FtV - The Curse of Black Agnes
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 141 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger saunter into Green Mount Cemetery in Vermont's capital city of Montpelier in search of the Black Agnes grave. They say if you sit on the statue's lap… it would be bad. Very bad. But how did this grave earn that reputation? How is the person buried here tied to the local library? Do Jeff and Ray dare to test this legend? This episode first aired September 27, 2018
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, legendary listeners. |
| 0:01.8 | 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? |
| 0:11.7 | You bet. |
| 0:12.4 | But you won't get the added bonus of an after-the-legent segment featuring new commentary about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray. |
| 0:22.2 | So let's open up the New England Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. Hey kids, welcome to the vault. Glad to have you |
| 0:30.3 | here in the vault with us. We're going to go back and look at Black Agnes of Montpelier, Vermont. |
| 0:35.1 | First aired September 27th, 2018. Enjoy. Wow, Jeff. Green Mount Cemetery here in Montpelier, Vermont is huge. Yeah, I know. What or maybe I should say, who are we looking for? No, no, I think you were right the first time, Ray. I think this legend counts more as a what than a who. Ooh, I'm intrigued. I tell you we're not talking about some innocuous ghost. |
| 0:57.5 | No, we're not. We're looking for Black Agnes. And if the stories we heard are true, |
| 1:02.9 | this legend could kill you. |
| 1:08.7 | I'm Jeff Belanger. And I'm Ray Ozier, and welcome to episode 58 of the New England Legends podcast. If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. We will. We're on a mission to chronicle every legend in New England one week and one story at a time. And we want you to come along. We do. We have a website. That's right. Our New England Legends.com. |
| 1:28.7 | A super secret Facebook group. |
| 1:30.2 | I'm not telling you where it is. |
| 1:31.3 | Come on. But I bet you could find a link on our website. All right. And we want to send a special shout out to our Patreon patrons who help keep us growing and going. If you go to patreon.com slash New England Legends for as little as three bucks per month, you can |
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| 1:56.7 | A big thank you to everyone who has been supporting us so far. |
| 1:59.9 | 58 episodes in 58 weeks, and we're going strong. Not bad. All right, Jeff. What are we looking for here in Green Mount Cemetery? As you can see, Ray, there are many graves here, but only one features the statue of Black Agnes. All right. How do we find this statue? This hillside has to have like thousands of graves. It does, |
| 2:17.7 | but this grave stands out. |
| 2:19.3 | Not only is it one of the largest monuments, |
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