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Recent Podcasts
- The Westford Academy mascot is the Grey Ghosts. The backstory of this Massachusetts mascot dates back to a Civil War-era haunting. In Episode 285 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger cheer Westford Academy’s football team in Massachusetts. Their mascot is the Grey Ghosts. How they cam …
- On October 22, 1922, Emil Schutte of Haddam, Connecticut, hanged for murder. Today his former land is known as Cremation Hill. In Episode 284 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Haddam, Connecticut, to a location officially known as Cremation Hill — a place where …
- In November of 1883, the body of Caleb Brown was exhumed at the Rhode Island State Burial Grounds in Cranston, but his head was missing. In Episode 283 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the former Rhode Island State Burial Grounds in Cranston, searching for …
- In October 1937, the quiet of Paris, Maine, was shattered by a brutal double murder. Two people were convicted, but no one is sure whodunnit. In Episode 282 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Paris, Maine, to investigate the unsolved murders of Dr. and …
- In 1966, Granite Stater Ralph Baer invented the home video game console. His device would give rise to a huge, multi-billion dollar industry. In Episode 281 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll Heritage Park in Manchester, New Hampshire, in search of the statue of a …
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 …