FtV – Mercy Brown: The Rhode Island Vampire
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 155 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Exeter, Rhode Island, in search of the mortal remains of Mercy Brown. Mercy died of Consumption on January 17, 1892. Three months later, her father had her heart and liver removed from her corpse so he could burn them to ashes and feed those ashes to his dying son. Why? Because some suspected Mercy was a vampire. This episode first aired March 28, 2019
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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 Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. |
| 0:27.3 | Hey kids, welcome to the vault. |
| 0:30.1 | Welcome to the vault. |
| 0:31.4 | Ooh, sexy vampire. |
| 0:34.1 | Well, not a sexy story. |
| 0:35.8 | No, nothing sexy about it. However, this is a story about |
| 0:39.6 | Mercy Brown, the Rhode Island vampire first aired March 28th, 2019. Enjoy. There are such beings as |
| 0:47.5 | vampires. Some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy |
| 0:53.0 | experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane people's... |
| 0:57.7 | Jeff, what are you reading? Oh, uh, Bram Stoker's Dracula. Oh, that's a classic. I love that. Yeah. Now, why are you reading it to me in a graveyard in Exeter, Rhode Island, though? Because just behind us, Ray, lie the remains of Mercy Brown, the Rhode Island vampire. |
| 1:14.2 | I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 84 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:18.9 | If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. |
| 1:22.6 | And I'm Ray Osier. We appreciate you joining us on this mission to chronicle every legend in New |
| 1:27.1 | England one week and one story at a time. |
| 1:29.4 | We do. |
| 1:30.0 | We'd like to thank our Patreon patrons who are sponsoring this week's episode. |
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