Podcast 25 – Paul Bunyan’s Controversial Birthplace
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger delve into the story of Paul Bunyan, America’s most famous lumberjack. Many say he hails from the Great Lakes region, but one city in Maine …
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Podcast 24 – Connecticut’s Fairy Village
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the ruins of Little People Village in the woods of Middlebury, Connecticut. Who built these miniature stone houses, and why? Is this forest haunted …
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Podcast 23 – The Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the folk legend of Levi Beebe, the Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain in Lee, Massachusetts, who predicted the devastating Blizzard of 1888 that claimed …
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Podcast 22 – Fingernail Freddy
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods around Camp Ker-Anna in Cumberland, Rhode Island, in search of Fingernail Freddy and Hot Shot Charlie; two reclusive men/monsters who are said …
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Podcast 21 – Boston’s Molasses Disaster
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Boston Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919, that left 21 people dead and 150 injured. What happened and why? Could it have been …
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Podcast 20 – Ruth Blay Haunts Us
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate the story behind an obscure quilt in a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, museum. Ruth Blay was hanged for what was found inside this quilt in …
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Podcast 19 – Vermont’s Frozen People
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a story from the Montpelier region of Vermont that’s been kicking around since the 1880s about a poor family who didn’t have enough food …
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Podcast 18 – The Jingle Bells Scandal
The 2017 New England Legends Podcast Holiday Musical Spectacular! Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the controversial roots of the song “Jingle Bells,” and its connection to Medford and Boston, …
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