Recent Podcasts
In the 1920s during the height of Prohibition, Carl Rettich ran Rhode Island bootlegging with an iron fist and cement shoes. In Episode 344 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Warwick Neck, Rhode Island, to search for the Crime Castle of Carl Rettich. In the …
In 1847, Hanson Crockett Gregory of Rockport, Maine, invented the donut while working as a ship’s cook on a schooner. In Episode 343 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail the harbor of Rockport, Maine, to witness the birth of the donut. In 1847, a young …
On September 15, 1855 Lizzie Bourne, her cousin, and uncle attempted to summit Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. The climb ended in tragedy. In Episode 342 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike New England’s tallest peak in search of a marker that commemorates where Lizzie …
In 1792, Valentine Bagley and his ship’s crew were marooned in the deserts of Arabia. He swore if he survived he’d go home and dig a well in Amesbury, Massachusetts. In Episode 341 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger grab a drink at the Captain’s Well …
On a stormy October day in 1841 Eugene Clifford set out in a rowboat on Fairfield Pond with his wife and infant daughter. Was it an accident or murder? In Episode 340 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Dream Pond in Fairfield, …
Recent Video Segments
Roger Williams is the founder of Rhode Island, but by the time of his death in 1683, most of his political cache had been used up. He was buried in an unassuming family plot in Providence. But almost two centuries …
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 …