FtV – Gardner Lake’s Phantom Piano

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 94 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Gardner Lake in Salem, Connecticut, on a quest to find the source of phantom piano music that’s said to emanate from the lake itself. What happened on this lake back in 1895? This episode first aired November 30, 2017.

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0:00.0	Welcome, legendary listeners.
0:01.7	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 England Legends.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.
0:28.1	Welcome to the Vault Kids.
0:30.1	Hey, we're still in our holiday break and this will be the last one of 2024 last vault.
0:36.6	And it first aired November 30th, 2017. Enjoy.
0:40.3	Well, this is a nice lake, Jeff, but why are we here?
0:43.2	Ray, I've brought you to Gardner Lake in Salem, Connecticut, because fishermen have long told
0:47.5	stories of hearing phantom piano music out here. Well, I hope we find this ghostly piano soon,
0:52.5	because it's getting cold out here. Is the sound supposed to be coming from this side of the water or what?
0:57.6	No. The music is said to come from the very bottom of the lake itself.
1:04.8	I'm Jeff Belanger.
1:06.2	And I'm Ray Oger, and welcome to the New England Legends podcast.
1:09.9	This week, we're taking you to Gardner Lake in
1:12.0	southeastern Connecticut. All right, Jeff, piano music from the bottom of the lake? That's what I heard.
1:18.0	You need to realize that so much of what we explore each week is the backstory of a legend.
1:22.6	You mean like the Star Wars pre-equals? Yeah, kind of like that. I mean, I'm fascinated with how a legend came to be where it is today.
1:29.3	If we go back step by step, I feel like we can figure it out.
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