FtV – When Winter Kills
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 128 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger face a brutal winter snow storm in Peacham, Vermont, in search of a story from March of 1869 when a blizzard took the lives of three wayward travelers: Esther Emmons, her daughter Mary David, and her grandson Willie. Three travelers whose lives could have been spared if a stranger would have offered some shelter. The lack of human decency in an emergency has haunted the small town of Peacham ever since. This episode first aired February 27, 2020
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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? |
| 0:11.5 | 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. So glad to have |
| 0:29.0 | you back in the Vault. Just a reminder, pretty soon the Vault is going to be not entirely going |
| 0:33.5 | away, but we're going to be replacing it with something. Closing it, locking it up. Something better. |
| 0:37.3 | Yeah, something better. And we are looking for your something. Locking it up? Something better. Yeah. |
| 0:37.6 | Something better. |
| 0:38.2 | And we are looking for your stories. Yes, we've already spoken with a few people. We're looking for your strange stories. If you've had an odd encounter, ghost, monster, alien, crypted, or just something really historically weird related to you and your family. We would love to hear from you. please email us through our website and tell us all about it. |
| 0:36.5 | But for now, let's go back to when winter kills in Peachham first |
| 0:59.1 | aired February 27th, 2020. Enjoy. Jeff, this is one brutal storm. I know. I can barely see 10 feet in |
| 1:07.7 | front of me. I see a light up ahead. Yeah, yeah. I think that's the library here in |
| 1:12.3 | Peach and Vermont. Let's get inside and get out of the storm. Ah, this hasn't been much of a winter so far, |
| 1:18.7 | but this storm really makes up for it. Yeah, it does. I'm just glad there's a place we can go to get |
| 1:23.1 | out of this horrible weather. Well, there was a time not that long ago when getting caught in a storm like |
| 1:28.0 | this could mean your life. Now, some winter storms become legendary because sometimes these storms can |
| 1:35.2 | kill. I'm Jeff Belanger. And I'm Ray Osier. Welcome to episode 132 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:46.6 | If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. |
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