Weirder After Dark

We’re off this week for Thanksgiving, but the weird doesn’t take holidays. So we’re sharing a crossover episode we did with  Paranormal Directive 13 , where Matt walked us through the bizarre case of the  Winsted Wildman , Connecticut’s very own 19th-century cryptid. Eyewitnesses claimed it was massive. Human-shaped. Covered in hair. And fast enough to vanish into the trees before anyone could get...

Tonight, we’re heading to one of New England’s most infamous stretches of asphalt,one that once ranked the scariest road in Massachusetts. Route 44, between Seekonk and Taunton, where drivers swear they’ve encountered a ghost that doesn’t just appear, he asks for a ride. For decades, people have reported the exact same figure: a red-headed hitchhiker with a twisted smile, a voice that crackles thr...

In the early hours of March 18th, 1990, two men disguised as Boston police officers walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and walked out with thirteen priceless works of art. Rembrandt. Vermeer. Degas. Gone. More than thirty years later, the frames still hang empty, the suspects are still suspects, and none of the paintings have been found. We're joined by intuitive  Nichole Duncan  ...

They say the first time you see the Black Dog of Hanging Hill, it brings good fortune. The second time, bad luck. And the third? Certain death. Even weirder, this dog doesn't bark, and it doesn't leave footprints. Tonight, we dig into one of Connecticut's weirdest stories and prepare you for your encounter with the shaggy black dog of Hanging Hill. Contact Us: Thegang@WeirderAfterDark....

They say a burning ship still haunts the waters off Block Island. A ghostly flame that flickers across the waves, appearing each year around Christmas. But before the legend of the Palatine Light, there was a real ship:  The Princess Augusta.  A doomed voyage that ended in starvation, betrayal, and fire at sea. Contact Us: TheGang@WeirderAfterDark.com Socials: Instagram | Reddit | Facebook @Weirde...

In the 1600s, Harry Main was a fisherman in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and he was a man consumed by greed and cruelty. But when he finally died, the townspeople buried him close to the tide line so the Devil, or the sea, could claim him. Centuries later, locals still swear that during coastal storms, they can hear his screams. Join us as we unravel one of New England’s oldest maritime legends:  the c...

High in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, locals still whisper the name  Doc Benton . After the death of his family, he became obsessed with unlocking the secret to eternal life. But then his research took a dark and deadly turn. Benton’s name became tied to strange deaths, missing hikers, and ghostly sightings near Mount Moosilauke. Tonight, we’re heading deep into New England’s mountains to uncov...

It’s January 25th, 1967, in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. The Andreasson family has just finished dinner when the lights go out and the night sky begins to glow red and pink. Moments later, strange beings appear outside the windows. What followed would become one of New England’s most detailed and haunting alien abduction cases ever recorded. Under hypnosis, Betty Andreasson described a surreal encou...

Deep in the quiet hills of Moodus, Connecticut, the ground groans, rumbles, and roars. For centuries, locals have heard the infamous “Moodus Noises”, phantom booms that shake the earth without warning. To the Indigenous people, they were the voice of angry spirits. To early colonists, they were a curse from the Devil himself. Scientists call them microquakes—but even they can’t explain the chillin...

In 1647, decades before Salem, Connecticut made history with its first witch execution. Her name was Alice Young of Windsor. Little survives about her trial, but her death marked the beginning of New England’s witch panic—decades of fear, accusations, and hangings that would leave deep scars across the region. Tonight, the gang unpacks Alice Young’s story, the world she lived in, and how her execu...

Locked away at Yale’s Beinecke Library is the world’s most mysterious book—the Voynich Manuscript. Packed with unknown symbols, bizarre plants, and cosmic charts, it’s baffled scholars, spies, and codebreakers for centuries. Can anyone crack its code? Email Us: Thegang@Weirderafterdark.com Socials: Instagram | Reddit | Facebook @WeirderAfterDark

Join us as Cathy, Chris, Sean and special guest medium Stephanie Jacquier explore The Mount. Nestled in the Berkshires, The Mount isn’t just Edith Wharton’s architectural masterpiece—it’s one of the most haunted homes in New England. In this episode, the gang dives into the life of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Edith Wharton, her love for design and storytelling, and the dark whispers said to echo...

Join us and Shanny & Ryan from Slashback Cinema as we explore the story of the Amityville Horror! In 1974, a brutal family murder shook a quiet Long Island town. Just one year later, the new owners of 112 Ocean Avenue claimed something even darker was living inside the house: footsteps in empty rooms, glowing red eyes, swarms of flies, and a presence that drove them to flee in terror. The story be...

n the winter of 1939, the quiet town of Glastonbury, Connecticut, was gripped by fear. Farmers found livestock torn apart. Strange paw prints were discovered in the snow. And locals swore a howling, shadowy beast was stalking the woods. Reporters called it the “Glawackus”—a creature said to be part dog, part cat, part bear… and 100% nightmare. Was it a mountain lion on the loose? A wartime hoax go...

High in the White Mountains sits the grand Mount Washington Hotel — a place of luxury, scandal, and lingering spirits. Guests have long whispered about a “princess” who never truly checked out, her presence still felt in the halls and, most famously, in Room 314. But who was she? Why does her story cling so tightly to the hotel’s legacy? In this episode, we unravel the life of Carolyn Stickney, th...

Deep in New Hampshire’s remote Coös County, a towering, shadowy figure is said to stalk the forests. Locals call it the Wood Devil—a lanky, gray-skinned cryptid that’s been slipping between trees and dodging human eyes for over a century. But what exactly is haunting the White Mountains? A cousin to Bigfoot? A trick of the wilderness? Or something much stranger? Join us as we dig into the sighting...

For over 30 years, a man wrapped head to toe in patched leather walked a perfect 365-mile loop through New England. Always clockwise, always every 34 days. Towns left pies on fence posts like offerings. Kids would drop everything to watch him pass. And yet, no one ever really knew who he was, where he came from, or why he walked. In this episode of  Weirder After Dark , we dive into the haunting l...

They called her fast. Unstoppable. Untouchable.  But in January 1815,  The Dash —a sleek Maine schooner fresh off privateering duty—sailed into the Atlantic and vanished without a trace. Sixty men aboard. No wreckage. No survivors. Just a legend. For over two centuries, coastal Mainers have claimed to see  The Dash  return in ghostly form—appearing on the horizon when one of her long-dead crew’s d...

It was built as a place of peace—an escape into nature for the patients of a Victorian-era asylum. But today, the Brattleboro Retreat Tower is sealed shut, fenced off, and whispered about in the same breath as ghost stories and local tragedy. What happened inside? And why does this lonely tower on the hill continue to unsettle the town below? In this episode, we explore the real history, the legen...

For over a century, hunters, loggers, and hikers have reported a massive, ghostly-white moose—eight feet tall at the shoulder, with antlers like tree limbs and eyes that seem… not quite alive. Is it a spirit? A cryptid? A warning? This week, Sean takes the gang deep into the haunted woods to uncover the eerie history of the Specter Moose. From 19th-century newspapers to modern-day sightings, we fo...

Just off the coast of Maine lies a jagged, wind-battered rock called Boon Island. In 1710, a British ship wrecked there in the dead of winter. The survivors—freezing, starving, and surrounded by nothing but ocean—were pushed past the brink. What happened next became one of the darkest survival stories in New England history. But the island’s horror didn’t end with the shipwreck. Years later, a lig...

Think you know Civil War history? Think again. When Melanie Lanier set out to rescue her captured husband from Fort Warren, she wasn’t expecting her mission to end in tragedy… or that her final request—to be buried in a black dress—would spark one of New England’s most enduring ghost stories. In this episode, we explore the true story behind  The Lady in Black , the haunting of George’s Island, an...

Nestled beside the tracks in Ashland, Massachusetts, sits one of the most haunted pubs in New England—Stone’s Public House. Built in the 1830s by a railroad tycoon with a dark past, this tavern has seen it all: unexplained deaths, ghost sightings, secret basement chambers, and even rumored ties to the Underground Railroad. In this episode, we uncover the eerie legacy of John Stone and the strange...

They called her a witch. She called the shots—even from the grave. In this episode, we’re heading to Monroe, Connecticut, to meet Hanna Cranna—New England’s most delightfully petty alleged witch. Known for cursing neighbors, hexing pies, and issuing some seriously spooky funeral instructions, Hanna wasn’t your average 19th-century widow. We’ll dig into the real woman behind the legend (Hannah Hove...

In January of 1919, a giant storage tank in Boston’s North End exploded—unleashing a tidal wave of  molasses  that tore through city streets at 35 miles per hour. Buildings crumbled. Horses drowned. Twenty-one people lost their lives in one of the strangest and deadliest industrial disasters in American history. This week on  Weirder After Dark , we’re diving into the sticky, surreal horror of the...