Recent Podcasts
In 1900, Louis Lassen of New Haven, Connecticut, served the nation’s first hamburger sandwich, launching a global icon. In Episode 302 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut, home of (according to the United States Library of Congress), America’s first …
Built in 1763, the Stephen Harris house in Providence, Rhode Island, was haunted from its earliest day. The story inspired H.P. Lovecraft to write The Shunned House. In Episode 301 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll historic Benefit Street in Providence, Rhode Island, to visit …
Between 1931 and 1975, Ray Phillips lived as a hermit in a shack on the desolate Manana Island, Maine. In Episode 300 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail out to Monhegan Island, about ten miles off the coast of Maine, searching for a hermit named …
In 1945 two desperadoes were captured in Concord, New Hampshire. Their life of crime ended in a police station turned Mexican restaurant that’s haunted by a ghost named George. In Episode 299 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate a former Concord, New Hampshire, police station …
Maggie Little lived her 91 years wandering northern Vermont looking for adventures and becoming the most photographed person at Lake Memphremagog. In Episode 298 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont, searching for Little Maggie, the most photographed …
Recent Video Segments
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 …
In this extra from Episode 5: Eccentrics and Mad Scientists of the New England Legends television series, we take a deeper dive into the central courtyard of Hammond Castle in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Jeff Belanger takes a tour with curator John …