Podcast 440 – The Luckiest Man in Maine
On June 4, 1980, Edwin Robinson of Falmouth, Maine, was struck by lightning, making him the luckiest man in Maine. […]
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The New England Legends weekly podcast with Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger.
Podcast 439 – The Ghost Town of Livermore
Incorporated in 1876, Livermore, New Hampshire, was a mill and logging town that saw fire, plague, and finally flood over
Podcast 438 – The Face that Witnessed a Murder
On December 15, 1863, a Malden, Massachusetts, bank became the site of America’s first armed bank robbery with a murder.
Podcast 437 – Doomsday Island in the Connecticut River
On November 5, 1873, DeWitt Terry believed the world was going to end. Over 100 people gathered on this Suffield,
Podcast 436 – Frozen Charlotte
In 1843, a poem called “A Corpse Going to a Ball” was published in various newspapers throughout New England. The
Podcast 435 – The Legendary Clock of Providence
Opening in 1891, the Ladd Observatory in Providence, Rhode Island, is home to a literary icon, possibly a ghost, and
Podcast 434 – The Ghost Witch of Maine
Ancient Wabanaki legends speak of a ghost witch called the Skudakumooch who haunts the woods of Maine. In Episode 434,
Podcast 433 – The Wood Devils of Coös County
Since the 1920s, stories of an eight-foot-tall, shaggy, grey-haired creature called the wood devil have lurked around Coos County, New