New England Gothic

Two race riots in Providence, RI.

Today we examine the Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo. We look at his crimes, his background, and some of the controversy surrounding his identification as the Boston Strangler.

On October 12-13, 1876, three members of the Trim family were murdered on their farm in Bucksport, Maine. What happened?

While modern Hampton is known for its beach and entertainment venues, stories of the devil’s involvement there go back to the town’s very foundations. Here we examine three well-known hauntings in this New Hampshire town.

This mountain in Vermont has it all - two ghost towns, a Bigfoot, and a cursed rock that eats people. What more could you want on your Thanksgiving Day?

The first time you see this adorable little dog, you feel euphoria. The second, existential dread. No one knows what you feel the third time. No one has lived to tell the tale.

We take a trip down to Providence City Hall, where a former mayor apparently haunts the building he championed.

On July 4, 1925, the building housing popular speakeasy The Pickwick Club collapsed, killing 44 people. Initial reports blamed the Charleston, but dancing didn’t make the building collapse.

In this episode, we visit Maine State Prison. Originally built in Thomaston, Maine, equipment from the original prison was transferred to a new building in Warren when the Thomaston building was decommissioned. Were spirits of former inmates brought with the old equipment?

The Cocheco Mills fire in 1907 killed 7 workers and caused a million dollars in damage. It also caused a haunting- but aspects of the haunting might predate this industrial tragedy.

In Episode 10, we take a trip to the Vermont Police Academy in Pittsford, VT - a repurposed TB hospital where some of the nurses have apparently stayed on even after death.

A train wreck in Richmond, RI, in 1873 kills at least 11. The same area is the site of a later nuclear accident that kills 1.

In Waterbury, CT, an abandoned village of dollhouse-sized buildings sits abandoned in the woods.

The Orleans Inn in Orleans, MA has a well established history of hauntings.

CW for family violence and graphic descriptions of torture. We take a trip up to Augusta, Maine, to examine Captain Captain James Purrington’s slaughter of his family in 1806.

A discussion of the Connecticut River Valley Killer, active in Vermont and New Hampshire in the mid 1980s. These cases remain unsolved. Content warning for non-graphic mentions of sexual assault.

In this episode, we traipse (yes, traipse) around New England in search of the New England Vampire “Panic.” This phenomenon, which was really a last-ditch effort to save community members from an incurable illness, gave rise to some delightfully creepy folklore.

We take a trip to Enfield, CT, and explore a demon house, a river, an exploding gunpowder factory, and peanut butter. No, really.

We visit the towns of Onset and Wareham, home of Spiritualists, ghosts, bog iron, and a super creepy unsolved murder from before my mom was born.

Jaye talks about the Sacco and Vanzetti murder case.