FtV – The Ghost Who Built a Bridge
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 136 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a drive up Lakeside Avenue in Burlington, Vermont, searching for a train bridge built by a ghost. In June of 1900, Mary Blair was killed crossing the train tracks in front of the Queen City Cotton Mill. The event triggered a haunting that made the newspapers, with reports coming from inside the mill late at night, and out on the tracks where the accident occurred. This episode first aired June 3, 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. |
| 0:06.1 | 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. |
| 0:20.7 | So let's open up the New England Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. |
| 0:26.9 | Hey kids, welcome to the Vault. |
| 0:28.5 | We're glad to have you back in the Vault where we're going to see a bridge built by a ghost. |
| 0:35.1 | Yeah, that's what they say. First air June 3rd, 2021. Enjoy. Okay, we're going to turn right up here onto Lakeside Avenue. All right, got it. Hey, there's Lake Champlain right over there to our left. Yep, yep. We'll have to tip our hats to Champi, the Lake Monsters we drive by. We covered that legend, what was it, episode 38? Yep, that was it. So we're not in Burlington, Vermont, looking for a lake monster this time. We're actually looking for a ghost, a little further up this street. Ooh, a ghost on this street? Yeah, you see that large brick smokestack up there on the left? I do. So that used to be part of the Queen City Cotton Mill. |
| 1:13.7 | Now, once we reach the train tracks just ahead, we're in the right spot. |
| 1:17.3 | All right, I can see the train bridge right there. |
| 1:20.2 | All right, we're passing under the tracks right now. |
| 1:22.9 | Pull over just ahead because it turns out this underpass was built by a ghost. |
| 1:35.4 | Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger. |
| 1:37.1 | And I'm Ray Osier. |
| 1:38.3 | Welcome to episode 198, getting close to 200. |
| 1:41.8 | Yes. |
| 1:42.3 | Of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:43.9 | If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:47.5 | If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. |
| 1:52.1 | Burlington, Vermont is the next stop on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, |
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