New England Legends: Dogtown Commons

New England Legends: Dogtown Commons

Dogtown Commons is an abandoned settlement on the outskirts of Gloucester, MA, where the founder of Babson College left a strange legacy in stone during the Great Depression which endures to this day. Legend Hunter Jeff Belanger takes us to Dogtown to find out more...
New England Legends

New England Legends

Just in time for Halloween, Legend Hunter Jeff Belanger is back, with a look at some of New England’s most eccentric residents… including one who thought he could weigh a man’s...
New England Legends: Christmas with the Belsnickel

New England Legends: Christmas with the Belsnickel

The Belsnickel is an old world Christmastime legend, but unlike Santa, in addition to rewarding the good children, he punishes the bad ones. Once relegated to history, the Belsnickel is making a comeback, and Legend Hunter Jeff Belanger visited him at the historic...
New England Legends: The Mount

New England Legends: The Mount

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s home, the Mount, in Lenox, Massachusetts is renowned for its beauty and majesty – but there’s also a sinister side to it. Marital infidelities, madness, and death are also a part of this gilded age...
New England Legends: Return to October Mountain

New England Legends: Return to October Mountain

In 2012, legend hunter Jeff Belanger took us to October Mountain in search of a hidden cemetery and the ghost of a little girl. He found the cemetery, and that the girl had a name: Anna Pease. We thought that was the end of the story, but then we got an unexpected...
New England Legends: Origins of Halloween

New England Legends: Origins of Halloween

It’s that time of year again, when ghosts and goblins walk the earth and the veil between our world and the spirit world is said to be at its thinnest… A perfect time for legend chaser Jeff Belanger to examine the origins of Halloween, find out why we like being...
New England Legends: Ventfort Hall

New England Legends: Ventfort Hall

Built by the J.P. Morgan family, Lenox’s Ventfort Hall is a Gilded Age mansion with ties to the legendary Massachusetts 54th regiment from the Civil War and was host to the people who shaped and molded this country at the turn of the century – the Vanderbilts and the...
New England Legends: Santa Interview

New England Legends: Santa Interview

It’s that time of year again – have you been naughty or nice? One person’s keeping count, and legend hunter extraordinaire Jeff Belanger talked to him recently. Jeff got Santa’s story straight from the living legend himself! Follow Jeff Belanger on Twitter:...

New England Legends

Just in time for Halloween! Jeff Belanger, lecturer and author of “Weird Massachusetts” talks about his new show which debuts on WGBY October 31st at 10pm.  “New England Legends” explores the legends, myths, and mysteries in the region. Jeff talks about why people are...