FtV - Mercy Brown: The Rhode Island Vampire

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 97 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head over the area surrounding Archer’s Pond and Polly’s Crossing in Ossipee, New Hampshire, in search of ghosts, curses, plagues, and the story behind an alleged mass murder. So many legends swirl around this place that it’s tough to know where to begin, but after searching news archives and town records, we find there’s something to all of the stories. This episode first aired March 28, 2019

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0:00.0	Welcome, legendary listeners.
0:01.9	Thanks for tuning in to From the Vault, a second look at some of our classic episodes.
0:06.3	Look for a new episode every week.
0:08.0	Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New England Legends.com?
0:11.8	You bet.
0:12.4	But you won't get the added bonus of an after-the-legion segment featuring new commentary about that episode from your old pal's Jeff and Ray.
0:20.6	So let's open up the New England Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. new commentary about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray.
0:25.3	So let's open up the New England Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode.
0:28.9	Hey kids, welcome to the Vault.
0:30.2	Welcome to the Vault.
0:31.3	Good to be back with you.
0:36.5	This is an episode we've discussed a lot, or subject we've discussed a lot, but this is the original. The OG, New England
0:38.8	Vampire. Mercy Brown, first aired March 28th, 2019. Enjoy. There are such beings as vampires. Some of us
0:47.2	have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience,
0:52.3	the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane people's...
0:55.9	Jeff, what are you reading?
0:57.0	Oh, uh, Bram Stoker's Dracula.
0:58.8	Oh, that's a classic.
0:59.8	I love that.
1:00.4	Yeah.
1:00.4	Now, why are you reading it to me in a graveyard in Exeter, Rhode Island, though?
1:03.7	Because just behind us, Ray, lie the remains of Mercy Brown, the Rhode Island vampire.
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