Massachusetts – New England Legends

Podcast 315 – The Other Borden Murders

In 1848 Eliza Darling Borden murdered two of her children and then herself in the Second Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, Borden murders you haven’t heard about. In Episode 315 Jeff … Read More

New England Legends September 7, 2023 Podcasts

Podcast 309 – The Westford Knight

On the side of the road in Westford, Massachusetts, sits a carved stone and memorial to a medieval knight said to have died here in 1399. In Episode 309 Jeff … Read More

New England Legends July 27, 2023 Podcasts

Podcast 303 – Hunting the Egopantis of Shirley

In the late 1700s Capt. Smith of Shirley, Massachusetts, shot and killed the last of the Egopantis–a giant monster of a beast whose head is mounted at the Bull Run … Read More

New England Legends June 8, 2023 Podcasts

Podcast 297 – Timothy Dexter: An Idiot Who Failed Upward

In the late 18th century, Lord Timothy Dexter of Newburyport, Massachusetts, made a serious of business blunders that should have ruined him. Instead… he got richer. In Episode 297 Jeff … Read More

New England Legends April 27, 2023 Podcasts

Podcast 291 – A Stone Tomb to Avoid the Devil

In 1873, Hiram Smith was entombed in a boulder carved by masons in the 1860s–they say Hiram wanted an above-ground grave so the Devil couldn’t get him. In Episode 291 … Read More

New England Legends March 16, 2023 Podcasts

Podcast 285 – Westford’s Grey Ghosts

The Westford Academy mascot is the Grey Ghosts. The backstory of this Massachusetts mascot dates back to a Civil War-era haunting. In Episode 285 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger cheer … Read More

New England Legends February 2, 2023 Podcasts

Podcast 279 – America’s First Christmas Card

In 1875, Louis Prang produced America’s first mass-produced Christmas card in his Boston, Massachusetts, factory. In Episode 279 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to the Roxbury section of Boston, … Read More

New England Legends December 22, 2022 Podcasts

Podcast 274 – A Ship Crewed By the Damned

In 1869 the schooner Charles Haskell out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, sank another fishing vessel during a fierce storm. In Episode 274, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail out of Gloucester … Read More

New England Legends November 17, 2022 Podcasts

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