FtV - Hell's Half Acre
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 157 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger are back with an all-new episode! The guys hike to the waterfalls of Bristol, Vermont, in search of Hell's Half Acre, a place said to contain buried treasure guarded by the ghost of a little boy, and a ferocious Hell Hound. This episode first aired May 21, 2020
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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 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 |
| 0:22.0 | Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. Hey kids, welcome to the vault. So glad you're |
| 0:29.5 | here back with us in the vault where we're going to head up to Bristol, Vermont and explore |
| 0:33.8 | Hell's Half Acre. First aired May 21st, 2020. Enjoy. Ray, when I heard this area was called Hell's Half Acre, I knew we had to make our way to Bristol, Vermont, as soon as we could. I know, right? It's tough to resist something like that, for sure. So how did this place get its name? Well, that's the plan, right? That's what we're going to find out. Okay, I can tell |
| 0:55.0 | we're getting close. Hey, look, there's those waterfalls on the South Bristol cliffs. Okay, |
| 0:59.2 | keep your eyes peeled. We have to be on the lookout for the ghost of a young boy, but also |
| 1:04.3 | a hellhound. Now, this ghostly mutt is set to guard a buried treasure. |
| 1:16.7 | Okay. Mostly Mutt is set to guard a buried treasure. Hi, I'm Jeff Belanger, and it feels great to be back with you on an all-new adventure. |
| 1:21.1 | And I'm Ray Osier. We are back, baby. Six feet apart, of course. Yes, of course. And we're here to |
| 1:26.1 | bring you episode 144 of the new england |
| 1:29.1 | legends podcast feels good if you give us about 10 minutes we'll give you something strange to talk about |
| 1:33.8 | today in this adventure we may also give you a tip on where you can find some buried treasure |
| 1:38.8 | and if you do find the treasure and frankly even if don't, we hope you'll consider sharing just |
| 1:44.6 | three bucks a month with us and become a Patreon patron. These folks sponsor our show each week, |
| 1:49.4 | and they keep us going. Plus, they get early access to new episodes and bonus episodes that |
| 1:54.3 | no one else gets to hear. Just head over to patreon.com slash New England Legends to sign up and help us out. |
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