Strange New England Podcast

Strange New England
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A compendium of New England strangeness, paranormal or historical. Join host Tom Burby as he investigates some of the regions oddest happenings, most interesting personalities and unsolved mysteries.

  1. Walter Franklin Prince and the Fire Spook

    08/06/2025

    Walter Franklin Prince and the Fire Spook

    The problem with ghost stories is that they, like ghosts themselves, are only barely there. They’re witnessed by one or two people. What is witnessed can take many forms:  a…

    1h 5m
  2. People Who Aren’t Really There…

    03/05/2025

    People Who Aren’t Really There…

    “Yesterday upon the stair,I met a man who wasn’t there. He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away… When I came home last night at three…

    27 min
  3. The Last Tree in the Meadow -a Ghost Story

    08/10/2024

    The Last Tree in the Meadow -a Ghost Story

    NOTE: The following story contains description of a suicide and may not be suitable for younger listeners.  Ghosts are old companions. They’ve been with us since the very beginning. Go…

    18 min
  4. The Light in the Barn

    10/19/2023

    The Light in the Barn

    I was ten years old when my grandfather died. He died in his sleep during the cold February night with his rosary in his hands. My cousin had to break…

    27 min
  5. The Minister’s Black Veil & Patience Boston

    08/04/2023

    The Minister’s Black Veil & Patience Boston

    It’s a warm July Sunday in 1745. You’re sitting in your pew at the First Church of York, Maine, waiting for the service to begin. It is a quiet time,…

    40 min
  6. The Strange Voyage of the Charles Haskell

    07/01/2023

    The Strange Voyage of the Charles Haskell

    A ghost story is usually a solitary thing. It lives by itself and doesn’t go out much and by its nature, is solitary and lonesome. A ghost story is the…

    21 min

  7. 03/04/2023

    The Charming Man of the North Woods

    You’ve heard a lot of stories about the old days in the deep woods of northern Maine, when river drivers cut the trees and moved the logs into the rivers,…

    22 min
  8. The Phantom Trains of the North Woods

    07/23/2022

    The Phantom Trains of the North Woods

    There are trains in the forest that run on their own schedules, trains whose origins and destinations are as mysterious as forest itself. These are some of their tales.

    17 min
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A compendium of New England strangeness, paranormal or historical. Join host Tom Burby as he investigates some of the regions oddest happenings, most interesting personalities and unsolved mysteries.

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  • Creator
    Strange New England
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 Strange New England
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