New England Legends Podcast

In Episode 64 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel to Lobster Lake in Piscataquis, Maine, in search of a giant white moose that's been reported since 1891. Witnesses say the animal was a greyish white, and twice the size of a normal moose. For almost 50 years the sightings continued. Was it some rare version of Maine's most iconic animal, or was it something more paranormal? Join us as we go hunting legends in the woods of central Maine!

Recorded LIVE Halloween morning! In Episode 63 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger takeover Ray's morning show on MY FM 101.3 to talk Halloween origins, legends, you get to hear two songs Jeff and Ray recorded previously, they talk scary movies, childhood memories, candy, and more! Please note this episode is not our typical format. We'll be back to our normal (well... normal for us) stories next week. Happy Halloween!

Recorded LIVE Halloween morning! In Episode 63 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger takeover Ray's morning show on MY FM 101.3 to talk Halloween origins, legends, you get to hear two songs Jeff and Ray recorded previously, they talk scary movies, childhood memories, candy, and more! Please note this episode is not our typical format. We'll be back to our normal (well... normal for us) stories next week. Happy Halloween!

In Episode 62 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger cruise down to Monroe, Connecticut, in search of Hannah Cranna: The Wicked Witch of Monroe. Hannah died in 1860 and was loathed by everyone in town. She used her witchy reputation to get things she needed like food and firewood. If she didn't get her way, she was known to throw curses around like confetti. Many say she still haunts the road near her grave. Perhaps her final curse is still being executed...

In Episode 62 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger cruise down to Monroe, Connecticut, in search of Hannah Cranna: The Wicked Witch of Monroe. Hannah died in 1860 and was loathed by everyone in town. She used her witchy reputation to get things she needed like food and firewood. If she didn't get her way, she was known to throw curses around like confetti. Many say she still haunts the road near her grave. Perhaps her final curse is still being executed...

In Episode 61 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.

In Episode 61 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.

In Episode 60 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head over the area surrounding Archer's Pond in Ossipee, New Hampshire, in search of ghosts, curses, plagues, and the story behind an alleged mass murder. So many legends swirl around this place that it's tough to know where to begin, but after searching news archives and town records, we find there's something to all of the stories.

In Episode 60 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head over the area surrounding Archer's Pond in Ossipee, New Hampshire, in search of ghosts, curses, plagues, and the story behind an alleged mass murder. So many legends swirl around this place that it's tough to know where to begin, but after searching news archives and town records, we find there's something to all of the stories.

In Episode 59 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head over to Stockbridge Cemetery in the Berkshires of Massachusetts in search of pie... Sedgwick Pie, that is. The Sedgwick Pie is a unique configuration of graves and headstones inside the cemetery surrounding Theodore and Pamela Sedgwick. This family has ties to famous historical figures, pop culture celebrities, and a unique legend we've found nowhere else!

In Episode 59 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head over to Stockbridge Cemetery in the Berkshires of Massachusetts in search of pie... Sedgwick Pie, that is. The Sedgwick Pie is a unique configuration of graves and headstones inside the cemetery surrounding Theodore and Pamela Sedgwick. This family has ties to famous historical figures, pop culture celebrities, and a unique legend we've found nowhere else!

In Episode 58 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger saunter into Green Mount Cemetery in Vermont's capital city of Montpelier in search of the Black Agnes grave. They say if you sit on the statue’s lap... it would be bad. Very bad. But how did this grave earn that reputation? How is the person buried here tied to the local library? Do Jeff and Ray dare to test this legend?

In Episode 58 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger saunter into Green Mount Cemetery in Vermont's capital city of Montpelier in search of the Black Agnes grave. They say if you sit on the statue’s lap... it would be bad. Very bad. But how did this grave earn that reputation? How is the person buried here tied to the local library? Do Jeff and Ray dare to test this legend?

In Episode 57 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail out to Matinicus Rock Lighthouse off the coast of Maine in search of two legends. For years, lighthouse keepers and coast guard staff claimed the facility was haunted. But this facility is also the former home of a hero -- Abbie Burgess -- a young girl who, in 1856 saved her family from a brutal storm, and saved countless sailors and ships during some of the roughest seas this tiny island had ever endured. Could these two legends be more intertwined than previously thought?

In Episode 57 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sail out to Matinicus Rock Lighthouse off the coast of Maine in search of two legends. For years, lighthouse keepers and coast guard staff claimed the facility was haunted. But this facility is also the former home of a hero -- Abbie Burgess -- a young girl who, in 1856 saved her family from a brutal storm, and saved countless sailors and ships during some of the roughest seas this tiny island had ever endured. Could these two legends be more intertwined than previously thought?