Episodes

  • The Unsinkable Ida Lewis
    Jul 25 2024

    In Episode 356 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger check out Lime Rock Island in Newport, Rhode Island, to visit the site of a former lighthouse where a brave young woman named Ida Lewis became a national hero in the latter half of the 1800s.

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    19 mins
  • FtV – The Monsters and Mysteries of Lake Willoughby
    Jul 22 2024

    Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 70 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger dive into the legends of Lake Willoughby in Westmore, Vermont. From Devil’s Rock, to a giant serpent, to a mysteries underwater tunnel that may connect to another nearby lake, Willoughby is home to many strange legends. Devil’s Rock is still here, and we found newspaper articles related to the killing of the giant serpent, but could a descendant of that giant beast still be lurking in these cold waters? This episode first aired April 22, 2021.

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    19 mins
  • The Ghost of Bicycle Larry
    Jul 18 2024

    In Episode 355 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Narrow Gauge Volunteer Trail in Randolph, Maine, searching for the ghost of a missing transient locals called Bicycle Larry. He went missing in October of 2004. In December of that year, a local man told his sister where they could find Larry’s body. Larry’s body was never found, but his bike-riding ghost has been seen on the old trail and around town.

    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-355-the-ghost-of-bicycle-larry/

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    16 mins
  • FtV – Slave Traders and Grave Robbers
    Jul 15 2024

    Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 69 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike through a Bristol, Rhode Island, cemetery searching for a burial mound and crime scene. In the woods behind this small cemetery sits a mound of dirt containing the robbed crypt of Captain James DeWolf, a former slave trader who whose grave was desecrated in 1842. Today this crypt is a once-prominent family’s dirty secret. This episode first aired December 3, 2020.

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    19 mins
  • 41 Lunatics Burned to Death
    Jul 11 2024

    In Episode 354 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Dover, New Hampshire, to see the memorial to the Strafford County Lunatic Asylum fire. On February 9, 1893, a fire ravaged the old asylum building killing 41 people inside. The tragedy was an epic failure of a system meant to protect the most vulnerable.

    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-354-41-lunatics-burned-to-death/

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    21 mins
  • FtV - Searching for Uncle Sam
    Jul 4 2024

    Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 68 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive to Mason, New Hampshire, to see the boyhood home of Samuel Wilson, a kid who served the Continental Army by guarding and tending to the livestock, then helped the U.S. cause again during the War of 1812. He’s a guy who cared about his neighbors, and about his country. Though his name was Samuel, most locals knew him simply as: Uncle Sam. We want YOU to hear this podcast. This episode first aired August 6, 2020.

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    16 mins
  • FtV – Greenfield’s Screaming Bridge
    Jun 27 2024

    Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 67 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a drive up to Greenfield, Massachusetts, to explore Eunice Williams Covered Bridge. It was here on March 1, 1704, that Eunice Williams was executed with a tomahawk shortly after the Deerfield Massacre. That event has haunted the community, and would go on to haunt this bridge, ever since. They say on moonless nights you can still hear her scream. This episode first aired March 14, 2019.

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    19 mins
  • FtV – Yo Ho Ho and a Barrel of Buried Rum
    Jun 20 2024

    Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 66 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Liberty Hill Cemetery in Lebanon, Connecticut, where they say there’s a barrel of rum buried beneath one of the headstones. And the word is, there’s a local sea captain who was just dying to get to it. This episode first aired May 30, 2019.

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    15 mins