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Recent Podcasts
- For Halloween, we spin the tale of an old Inner Sanctum radio drama to explore the haunting and murderous Vengeful Corpse. Episode 370: for Halloween we spin the tale of an old Inner Sanctum radio drama. It’s the story of a ghostly, murderous witch who …
- In 1915, a small farmhouse in Essex, Connecticut, got a reputation as being haunted by a ghost who knew where to find beer. In Episode 369 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate a haunt from 1915 in Essex, Connecticut. Strange knocks on the wall got …
- Built in 1885, Providence’s Fleur de Lys building is haunted by the ghost of artist Angela O’Leary. In Episode 368 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the haunted Fleur de Lys building in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1885 by artist Sydney Richmond Burleigh, the …
- Camp Etna in Maine was established in 1876. It’s been a Spiritualist Camp ever since. In Episode 367 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate Camp Etna in Maine. This Spiritualist camp has been around since 1876. It’s a place for mediums and psychics to offer …
- In June of 1850, Abijah Larned and an accomplice robbed the Connecticut River Bank in Charlestown, New Hampshire, making off with all the loot. They lost it hours later. In Episode 366 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Charlestown, New Hampshire, to witness the …
Recent Video Segments
- Roger Williams is the founder of Rhode Island, but by the time of his death in 1683, most of his political cache had been used up. He was buried in an unassuming family plot in Providence. But almost two centuries …
- Set to the eerie photography of Frank Grace, some of New England’s leading authorities on spooks and legends share the history and haunts of the region. The documentary includes the making of the stage show, plus in-depth interviews that explore …
- Did Battle of Bennington P.O.W. Hendrick Roddemore put up the first decorated Christmas tree in New England in a tiny shack in Windsor Locks, Connecticut in 1777? Jeff Belanger finds out the real story in this episode of New England …
- We’re proud to announce the first episode of Season 2 of the New England Legends TV series is now streaming! “The Bloody Pit: The Hoosac Tunnel.” You can watch it on Amazon Prime right now! See the trailer below:
- In 2017, Jeff Belanger sat down with Laurie Cabot, the Official Witch of Salem, Massachusetts. Cabot discusses her life, her arrival in Salem in 1969, the history of witchcraft, Samhain and Halloween, and the role she played in turning the …