New England Legends Podcast

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The Man Who Only Spoke Twice Oct 23, 2025

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In Episode 419 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel to Portland, Maine, to search for John L. Aitchison, the man, they say, who only spoke twice. Back in 1864, something happened to 44-year-old Aitchison that made him quit every part of life. For the rest of his days he didn't work, didn't venture outside, and spoke only twice.

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FtV - The Witch of Pepperell Oct 20, 2025

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Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 137 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger search for the lost village of North Pepperell, Massachusetts. Once a bustling center of commerce back in the early 1800s, all that's left today are a few cellar holes and former foundations sinking into the woods. The reason the village disappeared is because of a witch's curse placed on the town after the locals drove out a peculiar old woman by branding her face. This episode first aired June 10, 2021

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The Dublin Lake Monster Oct 16, 2025

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In Episode 418 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger row out on Dublin Lake in Dublin, New Hampshire, to search for a strange lake monster and possible UFO crash site that only dates back to the early 1980s. The stories have made the news and books over the years, but how did it all begin?

See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-418-the-dublin-lake-monster/

Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

Buy Jeff Belanger's new book Wicked Strange New England on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4lMkM3G

Check out Jeff's new underground publication Shadow Zine! https://shadowzine.com/

Listen to Ray's Local Raydio! https://localraydio.com/

FtV – The Ghost Who Built a Bridge Oct 13, 2025

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Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 136 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a drive up Lakeside Avenue in Burlington, Vermont, searching for a train bridge built by a ghost. In June of 1900, Mary Blair was killed crossing the train tracks in front of the Queen City Cotton Mill. The event triggered a haunting that made the newspapers, with reports coming from inside the mill late at night, and out on the tracks where the accident occurred. This episode first aired June 3, 2021

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The Ghost Towns of the Quabbin Oct 09, 2025

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In Episode 417 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the ghost towns in and around the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts. In the 1930s, the towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott, Massachusetts with a combined population of about 2,500 people had to disincorporate in order for the Swift River Valley to flood and form the reservoir needed for Boston's drinking water. What was left behind were scars, haunts, mysteries, and maybe a dirty secret many would rather not know about.

See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-417-the-ghost-towns-of-the-quabbin/

Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

Buy Jeff Belanger's new book Wicked Strange New England on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4lMkM3G

Check out Jeff's new underground publication Shadow Zine! https://shadowzine.com/

Listen to Ray's Local Raydio! https://localraydio.com/

FtV – Franklin's Cursed Apple Oct 06, 2025

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Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 134 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Peck's Hollow in Franklin, Connecticut, in search of Micah Rood's former farm and a cursed apple tree that dates back to an alleged murder from the early 1700s. For many decades, folks in eastern Connecticut had to wonder when they bit into a Mike apple if those red specs were just pigmentation, or drops of blood from a murdered French peddler. This episode first aired January 14, 2021

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Pirate Pierre Mallett's Millions Oct 02, 2025

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In Episode 416 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Coates Island and the surrounding bay on Lake Champlain in Colchester, Vermont, searching for the lost treasure of the alleged pirate Pierre Mallett. In the 1760s, a strange man arrived at this bay and lived as a recluse the rest of his days. Many years after his death, a letter arrived from France opening a mystery of potentially millions in lost treasure still out there.

See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-416-pirate-pierre-malletts-millions/

Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

Buy Jeff Belanger's new book Wicked Strange New England on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4lMkM3G

Check out Jeff's new underground publication Shadow Zine! https://shadowzine.com/

Listen to Ray's Local Raydio! https://localraydio.com/

FtV - The Bugbee Family Murder Mystery Sep 29, 2025

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Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 134 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to High Street in Lancaster, New Hampshire, to the site of an 1880 unsolved serial murder that took the lives of six people in two adjacent houses. Was it a contagious illness, or poison? Authorities were torn, but one young woman had the motive. This episode first aired April 2, 2020

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The South Canaan Maniac Sep 25, 2025

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In Episode 415 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Sand Hill Cemetery in South Canaan, Connecticut, searching for the grave of Miles Blodgett. His grave was ground zero for a horrific event that took place in 1878 when the man later dubbed the South Canaan Maniac approached the grave with a shovel and the intent of resurrecting the dead boy below.

See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-415-the-south-canaan-maniac/

Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

Buy Jeff Belanger's new book Wicked Strange New England on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4lMkM3G

Check out Jeff's new underground publication Shadow Zine! https://shadowzine.com/

Listen to Ray's Local Raydio! https://localraydio.com/

FtV - Nine Men's Misery Sep 22, 2025

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Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 133 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods around the old monastery in Cumberland, Rhode Island, in search of nine ghosts said to haunt this forest. Back in March of 1676 during the King Philip's War, something horrific happened on these grounds, and though that may be the beginning of the haunt, it's not the end of the story. More than a century later something happened that made a bad place worse. We're on the trail of ghostly apparitions and disembodied screams at Nine Men's Misery. This episode first aired October 18, 2018

Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

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