Podcast 187 – A Banned Beard in Massachusetts
We head to Leominster, Massachusetts, in search of Joseph Palmer and Silas Lampson, two men who were persecuted and even […]
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The New England Legends weekly podcast with Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger.
Podcast 186 – The Demon Vampire of Manchester
In 1793, the body of Consumption victim Rachel Harris Burton was exhumed, her vital organs were cut from her chest,
Podcast 185 – The Deerfield Booms
Between 1834 and 1846, a series of underground explosions rocked Deerfield, New Hampshire, though no source was ever found. In
Podcast 184 – The Strongest Man in New England
In 1909, Elmer Bitgood of Voluntown, Connecticut declared himself to be the strongest man in the world. In Episode 184,
Podcast 183 – The Haunting of Nordica Auditorium
Lillian Nordica, the first American Diva, haunts the auditorium named after her at the University of Maine, Farmington. In Episode
Podcast 182 – Should Have Been the Wife of Simeon Palmer
Elizabeth died in 1776. Her Little Compton, Rhode Island, headstone reads: Should have been the wife of Simeon Palmer. In
Podcast 181 – The Haunted Schoolhouse
In 1870, a schoolhouse in Newburyport, Massachusetts, made headlines when a ghost rattled the students and their teacher. In Episode
Podcast 180 – The Wreck of the Montreal Express
In Episode 178, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Peck’s Hollow in Franklin, Connecticut, in search of Micah Rood’s