
New England Legends Podcast
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!
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Episodes
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The Wood Devils of Coös County
·17m - 2
Frozen Charlotte
·24m - 3
The Ghost Witch of Maine
·17m - 4
FtV – Mercy Brown: The Rhode Island Vampire
·25m - 5
Worcester's Christmas UFO
·18m - 6
FtV – The Man-Eating Apple Tree
·20m - 7
The Haunting of the Equinox
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.
·19m - 8
Maine's Outlaw Mummy
This episode explores the origins of Maine's outlaw mummy, Elmer J.
·25m - 9
FtV - Bangor Library's Death Couch
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.
·23m - 10
FtV - Boston's Christmas Tree
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.
·25m - 11
FtV - The Wreck of the Cursed Isidore
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.
·28m - 12
FtV - The Curse of Black Agnes
·20m - 13
FtV - Mercy Brown: the Road Island Vampire
·27m - 14
Halloween: The Undead
·28m - 15
FtV - The Mysterious Travels of Rollstone Boulder
·26m - 16
The Man Who Only Spoke Twice
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.
·19m - 17
FtV - The Witch of Pepperell
This episode revisits a classic story about the Witch of Pepperell, exploring the curse that allegedly caused a village in Massachusetts to vanish.
·22m - 18
FtV - The Monster and Curse of Saco River
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.
·17m - 19
FtV – The Ghost of Emily
·18m - 20
FtV - The Moaning Bones of Mt. Tom
This episode revisits a classic story about searching for ghostly ruins and legends on Mount Tom in Rhode Island.
·21m - 21
The Buff Ledge UFO Abduction
·22m - 22
FtV - The Tapping Ghost of Brick Kiln Lane
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.
·17m - 23
FtV – America's First Christmas Card
This episode revisits a classic story about America's first Christmas card while the hosts take a holiday break, featuring bonus commentary.
·24m - 24
FtV - Hell's Half Acre
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.
·19m - 25
The Phantom Coach: A Holiday Ghost Story
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.
·38m - 26
FtV – The Ghosts of Fort William Henry
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.
·17m - 27
Dancing with a Ghost
·21m - 28
The Talcott Mountain Robot
·20m - 29
FtV – The Black Dog of Hubbard Park
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.
·19m - 30
The Ghost Town of Livermore
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.
·20m - 31
The Haunted Kent County Jail
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.
·20m - 32
FtV – Simeon Cary's Gold-Hunting Chickens
This episode revisits a classic story about Simeon Cary's gold-hunting chickens in Fort Fairfield, Maine, blending local legend with historical curiosity.
·17m - 33
FtV - The Lordship Mermaid
This episode revisits a classic story about searching for the mythical Lordship Mermaid near Stratford Point Lighthouse in Connecticut.
·19m - 34
The Face that Witnessed a Murder
·21m - 35
Doomsday Island in the Connecticut River
·24m - 36
The Legendary Clock of Providence
·21m - 37
FtV - The Gravelly Point Pirates
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.
·18m - 38
FtV - Becky's Mysterious Garden
This episode revisits a classic story about searching for the mysterious Becky's Garden, the smallest island on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.
·17m - 39
The Ghost of Gravity Hill
·17m - 40
FtV – Radioactive Breakfast at the Fernald School
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.
·21m - 41
The Ancient Mystery of Ponyhenge
·19m - 42
FtV - Boston's Psychic Sleuth
·25m - 43
FtV - The Derry Fairy
·20m - 44
FtV - The Specter Moose of Lobster Lake
·23m - 45
Thanksgiving Dessert: Hartford Election Cake
·21m - 46
FtV - The Haunting of Wood Island
·18m - 47
The Ghost Towns of the Quabbin
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts, investigating ghost towns submerged to supply water to Boston.
·19m·1 clip - 48
The Dublin Lake Monster
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.
·16m·1 clip - 49
The Wakefield UFO Mystery
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.
·17m - 50
FtV – The Ghost Who Built a Bridge
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.
·22m·2 clips - 51
FtV - Haunted House Curve
Hidden gemThis 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.
Apr 13, 2026·18m·1 clip - 52
Rhode Island's Vanishing Slate Rock
Hidden gemSlate Rock once marked the Providence landing of Roger Williams, then disappeared after a 1877 blast in Roger Williams Square.
Apr 9, 2026·20m·1 clip - 53
FtV – Campton's Cursed Covered Bridge
Hidden gemNew England Legends revisits Campton's Blair Covered Bridge in a From the Vault episode first aired January 6, 2022.
Apr 6, 2026·23m·2 clips - 54
The Luckiest Man in Maine
Hidden gem["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."]
Apr 2, 2026·18m·1 clip - 55
FtV – Franklin's Cursed Apple
Hidden gemNew 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.
Oct 6, 2025·20m·1 clip - 56
Pirate Pierre Mallett's Millions
Oct 2, 2025·16m - 57
FtV - The Bugbee Family Murder Mystery
Sep 29, 2025·23m - 58
The South Canaan Maniac
Sep 25, 2025·17m - 59
FtV - Nine Men's Misery
Sep 22, 2025·17m - 60
The Murder of Little Betty
Sep 18, 2025·18m - 61
FtV - Aunt Lonnie of Tucker Hollow Road
Sep 15, 2025·16m - 62
The Haunted Cellar of Great Chebeague Island
Sep 11, 2025·18m - 63
FtV – Bank Street's Haunted Stove
Sep 8, 2025·18m - 64
Wicked Strange New England
Sep 4, 2025·31m - 65
FtV – Goody Hallett: the Witch of Wellfleet
Sep 1, 2025·20m - 66
The Giant Pumpkin Regatta
Aug 28, 2025·20m - 67
FtV – Lincoln's Heartbreak House
Aug 25, 2025·25m - 68
The Old Crone of the Quequechan
Aug 21, 2025·21m - 69
FtV – When Winter Kills
Aug 18, 2025·21m - 70
The Ghost Town of Ricker Basin
Aug 14, 2025·18m - 71
FtV - Where Shute Fell
Aug 11, 2025·17m - 72
Climbing Regicide Trail to Judges Cave
Aug 7, 2025·17m - 73
FtV - Dr. John Wilson's Dark Secrets
Aug 4, 2025·21m - 74
All Tomatoes are Poisonous in Rhode Island
Jul 31, 2025·17m - 75
FtV – The Haunting of Highgate Manor
Jul 28, 2025·16m - 76
Shooting Up a Millinocket Haunt
Jul 24, 2025·17m - 77
FtV – The Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain
Jul 21, 2025·20m - 78
The Pine Tree Riot
Jul 17, 2025·19m - 79
FtV – The Strange Legends of Mt. Moosilauke
Jul 14, 2025·25m - 80
The Haunted and Cursed Ruins of Ashintully
Jul 10, 2025·19m - 81
FtV – The Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone
Jul 7, 2025·19m - 82
Odziozo of Lake Champlain
Jul 3, 2025·13m - 83
FtV – The Ghost Ship Dash of Casco Bay
Jun 30, 2025·20m - 84
The Lost Pirate Treasure of Salmon Brook
Jun 26, 2025·20m - 85
FtV - General Ethan Allen's Missing Corpse
Jun 23, 2025·20m - 86
The Nation's Longest Running Food Truck
Jun 19, 2025·20m - 87
FtV – A Haunted House in Portsmouth
Jun 16, 2025·22m - 88
The Ghost Dog of Great Wass Island
Jun 12, 2025·17m - 89
FtV - The Wreck of the Royal Tar
Jun 9, 2025·28m - 90
America's First Professional Magician
Jun 5, 2025·19m - 91
FtV - The Demon Vampire of Manchester
Jun 2, 2025·23m - 92
The Great Wall of Spite
May 29, 2025·17m - 93
FtV - The Haunted Hartness House
May 26, 2025·17m - 94
Dr. Bull's Giant Space Cannon
May 22, 2025·25m - 95
FtV – The Deerfield Booms
May 19, 2025·28m - 96
The Haunting of Hell Hollow
May 15, 2025·21m - 97
FtV - The Curse of Brunswick Springs
May 12, 2025·21m - 98
Hunting a Two-Ton Monster in Rhode Island
May 8, 2025·18m - 99
FtV - The Pitcher Man of Goose River Bridge
May 5, 2025·19m - 100
America's First Documented Haunting
May 1, 2025·21m - 101
FtV - The Nuclear Secrets of Vampire House
Jeff and Ray revisit a classic episode about the Vampire House in Limestone, Maine, a building with nuclear secrets and local legends.
Apr 28, 2025·36m - 102
The Blue Lady of Vale End Cemetery
Apr 24, 2025·15m - 103
FtV - The Witches of Westerly
Apr 21, 2025·17m - 104
The Plymouth Sea Serpent
Apr 17, 2025·17m - 105
FtV – The Dinglehole
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.
Apr 14, 2025·22m - 106
The Ghost of Whipple Hollow
Apr 10, 2025·16m - 107
FtV – A Boston Book Bound in Human Skin
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a rare book bound in human skin at the Boston Athenaeum, delving into the life of a highwayman.
Apr 7, 2025·30m - 108
The Father of Laughing Gas
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Cedar Hill Cemetery to explore the grave of Dr.
Apr 3, 2025·20m - 109
FtV – The Second Coming of Jemima Wilkinson
Jeff and Ray introduce a classic episode about Jemima Wilkinson, a woman who claimed resurrection and started a religious movement in 18th-century Connecticut.
Mar 31, 2025·26m - 110
The Haunting of the Nathanael Greene Homestead
Mar 27, 2025·16m - 111
FtV - The Strange Legends of Mt. Moosilauke
Mar 24, 2025·24m - 112
The Beals Island Giant
Mar 20, 2025·16m - 113
FtV - A Haunted House in Portsmouth
Mar 17, 2025·25m - 114
Breaking New Hampshire's Weirdest Laws
Mar 13, 2025·19m - 115
FtV – The Devil and the Crying Rocks
Mar 10, 2025·18m - 116
Thatcher's Woe
Mar 6, 2025·15m - 117
FtV - Gov. Wentworth's Missing Treasure
Mar 3, 2025·20m - 118
The Ruin of Greenbank's Hollow
Feb 27, 2025·17m - 119
FtV – Hunting Glastonbury's Glawackus
Feb 24, 2025·20m - 120
Lady Fenwick's Restless Spirit
Feb 20, 2025·18m