FtV - Return to Connecticut’s Fairy Village
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends from the Vault – FtV Episode 3 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger revisit the ruins of Little People Village in the woods of Middlebury, Connecticut. Who built these miniature stone houses, and why? Is this forest haunted by an elderly couple who went mad listening to the chittering voices of the fairies? And what’s the connection to Lake Quassapaug and other countries around the world? This first aired February 1, 2018.
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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. |
| 0:29.1 | Jeff, I know that we go back in time with these podcasts. |
| 0:32.8 | We do. |
| 0:33.2 | Now we're going to go back in time to a time where we were, when we went back in time, |
| 0:39.1 | to a fairy village in Connecticut. Do you remember this one? Yes, right, the little people village. Did you follow what I said, by the way? Did that make any sense? I figure it will in time. You glazed over, though. Yeah, no, I was trying to follow the math. and I'm like, and if we kill our grandfathers |
| 0:53.8 | before they had kids, |
| 0:55.3 | are we even here anymore? |
| 0:56.7 | Just don't, |
| 0:57.0 | if you see yourself in the past, |
| 0:58.0 | don't look yourself on the eye. Right, don't interact. No, I got that. Yeah, I got that. So what episode was this? Oh, sorry. I thought you had the episode number. So this is early on. February 1st, 2018. We were using sound effects. We started |
| 1:13.3 | using sound effects, yeah. We didn't perfect them yet, but no, no, but we were getting a little |
| 1:18.8 | more evolved for sure. This is a neat story. I like this one. And it's connected to so many other |
| 1:24.5 | legends in New England and around the world, actually. |
| 1:27.8 | That's it. All right. Enjoy. Jeff, what are we looking for in these woods? Ray, I've dragged you out here to the woods of Middlebury, Connecticut because we're looking for little people village. You mean like leprechauns, fay folk, and things like that? That's exactly what I mean. But Connecticut has its own version of this tale. And if we're lucky enough, |
| 1:44.9 | we may even find the remains of their now abandoned village. |
| 1:55.2 | Hi, I'm Jeff Blander. And I'm Ray Oshar, and welcome to the New England Legends podcast, |
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