Rhode Island – New England Legends

Podcast 459 – The Ghost Who Convicted a Murder

In 1673, Rebecca Cornell of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, was found burned up in her bedroom. The accusation of her ghost

A military fort was built on Rose Island off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, in 1798, since then a

In August of 1914, a series of riots due to rising food prices broke out in the Federal Hill section

In 1877, Slate Rock, AKA What Cheer Rock mysteriously vanished in Providence, Rhode Island. The rock was on its way

Built in 1795, the haunted Kent County Jail in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, has seen countless criminals and more than

In a remote section of Burrillville, Rhode Island, sits an old family burial ground haunted by the ghost of Laura

On May 26, 1826, a murder rocked the town of Chepachet, Rhode Island. Today a marker commemorated the gruesome event.

In 1822, Michele Felice Cornè moved to Newport, Rhode Island, and convinced his friends and neighbors that you can eat