return to Paul Bunyan’s Controversial Birthplace

June 19th, 2023

28:07

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 10 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit Bangor, Maine, in search of the birthplace of …

Vermont’s Sweetest Cemetery

June 15th, 2023

22:26

In Episode 304 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Waterbury, Vermont, searching for the state’s sweetest cemetery. Established in 1996, we find indisputable proof that some of those commemorated on these headstones do …

FtV - Return to the White Lady of Easton

June 12th, 2023

17:39

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 9 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut, searching …

Hunting the Egopantis of Shirley

June 8th, 2023

17:10

In Episode 303 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hunt for the last (and maybe the first?) Egopantis--a giant beast of an animal unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Today the head of the monster is mounted over the fireplace of …

FtV - Return to the Haunting of Ruth Blay

June 5th, 2023

22:16

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 8 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit the story behind an obscure quilt in a …

New Haven’s Controversial First Hamburger

June 1st, 2023

22:33

In Episode 302 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut, home of (according to the United States Library of Congress), America’s first hamburger. In 1900, Louis Lassen operated a food …

FtV – Return to the Boston Massacre

May 29th, 2023

26:47

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 7 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit Boston’s North End and swing by Paul Revere’s …

The Shunned House

May 25th, 2023

20:14

In Episode 301 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll historic Benefit Street in Providence, Rhode Island, to visit a house built in 1763. Known as the …

FtV – Return to the Devil’s Footprint in Rhode Island

May 22nd, 2023

18:49

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 6 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit North Kingstown, Rhode Island, in search of a …

The Hermit of Manana Island

May 18th, 2023

25:02

In Episode 300 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail out to Monhegan Island, about ten miles off the coast of Maine, searching for a hermit named Ray …

FtV - Return to the Hayden Family Curse

May 15th, 2023

19:31

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 5 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit the town of Albany in northern Vermont to see the …

Concord’s Most Haunted Jail

May 11th, 2023

20:09

In Episode 299 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate a former Concord, New Hampshire, police station turned Mexican Restaurant to search for the …

FtV - Return to Cassie the Sea Serpent

May 8th, 2023

23:01

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 4 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit Casco Bay near Portland, Maine, in search of …

A Selfie with Newport’s Little Maggie

May 4th, 2023

19:59

In Episode 298 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont, searching for Little Maggie, the most photographed person in northern Vermont in the early 1900s. This wandering …

FtV - Return to Connecticut’s Fairy Village

May 1st, 2023

20:26

Welcome to New England Legends from the Vault – FtV Episode 3 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit the ruins of Little People Village in the woods …

Timothy Dexter: An Idiot Who Failed Upward

April 27th, 2023

21:03

In Episode 297 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Newburyport, Massachusetts, to visit a mansion once owned by an idiot named Lord Timothy Dexter. An idiot, who no matter how many stupid business moves he made …

FtV - Return to the UFO Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill

April 24th, 2023

26:49

Welcome to New England Legends from the Vault – FTV Episode 2 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit the strange UFO abduction case of Barney and …

The Great Hartford Circus Fire Mystery

April 20th, 2023

22:35

In Episode 296 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Hartford, Connecticut, to see the memorial to the July 6, 1944 circus fire that claimed 167 lives …

FtV - Return to Dungeon Rock

April 17th, 2023

17:43

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FTV Episode 1 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit Dungeon Rock in Lynn, Massachusetts. It was here …

The Woonsocket Werewolf

April 13th, 2023

16:29

In Episode 295 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hunt the woods of the Fairmont section of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, searching for the loup-garou, the …

A Maine Voyage to End the World

April 6th, 2023

25:02

In Episode 294 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a Jonesport, Maine, monument to the 1866 voyage of the Nellie Chapin. The ship, and its 156 Christian pilgrims was led by Rev. George Adams, with the plan to sail to …

A Contract for Murder with the Devil in New Hampshire

March 30th, 2023

25:44

In Episode 293 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate an 1897 Good Friday murder and bank robbery that left the town of Somersworth, New Hampshire, …

Vermont’s Ice Age Monster from the Deep

March 23rd, 2023

22:43

In Episode 292 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger dig down 114 feet in the Forestdale section of Brandon, Vermont, to search for an Ice Age-era frog they say was discovered back in the summer of 1865 deep in an ochre mine. But …

A Stone Tomb to Avoid the Devil

March 16th, 2023

19:39

In Episode 291 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike up a wooded hill in Chester, Massachusetts, searching for a unique tomb carved into a glacial …

The Meeting House Hill Ghost

March 9th, 2023

21:49

In Episode 290 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Meeting House Hill region of Meriden, Connecticut, searching for a ghost that made the newspaper back in August of 1895 -- a spooky specter around Booth Pond seen …

Rhode Island’s Spite Tower

March 2nd, 2023

18:37

In Episode 289 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Little Compton, Rhode Island, to drive by the Spite Tower. Built in 1905, it’s a three-story, odd-looking tower located at the edge of the former Hathaway property. …

The Ghost of Maiden’s Cliff

February 23rd, 2023

18:38

In Episode 288 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike up to Maiden’s Cliff near Lake Megunticook in Camden, Maine, where they say the ghost of a young woman still haunts the ledge. Some people witness the horrific fall that …

Chicken Farmer I STILL Love You

February 16th, 2023

18:42

In Episode 287 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend Valentine’s Day driving along Route 103 in Newbury, New Hampshire, to see some graffiti that’s endured for half a century. Though the state once painted over it in the …

Vermont’s Abandoned UFO Base

February 9th, 2023

22:39

In Episode 286 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike up East Mountain in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom searching for the ruins of the North Concord Air …

Westford’s Grey Ghosts

February 2nd, 2023

20:01

In Episode 285 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger cheer Westford Academy’s football team in Massachusetts. Their mascot is the Grey Ghosts. How they cam e to be called that has been a point of controversy in recent years, but …

Connecticut’s Cremation Hill

January 26th, 2023

17:55

In Episode 284 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Haddam, Connecticut, to a location officially known as Cremation Hill -- a place where they say a farmer used to hire farmhands for the season, and then murder them and …

Cranston’s Headless Corpse

January 19th, 2023

24:21

In Episode 283 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the former Rhode Island State Burial Grounds in Cranston, searching for the place where Grave 599 was exhumed in November 1883. The remains of Caleb Brown were being …

The Unsolved Littlefield Murders

January 12th, 2023

18:53

In Episode 282 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Paris, Maine, to investigate the unsolved murders of Dr. and Mrs. Littlefield who were killed in …

The Man Behind the Console

January 5th, 2023

24:02

In Episode 281 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll Heritage Park in Manchester, New Hampshire, in search of the statue of a man sitting on a park …

From the Vault: The Snowflake Man of Jericho

December 29th, 2022

12:48

In Episode 280 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a week off for the holidays and reintroduce you to an episode from that vault that originally aired …

America’s First Christmas Card

December 22nd, 2022

22:48

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 …

The Lindley Street Poltergeist

December 15th, 2022

27:46

In Episode 278 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a bungalow house on Lindley Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where in 1974 haunting activity was …

Rhode Island’s Broken-Hearted Tower

December 8th, 2022

19:26

In Episode 277 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to South Kingstown, Rhode Island, to check out a rock and 40-foot observation tower named after Hannah Robinson, a broken-hearted woman who once sat here in 1773 to take …

The Broke-Neck Shadow Man

December 1st, 2022

17:47

In Episode 276 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Lewiston, Maine, to search for a house that’s “ridden with ghosts” according to the headline of a December 1894 local newspaper article. A shadowy man whose neck …

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