120 episodes

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!

New England Legends Podcast Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 898 Ratings

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!

    FtV - Vermont’s Witch Trial

    FtV - Vermont’s Witch Trial

    Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 52 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Pownal, Vermont, to explore the witch trial of the widow Mrs. Krieger. In 1765, the widow Krieger was accused of being in league with the devil. She was given a choice to face one of two horrible tests to see if she was indeed a witch. Though a century had passed since Salem’s infamous trials, belief in New England witches has not gone away. This episode first aired October 14, 2021.
     
    Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

    • 21 min
    The Dream Pond Murders

    The Dream Pond Murders

    In Episode 340 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Dream Pond in Fairfield, Vermont, in search of clues that could solve an 1841 double murder. After Eugene Clifford tragically loses his wife and infant daughter on a stormy day on Fairfield Pond, his neighbor has a profound dream that gnaws at her until she makes a startling discovery. Was it an accident or murder?
     
    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-340-the-dream-pond-murders/
     
    Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

    • 20 min
    FtV - A Tombstone Every Mile in the Haunted Haynesville Woods

    FtV - A Tombstone Every Mile in the Haunted Haynesville Woods

    Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 51 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a drive down Route 2A through Haynesville, Maine, to see a road so treacherous and haunted, it inspired a 1965 country song by Dick Curless. Behind the song, though, are countless stories of vehicle accidents and strange encounters on this road that may cause you to slow down and look twice. Be warned, Jeff brought his guitar on this trip, and Ray may have sung some of Dick Curless’s song. This episode first aired August 12, 2021.
     
    Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

    • 27 min
    Rev. Phelps’ Haunted Mansion

    Rev. Phelps’ Haunted Mansion

    In Episode 339 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a nightmare on Elm Street in Stratford, Connecticut, where in 1850 Rev. Phelps and his family were plagued by poltergeist and haunting activity so profound it made all the newspapers. Though the mansion was torn down in the 1970s, the story lingers. 
     
    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-339-rev-phelps-haunted-mansion/
     
    Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

    • 21 min
    FtV – Connecticut’s Melon Heads

    FtV – Connecticut’s Melon Heads

    Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 50 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger motor down Dracula Drive in Trumbull, Connecticut, in search of the mysterious Melon Heads. These small humanoids with enormous heads have been talked about in southwestern Connecticut for more than half a century. But who are they? Some monster? An alien? Or something else? This episode first aired September 13, 2018.
     
    Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

    • 24 min
    The Burning of the Great Gaspee

    The Burning of the Great Gaspee

    In Episode 338 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the shores of Narragansetts Bay in Warwick, Rhode Island, to the see the site where Rhode Islanders led by John Brown attacked the HMS Gaspee and her overzealous crew in 1772. Could this shot have been the actual first shot fired in the Revolutionary War?
     
    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-338-the-burning-of-the-great-gaspee/
     
    Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

    • 18 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
898 Ratings

898 Ratings

StarkTargaryen430 ,

Love this podcast!!

The after the legend talk on the FtV episode about the Molasses disaster was really great!

Marney E ,

New England Legends

Love this podcast! Loved episode 321 From the 9th hole to the moon! My mom was a child and was there when they unveiled the monument. Her dog ran up and peed on the monument right after they unveiled it. I grew up selling lemonade and golf balls on Pakachoag golf course.

james0980! ,

New Englander by heart

I enjoy your podcast so much! Learning about the history and legends of New England is something that have always loved. I don’t live in New England right now. But after my first visit to Boston and Salem years ago. I was hooked, it felt like I belonged there. Tracing my family roots back to Massachusetts and Connecticut in the 1600s.

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