FtV - The Demon Vampire of Manchester
06/02/25 • 23 min
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Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 117 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger lurk the streets of downtown Manchester, Vermont, searching for a demon vampire. In 1793, the body of Consumption victim Rachel Harris Burton was exhumed after three years in the ground. Her vital organs were cut from her chest and burned in a nearby forge. Those ashes were then fed to Isaac Burton’s second wife, Hulda, in an effort to break the vampire’s spell. When there’s a plague, monsters are never far behind. This episode first aired March 11, 2021
Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 117 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger lurk the streets of downtown Manchester, Vermont, searching for a demon vampire. In 1793, the body of Consumption victim Rachel Harris Burton was exhumed after three years in the ground. Her vital organs were cut from her chest and burned in a nearby forge. Those ashes were then fed to Isaac Burton’s second wife, Hulda, in an effort to break the vampire’s spell. When there’s a plague, monsters are never far behind. This episode first aired March 11, 2021
Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends
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The Great Wall of Spite
1 RecommendationsIn Episode 398 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll past the Spite Wall in Westminster, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1852 by Edmund Proctor, the giant colonial wall was made to block the view from Proctor’s neighbor, Farwell Morse, a religious zealot who didn’t approve of his neighbor working on the sabbath day. The wall still stands today as a testament to spite.
See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-398-the-great-wall-of-spite/
Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends
Check out Jeff's new underground publication Shadow Zine! https://shadowzine.com/
Listen to Ray's Local Raydio! https://localraydio.com/
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America’s First Professional Magician
In Episode 399 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Potter Place in Andover, New Hampshire, to see the final resting place of America’s first professional magician. Richard Potter died in 1835, but not before he grew rich and famous from his magic act. He sold out shows in both the north and south, which was all the more impressive considering he was also a Black man. For his final trick... Potter isn’t buried where he was originally placed in the ground.
See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-399-americas-first-professional-magician/
Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends
Check out Jeff's new underground publication Shadow Zine! https://shadowzine.com/
Listen to Ray's Local Raydio! https://localraydio.com/
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