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Podcast 272 – The Phineas Gage Incident

In 1848 Phineas Gage was impaled by an iron rod while working on the railroad south of Cavendish, Vermont. In […]

In 1978, an eight-foot-tall humanoid giant Bigfoot-type creature made it into the newspapers of Craftsbury, Vermont. In Episode 265, Jeff

From the Vault: We search for Hilda Stone, the Bootlegger Queen of Vermont. In Episode 259, Jeff Belanger and Ray

On October 16, 1780, Hannah Handy rescued nine Royalton, Vermont, children who were taken prisoner in a British raid. In

Between 2002 and 2006, a Norman Rockwell masterpiece painting called Breaking Home Tie hung in the Rockwell museum. But the

Since 1980, Bristol, Vermont, has held an annual Outhouse Race every July 4th. In Episode 242, Jeff Belanger and Ray

In 1793, Samuel Morey invented a steamship and sailed it along the Connecticut River. Today the inventor’s ghost haunts the

Built in 1904 by inventor, captain of industry, and one-time Vermont governor, James Hartness, this Springfield, Vermont mansion holds many