FtV - The Tragic Tale of the Tarboxer

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

History, Paranormal, Ghosts, Folklore, Places & Travel, Monsters, Society & Culture, Legends, Newengland

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 78 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger are caught in a brutal winter storm by Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine, where they explore the tragic story or Mr. and Mrs. Tarbox, who lost their lives in a March 1819 blizzard. Their frozen demise inspired local poet Thomas Shaw to chronicle the event in a “mournful song” of a poem. The event still haunts the region. This episode first aired January 27, 2022

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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.
0:07.7	Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New England legends.com?
0:11.5	You bet.
0:12.1	But you won't get the added bonus of an after the legend segment featuring new commentary
0:17.5	about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray.
0:20.8	So let's open up the New England Legends vault and revisit another
0:24.0	another legendary episode.
0:27.0	Welcome to the vault.
0:29.0	So glad you're here with us on this very wintery stormy day here in the vault a real tar boxer first
0:37.1	aired January 27th 2022.
0:39.4	Enjoy.
0:42.4	Yeah this winter storm is brutal, Jeff. There's already more than a foot of snow on the ground.
0:47.0	Yeah, this is a good one. Up here in Standish, Maine, some folks still refer to snowstorms like this one as a real tar boxer.
0:54.0	A tar boxer, I've never heard that expression before.
0:56.8	No, I get it.
0:57.8	So a tar boxer is a snowstorm that's so bad you're
1:05.0	in the store. Yeah, the storm could count as that. It's bad out there. But I still don't
1:07.4	understand the term tar boxer. A storm just like this one took the life
1:11.7	of Samuel Tarbox and his wife.
1:14.6	And that still haunts this town in Maine.
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