Aug 29, 2024
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 on fat-shewing and whittling, this club prides themselves on being, “The makers and dealers of social gossip and Yankee philosophy.” But how did it start?
See more...
Aug 26, 2024
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 Hospital in Newtown, Connecticut. Opened in 1933, Fairfield Hills was touted as the latest and greatest in the treatment of people whose “minds have become deranged with...
Aug 22, 2024
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 section of the building dating back to 1649, it’s bound to have a ghost or two knocking around, but who is haunting the building and why? This old building was once home...
Aug 19, 2024
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 legend of the Boon Island Cannibals. On December 10, 1710, the Nottingham Galley shipwrecked on the tiny island during a nor’easter, leaving all 14 crewmen stranded. As the...
Aug 15, 2024
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 unique afterlife. Though Williams died back in 2002, some members of his family believe that’s just a technicality. Ted’s head and body were separately cryogenically...