Escape from the Haunted Old Newgate Prison

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

History, Paranormal, Ghosts, Folklore, Places & Travel, Monsters, Society & Culture, Legends, Newengland

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 351 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the ruins of Old Newgate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut. The prison got its start as a copper mine back in 1709. After the mine closed, Connecticut believed they found the perfect place for their first state prison. After multiple escapes and riots, a more formal building was constructed on the site. It was a place the inmates simply called: Hell.

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0:00.0	Wow these are some really cool ruins.
0:04.0	Yeah, aren't they though?
0:05.0	We're standing by a complex of old buildings.
0:07.5	There's brick walls with bars in the windows.
0:10.0	There are stone structures, and in the middle is a brick building that kind of looks like it's in pretty good shape
0:16.1	And this complex has been here a really long time it looks like it
0:20.0	What's it doing way out here in the middle of nowhere in East Granby, Connecticut?
0:24.0	So originally it was a copper mine that dates all the way back to 1709,
0:29.2	but later it became Newgate Prison.
0:32.2	Ah, so the bars and the windows make sense.
0:34.0	Right, right, right, right, right.
0:36.0	Are we here to do some hard time, Jeff?
0:38.0	Sort of.
0:39.0	But the good news is if the history is any indication,
0:42.0	this won't be a tough prison to get out of.
0:45.0	The other thing about Newgate Prison and East Granby, they say it's haunted.
0:49.7	Hey I'm Jeff Belanger and I'm Ray Ozier. Welcome to episode 351 of the New England
0:57.4	Legends podcast. Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in
1:01.4	New England one story at a time. We're glad you're with us and we'd love for you to be with us twice a week as we bring you stories of ghost monsters, roadside oddities, true crime and other high strangeness.
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