FtV - A Haunted House in Portsmouth

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 106 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Union Street in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to search for the long-lost location of a haunted farmhouse that made the newspapers back in 1887. Though it was reported to be haunted before a tragic event left a final scar, after a child was lost inside, the building rotted away to nothing except a spooky story almost lost to the ages. This episode first aired May 6, 2021

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0:00.0	Welcome, legendary listeners.
0:01.6	Thanks for tuning in to From the Vault, a second look at some of our classic episodes.
0:06.1	Look for a new episode every week.
0:07.8	Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New Englandledges.com?
0:11.6	You bet.
0:12.2	But you won't get the added bonus of an after-the-legion segment featuring new commentary about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray.
0:20.7	So let's open up the New England Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode.
0:27.6	Hey kids, welcome to the Vault.
0:29.3	Welcome back to the Vault.
0:30.9	And this time we're going to a haunted house in Portsmouth.
0:35.3	First aired May 6, 2021.
0:37.2	Enjoy. Enjoy.
0:46.0	All feeling patriotic today, Jeff?
0:46.9	Yeah, sure.
0:48.9	And this is the perfect song to listen to as we roll up on the historic Oak Glen House
0:51.8	on Union Street in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
0:54.0	We're just a bit
0:54.5	north of Newport. All right, how so? Because this house was built by Julia Ward Howe and her husband
1:00.0	Samuel back in 1870. It was their summer retreat. Now, after Samuel died in 1876, this became
1:06.9	Julia's permanent residence right up until her death in 1910. And Julia Ward Howe, of course, were at the song, The Battle of the Republic.
1:14.3	She did. She wrote the words to the song and then set it to the music of the abolitionist
1:18.7	song, John Brown's body. So is she haunting the Oak Glen House or something?
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