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New England Legends Podcast

Halloween Drama: The Vengeful Corpse

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8951 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Episode 370: for Halloween we spin the tale of an old Inner Sanctum radio drama. It’s the story of a ghostly, murderous witch who returns from the grave to seek revenge on the descendants of her accusers. Special thanks to our voice actors: Tim Ellis, Carolyn Chaplin, Michael Legge, Dean Calusdian, Jay Pillarella, Jeff Belanger, and Ray Auger.

 

See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-370-halloween-drama-the-vengeful-corpse/ 

 

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Transcript

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0:16.6

Good evening friends. This is your host to welcome you into the inner sanctum of New England legends. Come in, come in, won't you?

0:20.6

I'd like you to meet some new guess we've just dug up.

0:24.4

Now that peculiar cadaver standing off in the corner by himself has a serious case of claustrophobia.

0:31.5

Poor stiff. He just can't stand shrouds.

0:37.0

Now this fella to your right was a mountain climber in life.

0:41.0

He took his wife on an alpine hike and while they were going up an icy slope, he cut the rope that held them together.

0:48.8

Said he just couldn't stand being tied to one woman. And now, meet our most forgettable character while that willy.

0:58.0

One day willy's ugly wife bit him so in anger he buried her in the backyard.

1:04.0

Six months later his homely mate came up as a dogwood tree to haunt him.

1:10.0

Now, according to Willie, her bark is much worse than her bite.

1:18.0

Ha ha ha ha!

1:22.0

Please, friends absolute silence. We wanted so quiet you can hear a head drop.

1:34.0

In a small hillside New England cemetery, a chill evening wind stirs the leafless trees with a complaining murmur.

1:45.0

A blood red moon probes through the branches with grotesque fingers, touching the faded headstones with their eerie light.

1:55.0

A frail drawn-faced young woman sits on an old stone bench,

2:01.0

listening acutely to the rustling of the branches as if to capture some word

2:07.2

whispered of the dead's forgotten past. Sarah, Sarah, where are you?

2:20.0

Paul, I'm here, over here.

2:24.0

Sarah, I've been looking all over for you.

2:27.0

What are you doing out here anyway?

2:29.0

I...

2:30.0

I was called out here, what the wind there was a voice in the wind and it called me to come out here

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