Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger
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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!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger show how crimes and accidents become New England folklore without confusing the legend for the documented record.
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger start with a place, then work backward through the stories attached to it. In "FtV - Campton's Cursed Covered Bridge," they trace fires, storm damage and collisions while separating the bridge's haunted reputation from likely confusion with other…
One cursed apple and suddenly your fruit bowl needs an alibi.
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A haunted New Hampshire house, a cursed curve, and a gold-filled casket make folklore feel close to traffic news.
Haunted House Curve treats a short stretch of Route 1 in Hampton, New Hampshire, as the meeting point between local history and a story that keeps getting retold.
A Providence landmark is blown apart in the name of preservation, leaving souvenirs and a lingering question of authenticity.
Jeff Belanger and Ray Ogier frame Roger Williams Square as the setting for a compact Providence legend, centered on Slate Rock and the belief that it marked the place where Roger Williams stood at the city's founding.
At Blair Covered Bridge, every new impact gives an old curse more room to breathe.
Campton's Blair Covered Bridge comes across as a place where folklore and plain hard luck have been allowed to pile up together. A mysterious arson fire, a drowned horse, repeated vehicle strikes, and Hurricane Irene's 11 inches of rain all circle the same old wooden crossing,…
A lightning strike, a rescued chicken, and a run of unlikely good fortune give Edwin's story its lasting pull.
Edwin's attempt to rescue Tuck Tuck from a storm turns into a compact, oddball run of good fortune after a lightning strike. His hearing and sight return, an optometrist finds his vision better than 20-20, and hair starts growing on a head that had been bald.
A suspected murder stain seems to live on in Franklin's apples, while Micah Rood cannot escape what the tree remembers.
A red speck inside an apple turns a Franklin, Connecticut farm legend into a compact story about guilt that will not stay buried. The cursed apple tale follows Micah Rood, whose farm and life fall apart after a murder, then gives one tree an unsettling place in the story as the…
True crime with blunt reactions and dark edges.
Scarce radio crime, case by case.
True crime with blunt moral focus.
Political scandal, history, and sharp receipts.
This episode explores the haunted history of the Equinox Hotel in Manchester, Vermont, including its ties to presidents and celebrities, and reports of ghosts from former guests and staff.
This episode explores the origins of Maine's outlaw mummy, Elmer J.
This episode revisits the classic story of Bangor Library's Death Couch, exploring the library's architecture and supernatural folklore in a New England Legends format.
This episode revisits a classic holiday special about Boston's Christmas tree tradition, tracing its origins to a gift from Nova Scotia following a historical disaster.
This episode revisits a classic story about the cursed ship Isidore, a ghostly vessel that haunts coastal Maine, exploring its tragic wreck and the superstitions surrounding travel.
The hosts explore Portland, Maine's history and search for John Atchison, known as 'the man who only spoke twice,' as part of their podcast covering regional legends and strange phenomena.
This episode revisits a classic story about the Witch of Pepperell, exploring the curse that allegedly caused a village in Massachusetts to vanish.
This episode revisits a classic story about the cursed Saco River in Maine and the monster said to inhabit it, exploring local legends with hosts Jeff and Ray.
This episode revisits a classic story about searching for ghostly ruins and legends on Mount Tom in Rhode Island.
This episode revisits a classic New England Legends story about a tapping ghost with ties to the Boston Tea Party haunting Brick Kiln Lane in Pembroke, Massachusetts.
This episode revisits a classic story about America's first Christmas card while the hosts take a holiday break, featuring bonus commentary.
This episode revisits a classic New England Legends story about Hell's Half Acre in Bristol, Vermont, exploring its supernatural legends including a ghostly boy, a hellhound guarding buried treasure, and the area's mysterious history.
A narrator recounts a vivid personal ghost story from 20 years ago, set on a bleak moor in New England during a December snowstorm near Christmas 1861.
This episode revisits a classic story about the haunted grounds of Fort William Henry in Maine, where a Native American chief suffered an atrocity, leaving the site ghostly.
This episode revisits the classic New England Legends story about the supernatural Black Dog of Meriden, Connecticut, whose sightings in Hubbard Park are said to bring joy, sorrow, or death depending on how many times it's seen.
Two hosts explore the ruins of the ghost town of Livermore, an old logging settlement in New Hampshire's White Mountains with a tragic history.
This episode explores the haunted history of the old Kent County Jail in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, now home to the East Greenwich Preservation Society.
This episode revisits a classic story about Simeon Cary's gold-hunting chickens in Fort Fairfield, Maine, blending local legend with historical curiosity.
This episode revisits a classic story about searching for the mythical Lordship Mermaid near Stratford Point Lighthouse in Connecticut.
This episode revisits a classic story about the Gravelly Point Pirates, exploring New England's largest mass execution and pirate legends in Newport, Rhode Island.
This episode revisits a classic story about searching for the mysterious Becky's Garden, the smallest island on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.
This episode revisits a classic story about the Fernald School in Waltham, Massachusetts, where radioactive oatmeal was served to residents, uncovering dark secrets of the facility.
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts, investigating ghost towns submerged to supply water to Boston.
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the legend of the Dublin Lake monster and alien in New Hampshire, delving into the lake's history, depth, and local folklore during autumn.
The hosts explore the Wakefield UFO mystery, investigating a strange object recovered from a frozen pond in New Hampshire as part of their mission to chronicle New England legends.
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit a classic episode about a ghost in Burlington, Vermont, who is said to have built a bridge under train tracks, blending local history with supernatural folklore.
This episode revisits a classic story about Haunted House Curve in Hampton, New Hampshire, where a haunted house and devil sightings are linked to a dangerous road curve.
Slate Rock once marked the Providence landing of Roger Williams, then disappeared after a 1877 blast in Roger Williams Square.
New England Legends revisits Campton's Blair Covered Bridge in a From the Vault episode first aired January 6, 2022.
["New England Legends Podcast episode 440 follows Edwin Robinson of Falmouth, Maine, and centers on a June 4, 1980 lightning strike that the hosts frame as the basis for calling him the luckiest man in Maine.", "Jeff Belanger and Ray Ogier frame the search as part of their mission to chronicle every New England legend one story at a time after listener Lauren Middleton sent the lead.", "Edwin Robinson is introduced as a 62-year-old whose icy-overpass truck crash nine years earlier left him legally blind and mostly deaf, with baldness starting at age 18 folded into the running joke about his luck.", "While he tries to bring his chicken Tuck Tuck inside before a storm, lightning hits a tree beside his garage, knocks him unconscious, and the next day an optometrist reportedly finds better than 20-20 vision before Good Morning America books him for a New York City appearance."]
New England Legends Podcast's "FtV – Franklin's Cursed Apple" revisits a Franklin, Connecticut legend first aired January 14, 2021 about Micah Rood, who bought his land in 1699 and was born in 1653.
Jeff and Ray revisit a classic episode about the Vampire House in Limestone, Maine, a building with nuclear secrets and local legends.
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate the legend of the Dingle Hole in Millis, Massachusetts, a paranormal hotspot involving a devil, headless ghost, and shape-shifting witches.
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a rare book bound in human skin at the Boston Athenaeum, delving into the life of a highwayman.
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Cedar Hill Cemetery to explore the grave of Dr.
Jeff and Ray introduce a classic episode about Jemima Wilkinson, a woman who claimed resurrection and started a religious movement in 18th-century Connecticut.