FtV – The Enfield Shakers Murder
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 77 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the haunted grounds of the Enfield, New Hampshire, Shaker Village. In July of 1863, Civil War veteran Thomas Weir returned to Enfield to try and retrieve his daughters who were indentured servants to the Shakers. For over a year, Weir tried to reason, beg, and even threaten the Shakers to get his daughters back. When they refused, Weir pulled out a pistol and murdered Caleb Dyer, and set a tragic haunting in motion that can still be felt today. This episode first aired July 15, 2021.
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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. |
| 0:06.0 | 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? |
| 0:11.0 | You bet. |
| 0:12.0 | But you won't get the added bonus of an after the legend segment |
| 0:16.2 | featuring new commentary about that episode |
| 0:18.9 | 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. |
| 0:25.2 | Hey everybody welcome to the vault. It's good to have you in the vault with us |
| 0:30.8 | always going to a strange case a haunted case that dates back to an event a murderous event first aired July 15th 2021 |
| 0:40.0 | enjoy man Jeff the Shaker Village in Enfield, New Hampshire looks like it's pulled right out of an old movie |
| 0:47.7 | send. |
| 0:48.7 | Yeah, I know the museum here has done an amazing job preserving this old Shaker Village that dates all the way back to 1793. |
| 0:56.0 | There's a bunch of structures in this little town. |
| 0:59.0 | There's the big stone house that's six stories tall, there's chapel some other buildings gardens a cemetery over there |
| 1:06.0 | some of the old tool making shops in the distance it's really quaint and peaceful |
| 1:10.8 | that was the point of any shaker village, really. They were trying to create a heaven on earth, a utopia. But don't let this peaceful atmosphere fool you're a ray because this village is haunted because of a brutal murder. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm Jeff Belanger and I'm Ray Oger. |
| 1:31.0 | Welcome to episode 204 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:34.7 | If you give us about 15 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. |
| 1:38.8 | Thank you for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. |
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