New England Legends Podcast

In Episode 468, for our Halloween special, we ask the question: What happens when artificial intelligence goes too far? When robots become sentient and act in their own self-interest and not ours… horror ensues. This episode is a cover and homage to an old, spooky radio drama titled "Beware of Tomorrow," written by Bon Arthur and David Kogan in 1945.  See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.co...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 194 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger haunt Spider Gates Cemetery in Leicester, Massachusetts, in search of the hanging tree, eight gates to hell, ghosts, roads that appear and disappear, robed figures, and cult rituals. Their minds are blown when they learn that all the legends are true! Check out Ray Auger's original song in this update: "...

In Episode 467, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods of Stonington, Connecticut, searching for an ape man first spotted here in 1926. Thought to be maybe the missing link, this wild man was said to be terrorizing a local farm. The reports were frequent enough that the game warden got involved, search parties were formed, rifles were loaded, and the community came together to solve the mys...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 193 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visits the bushes next to Rt. 1 in South Kingston, Rhode Island, in search of the Jackson Pillar. This pillar is a stone monument telling the story of a gruesome murder of William Jackson that took place here in 1751. It's a murder that would have been lost to time if not for this stone and the story of...

In Episode 466, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike the woods of Mt. Anthony in Bennington, Vermont, searching for Everett cave. The cave is said to run for miles underground. Strange creatures are said to lurk below, and then there's the ghost the roams the region.  See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-466-the-ghosts-and-monsters-of-benningtons-bottomless-cave/   Listen ad-free pl...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 192 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Union Street in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to search for the long-lost location of a haunted farmhouse that made the newspapers back in 1887. Though it was reported to be haunted before a tragic event left a final scar, after a child was lost inside, the building rotted away to nothing except a sp...

In Episode 465, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the ruins of Hanton City in the woods of Smithfield, Rhode Island. Never an incorporated city, town, or village, Hanton City rose up in the late 1600s far from the rest of the population, then was abandoned over a century later. What were they hiding from? Where did they go? Who lived here and why? See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 191 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive by the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery in Burlington, Connecticut, searching for a ghost they call the Green Lady. For more than 50 years, locals have been talking about this glowing apparition, but who is she? Or rather, who was she? A murder victim? A victim of circumstance? Listen to find out! This...

In Episode 464, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore eastern Long Island, Maine, searching for the ruins of the Red House. A former tavern-turned-boarding house, this building made the news in 1906 for once being the location of a young woman who went missing, followed by a profound haunting. Could the ghost have been a harbinger of doom? See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-464-...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 190 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Capitol Park in Augusta, Maine, searching for the final resting place of Gov. Enoch Lincoln, who died in office in 1829. A stately tomb was erected for him in 1842 in the park across the street from Maine's Capitol Building. The only problem is, in 1986 during an inspection of the tomb, workers d...

We hike up Mt. Washington to the Lakes of the Clouds Hut located in the saddle between Mt. Washington and Mt. Monroe in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The hut exists because of a tragic accident that took place there in June of 1900. Today they say the hut is haunted by the victim.  See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-463-the-haunting-of-the-lakes-of-the-clouds/   Listen...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 189 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the shores of Marion, Massachusetts, in search of the ghost ship Mary Celeste. In December of 1872, the Mary Celeste was found wandering the seas by the Azures Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. When the Brig Dei Gratia approached, the crew could see there was no one on board the Mary Celeste. Nothing...

In Episode 461, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel to Georges Island in Boston Harbor to explore Fort Warren and search for the ghost of the Lady in Black -- a Civil War-era shade related to the story of a daring prisoner rescue on the island. People died on the island, and there are reports of hauntings, but do we have the right ghost? See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-462-t...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 188 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive through the suburbs of Griswold, Connecticut, in search of a vampire unearthed by state archaeologist Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni back in 1990. The vampire, dubbed J.B. 55, may have been Griswold's first vampire, but he would not be the last. As we've seen before, vampires show up in times of plagues....

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 187 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger trek through the woods of Warren, New Hampshire, searching for the legend of a lost little girl named Sarah Whitcher. In 1873, Sarah wandered into the woods by her forest home and was gone an entire day before her family realized she was missing. Folks came from several towns away to help search for days...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 186 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger trek into the woods of Wallingford, Vermont, in search of the 1831 Patch Hollow Massacre site. Along the way, the guys encounters tales of tar, feathers, and a man named Rolon Wheeler who put up the fight of his life. This is the true story of when the rumor mill turns fatal. This story could have been r...

In Episode 461, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike through Bolton Notch State Park in Connecticut to search for the haunted Squaw Cave. The story goes that back in the early 1600s, a Podunk maiden fell in love with a Dutch fur trapper. Their forbidden love was against Puritan law and led to a tragic end. See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-461-the-haunting-of-bolton-notch/   List...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 185 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel to the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, to visit the enigmatic Voynich Manuscript. This 600-year-old book is full of hundreds of pages of writing and illustrations from an unknown author in an unknown language. Since its discovery in 1912, language experts and code-breakers have t...

In Episode 460, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger chase a beast along Rattlesnake Ridge in Fair Haven, Vermont, searching for a cave full of skeletons, snakes, and lost treasure. Could there be more? See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-460-the-skeletons-who-guarded-a-treasure/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends   Bu...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 184 –  Jeff Belanger and  Ray Auger climb Glastenbury Mountain near Bennington, Vermont, in search of monsters, a ghost town, a man-eating rock, and five people who went missing between 1945 and 1950. There have been so any strange occurrences in this area that it's earned the name The Bennington Triangle. Some of these unexplained myster...

In Episode 459, (our nine-year anniversary show!) Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the haunted Portsmouth, Rhode Island, location where the 1673 gruesome death of Rebecca Cornell lead to a haunting and a ghost whose word would be enough to convict a man to a death sentence. But whodunit?  See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-459-the-ghost-who-convicted-a-murder/   Listen ad-f...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 183 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike Mt. Chocorua in the White Mountains of central New Hampshire in search of a centuries-old Native American curse based on betrayal, murder, and a horrible accident. Sokosis Chief Chocorua's final words still reverberate throughout these hills. The curse is so powerful, and has been blamed on so many...

In Episode 458, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger row among the islands of Casco Bay, searching for a merman who was attacked by a local named Mr. Mittin back in 1639. The event was chronicled in a book. Could this sighting have been something from Abenaki legends? See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-458-maines-almost-murdered-merman/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus...

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 182 –  Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Portland, Maine, in search of the one-legged ghost of a British soldier who was allegedly shot here in October of 1775, shortly after British warships leveled the city as retribution for a rebellious uprising. This attack may have been more personal than business. This episode first...

In Episode 457, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to New Boston, New Hampshire, to explore ground zero where wealthy eccentric Roger Babson formed the Gravity Research Foundation. Their goal: to build a shield or a device to win the war against gravity. There may be more science here than science fiction! See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-457-roger-babsons-war-on-gravity/   Li...