Podcast 269 – The Ghost Ship Sea Bird
In the fall of 1750, the ghost ship Sea Brid beached itself in Newport, Rhode Island. The crew were never seen again. In Episode 269, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger …
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Podcast 147 – The Gravelly Point Pirates
In Episode 147, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the grounds around Newport Harbor Lighthouse in Rhode Island, because it’s here that 26 men are buried somewhere below the picturesque …
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New England Legends Extra: The Graham Disaster at the Rose Island Lighthouse
On August 7, 1958, disaster struck the waters right off of Rose Island. In a heavy fog, two tankers collided near Fort Adams. The flaming wreck of the Graham floated …
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Podcast 126 – The Beaver Trout of Vermont
In Episode 126, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger go ice fishing for the legendary beaver trout on Lake Memphremagog in northern Vermont. Since the time of the Civil War anglers …
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Podcast 119 – The Mother of Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! In Episode 119, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Newport, New Hampshire, the 1788 birthplace of Sarah Josepha Hale. Hale not only wrote the most famous nursery rhyme …
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Podcast 68 – Laughed to Death in Newport
In Episode 68, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the streets of Newport, Rhode Island, in search of the story behind 20-year-old Rosa Walker, who, according to dozens of 1878 …
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