New England Legends Podcast
Episodes
FtV – The Deerfield Booms
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 115 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Deerfield, New Hampshire, in search of a 1...
The Haunting of Hell Hollow
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 396 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive down Hell Hollow Road in Voluntown, Connecticut, searching for the Witch of Hell Hollow and a solitar...
FtV - The Curse of Brunswick Springs
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 114 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the cursed Brunswick Springs in northeastern...
Hunting a Two-Ton Monster in Rhode Island
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 395 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive down I-95 just south of Providence, Rhode Island, searching for a huge monster who lurks near the hig...
FtV - The Pitcher Man of Goose River Bridge
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 113 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel to Rockport, Maine, to explore the haunting...
America’s First Documented Haunting
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 394 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Sullivan, Maine, to explore the sad and tragic tale of Nelly Butler. She died young in 1797… but ...
FtV - The Nuclear Secrets of Vampire House
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 112 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll through the Aroostook National Wildlife Ref...
The Blue Lady of Vale End Cemetery
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 393 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate Vale End Cemetery in Wilton, New Hampshire, searching for a ghost known as the Blue Lady. But w...
FtV - The Witches of Westerly
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 111 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Westerly, Rhode Island, in search of witch...
The Plymouth Sea Serpent
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 392 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Plymouth, Massachusetts search for a giant sea serpent that as spotted here by multip...
FtV – The Dinglehole
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 110 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger walk up to a tiny pond in Millis, Massachusetts, t...
The Ghost of Whipple Hollow
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 391 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate the haunted ruins of Whipple Hollow near West Rutland, Vermont. Back in 1938, a ghost sighting ...
FtV – A Boston Book Bound in Human Skin
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 109 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Boston Athenaeum in search of a rare b...
The Father of Laughing Gas
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 390 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the story of Dr. Horace Wells of Hartford, Connecticut, a dentist who attended a nitrous oxide expe...
FtV – The Second Coming of Jemima Wilkinson
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 108 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Ledyard, Connecticut, to investigate the d...
The Haunting of the Nathanael Greene Homestead
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 389 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate the haunted Nathanael Greene Homestead in Coventry, Rhode Island. Built in 1770, the stately Co...
FtV - The Strange Legends of Mt. Moosilauke
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 107 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike the Appalachian Trail up to Mt. Moosilauke ne...
The Beals Island Giant
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 388 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Beals Island, Maine, searching for the legend of Barnabas Coffin Beal III who died in 1899. Better ...
FtV - A Haunted House in Portsmouth
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 106 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Union Street in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, ...
Breaking New Hampshire’s Weirdest Laws
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 387 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to New Hampshire to break some of their strangest laws. From sugar containers, to trash pickup, to har...
FtV – The Devil and the Crying Rocks
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 105 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods around School House Pond in Char...
Thatcher’s Woe
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 386 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger row out to Thatcher’s Island off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts, to find the site of a horrific mar...
FtV - Gov. Wentworth’s Missing Treasure
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 104 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger search for Governor John Wentworth’s missing tre...
The Ruin of Greenbank’s Hollow
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 385 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the ruin of Greenbank’s Hollow in Danville, Vermont. Though today the site is a collection of cel...
FtV – Hunting Glastonbury’s Glawackus
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 103 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive around Glastonbury, Connecticut, in search o...
Lady Fenwick’s Restless Spirit
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 384 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger search for an ancient ghost haunting Saybrook Point in Connecticut. Today there’s a park that holds the r...
FtV – The Devil Made Me Do It
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 102 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Brookfield, Connecticut, to examine the in...
Newport’s Mystery Tower
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 383 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate an ancient stone tower in the heart of Newport, Rhode Island. Some suggest the tower was once a...
FtV - The Haunted Homestead of Daniel Benton
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 101 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger check out the haunted Daniel Benton Homestead in T...
The Hobgoblins of Springvale
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 382 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate a haunting that dates back 1872 in the village of Springvale, Maine. The paranormal activity wa...
FtV - Rockland’s Ghostly Severed Head
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 100 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel back to October of 1940 in Rockland, Maine,...
Madame Sherri’s Haunted Castle
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 381 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the ruins of Madame Sherri’s castle in the woods of Chesterfield, New Hampshire. Built in the ear...
FtV - The Ghost of Nancy Barton
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 99 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods around the Notchland Inn in Hart’...
The Indian Lake What-Is-It
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 380 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger check out the shores of Indian Lake in Worcester, Massachusetts. Back in 1904, a strange creature was witne...
FtV - The Adventures of John Capon Adams
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 98 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Bay Path Cemetery in Charlton, Massachusetts,...
Vermont’s UFO Invasion
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 379 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate a rash of UFO sightings that took place in East Richford, Vermont, back in 1982. From black tri...
FtV - Mercy Brown: The Rhode Island Vampire
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 97 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head over the area surrounding Archer’s Pond and ...
People in Glass Houses...
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 378 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to New Canaan, Connecticut, to see an architectural masterpiece called the Glass House. Designed and b...
FtV – Archer’s Pond Curse
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 96 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head over the area surrounding Archer’s Pond and ...
FtV - The Ghost of Elsie
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 95 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger park alongside Evergreen Cemetery on Route 67 in Ne...
FtV – Gardner Lake’s Phantom Piano
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 94 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Gardner Lake in Salem, Connecticut, on a ques...
FtV - The Rod Men of Middletown
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 93 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger try their hands at dowsing rods in Middletown, Verm...
FtV - The Jingle Bells Scandal
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 92 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the controversial roots of the song “Jing...
Christmas Made in New England
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 377 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend the Christmas holiday unwrapping some iconic toys invented and manufactured right here in New England...
FtV – A Hermit Named Coffin in the Desert of Maine
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 91 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Freeport to explore the Desert of Maine. Wh...
Haunting the Ladd School
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 376 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate Exeter, Rhode Island, to see the former site of the Ladd School. Built in 1908, the former Rhod...
FtV – The Druid’s Chair and Witch’s Altar
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 90 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods of Narragansett, Rhode Island, in s...
A Ghostly Cry for Justice in Dixmont
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 375 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate a haunted home in Dixmont, Maine, that made the news back in 1905 because a ghost—believed to...
FtV – The Vampire of Cumberland
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 89 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger search for a vampire buried in a tiny family cemetery...
A Weird New England Thanksgiving Feast
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 374 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sit down to a weird Thanksgiving feast New England style! We celebrate some of the food and beverage produc...
FtV – The Stone Throwing Devil
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 88 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to New Castle, New Hampshire, in search of a sto...
New Hampshire’s First Execution
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 373 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a neighborhood in Concord, New Hampshire, to see what’s left of the original New Hampshire State ...
FtV – Revere’s Ghostly Pirate
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 87 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to the Point of Pines section of Revere, Massach...
The Hermit of Erving Castle
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 372 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike the woods of Erving, Massachusetts, searching for the former “castle” of the hermit John Smith who...
FtV – Midnight Mary in Evergreen Cemetery
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 86 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut,...
A Snob’s Mausoleum
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 371 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a grave in the woods of West Windsor, Vermont. In 1934, Vermont’s eccentric and snobby poet laure...
FtV – Halloween at the Lizzie Borden House
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 85 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger go trick-or-treating at the haunted Lizzie Borden Hou...
Halloween Drama: The Vengeful Corpse
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 370: for Halloween we spin the tale of an old Inner Sanctum radio drama. It’s the story of a ghostly, murderous witch who returns from the g...
FtV – The Pigman of Northfield
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 84 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive up to Northfield, Vermont, with a bucket of slo...
The Essex Ghost with a Nose for Beer
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 369 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate a haunt from 1915 in Essex, Connecticut. Strange knocks on the wall got a lot of newspaper cove...
FtV - Two Legends of Matinicus Rock Lighthouse
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 83 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail out to Matinicus Rock Lighthouse off the coast o...
The Haunted Fleur de Lys
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 368 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the haunted Fleur de Lys building in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1885 by artist Sydney Richm...
FtV - Narragansett Rune Stone
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 82 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger walk the shores of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island s...
Ghost Camp
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 367 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate Camp Etna in Maine. This Spiritualist camp has been around since 1876. It’s a place for mediu...
FtV – The Old Coot of Bellow Pipe Trail
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 81 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike Mt. Greylock near Adams, Massachusetts, in searc...
A Charlestown Bank Heist Gone Wrong
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 366 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Charlestown, New Hampshire, to witness the 1850 robbery of the Connecticut River Bank. The bandits ...
FtV - Vermont’s Psychic Eddy Brothers
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 80 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive up to the Highlife Ski Club Building in Chitten...
Johnny Appleseed’s Secret
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 365 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Leominster, Massachusetts, to search for the birthplace of John Chapman, an eccentric orchardist wh...
FtV - A Terrible Mountain
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 79 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike the foreboding Terrible Mountain in Andover, Ver...
The Strange Disappearance of Professor King
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 364 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head back to the year 1873 to attend the county fair in Hyde Park, Vermont. The guys witness the launch of ...
FtV - The Tragic Tale of the Tarboxer
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 78 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger are caught in a brutal winter storm by Sebago Lake in...
Stalking Monsters in Rocky Hill
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 363 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Rocky Hill, Connecticut, searching for a 200 million-year-old monster called Dilophosaurus. This mo...
FtV – The Enfield Shakers Murder
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 77 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the haunted grounds of the Enfield, New Hampsh...
The Ghost of Mad Maggie
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 362 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the haunted Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island, searching for the story behind the ghost of Mad M...
FtV – Harbor Master Andre the Seal
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 76 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Rockport Harbor in Maine, searc...
The Weary Club of Maine
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 361 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the Weary Club of Norway, Maine, to explore the 102-year history of this unique social club. Founded ...
FtV – Committed at Fairfield Hills Hospital
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 75 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive up to the remains of Fairfield Hills Mental Hos...
The Haunted Frost House
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 360 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the haunted Frost Sawyer Tavern and Three Chimneys Inn in Durham, New Hampshire. With the oldest se...
FtV – The Boon Island Cannibals
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 74 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail out to Boon Island, Maine, in search of the lege...
Ted Williams’s Frozen Head
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 359 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, to explore the story behind Red Sox legend Ted Williams’s uni...
FtV – Pembroke’s Murder Pillar
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 73 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate the Pembroke, New Hampshire, Murder Pilla...
Searching for a U.S. President in Vermont
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 358 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Fairfield, Vermont, searching for the controversial birthplace of 21st U.S. President Chester A. Arth...
FtV - New England’s Darkest Day
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 72 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger mark the one-year anniversary of the podcast in the d...
The Leatherman
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 357 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike the woods of Watertown, Connecticut, searching for one of the Leatherman’s caves. Back in the latter...
FtV – The Haunting of Nordica Auditorium
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 71 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the haunted Nordica Auditorium on the campus ...
The Unsinkable Ida Lewis
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 356 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger check out Lime Rock Island in Newport, Rhode Island, to visit the site of a former lighthouse where a brave...
FtV – The Monsters and Mysteries of Lake Willoughby
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 70 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger dive into the legends of Lake Willoughby in Westmore,...