FtV - The Beadle Family Murders
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 165 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Wethersfield, Connecticut, on the hunt for a ghost who has been haunting this town since December of 1782. Fresh off the heels of the American Revolution, wealthy merchant William Beadle has lost almost everything because he followed the law, and did the right thing. Once the new congress devalued his currency, he was broke, and couldn't live that… so he spent years plotting the murder of his entire family. This is a dark, downward spiral into insanity that led to America's first mass murder-suicide. This episode first aired April 18, 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 Englandledges.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. |
| 0:20.4 | So let's open up the New England |
| 0:22.0 | Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. Hey kids, welcome to the Vault. Glad to have you |
| 0:29.5 | back with us in the Vault, a little true crime. Old true crime, dangerous, spooky stuff. |
| 0:35.5 | The Beatle family murders from Weather'sfield, Connecticut first aired April 18th, 2019. Enjoy. Ray, let's say you're walking down the street here in Weathersfield, Connecticut, and you spot a wallet on the ground. It's full of cash, credit cards, driver's license, the whole thing. What do you do? I'd like to think I'd mail it back to the owner. Would you take the cash? No, no, not a penny. It's not mine. Okay, so you'd do the right thing. I would. So this week's story is about a man from Weathersfield who tried to do the right thing until he made a decision to do a very wrong thing, though he spent years convincing himself it was actually the right thing. |
| 1:12.2 | Well, that sounds kind of strange, Jeff. |
| 1:16.2 | And it's about to get stranger because this week we're searching Weathersfield for the ghosts behind the Beatle family murder. |
| 1:23.3 | Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 87 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:28.3 | If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. |
| 1:32.1 | And I'm Ray Osier. Thank you for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, |
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