Climbing Regicide Trail to Judges Cave
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 408 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike up Regicide Trail to Judges Cave in the woods of New Haven, Connecticut. Back in 1661, two judges on the lam from the King of England, hid inside these small caves. William Goffe and his father-in-law Edward Whalley were found guilty of signing the death warrant of King Charles I. King Charles II took that personally. Today the cave is a unique landmark.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So we are hiking the trails of West Rock Ridge State Park in New Haven. |
| 0:04.0 | We are. And it's a pretty area. Lots of woods. There's an impressive cliff face and an amazing view below. |
| 0:10.0 | There's ponds along the trail. It's a great spot in nature that's pretty close to the city of New Haven. |
| 0:15.0 | We're just a bit north of the town. |
| 0:17.0 | We're also kind of close to the Wilbur Cross Parkway. You can barely hear it in the distance. |
| 0:22.0 | And we don't have much further to go. Hey, can you check the map, see what trail we're on? |
| 0:27.5 | Yep. All right. It says we're on Regicide Trail. |
| 0:33.8 | Wait a minute. Is it Regicide the murder of a king? Yeah, that is the definition. And they've named the trail that. I should mention, I'm looking at the official park map. This isn't some nickname. No, that's true. And our destination is just up ahead. Wow. Yeah, we're looking at a giant boulder that's cracked in a few places. Almost looks like you can go into a small cave inside. |
| 0:56.2 | You can, and we will. |
| 0:58.3 | We're here in New Haven, Connecticut, to explore Judges Cave. |
| 1:02.2 | It's called that because this rough outcrop of rocks was once home to a couple of judges |
| 1:06.6 | who were found guilty of regicide. |
| 1:12.7 | Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger. |
| 1:14.2 | And I'm Ray Osier. |
| 1:15.0 | Welcome to episode 408 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:18.6 | Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. |
| 1:23.0 | From the Wicked Strange to the Haunted to the just plain weird, we weird we love it all also if you've had a |
| 1:29.4 | strange experience in new england we want to hear from you please email us through our website |
| 1:33.8 | tell us a little bit about it we might even interview you for a future podcast episode |
| 1:38.4 | whether you've had a ghost encounter UFO siding monster experience or something else please |
| 1:43.5 | let us know. |
| 1:44.3 | And we'll explore this mysterious cave right after this word from our sponsor. |
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