Podcast 254 – Hannah Handy the Hero of Royalton
On October 16, 1780, Hannah Handy rescued nine Royalton, Vermont, children who were taken prisoner in a British raid. In […]
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The New England Legends weekly podcast with Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger.
Podcast 253 – Suicide Pond
In June of 1819, Hannah Chase took her own life in a pond in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the day before her
Podcast 252 – The Darn Man of Windham County
In the mid-1800s, a colorful vagabond called the Darn Man wandered Windham County, Connecticut, waiting for his lost bride to
Podcast 251 – Nellie Vaughn: Vampire? Witch? Ghost?
Nellie Vaughn died March 31, 1889 at the age of 19. Decades later she was thought to be a vampire,
Podcast 250 – The Smuttynose Island Murders
On March 5, 1873, two women were brutally murdered on Smuttynose Island in Maine. A third narrowly escaped with her
Podcast 249 – Holyoke’s Eyrie House Ruins
On April 13, 1901, William Street’s Eyrie House Inn burned up in a funeral pyre gone horribly wrong. In Episode
Podcast 248 – The Legend of the Norman Rockwell Switcheroo
Between 2002 and 2006, a Norman Rockwell masterpiece painting called Breaking Home Tie hung in the Rockwell museum. But the
Podcast 247 – Cling-Clang: New England’s Vaulting Peddler
In the late 19th-centruy an eccentric peddler called Cling Clang earned his way into legend by traveling the coast of