Haunting the Ladd School

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 376 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate Exeter, Rhode Island, to see the former site of the Ladd School. Built in 1908, the former Rhode Island School for the Feeble-Minded has a dark history of neglect, patient abuse, and even murder. We explore the disappearance of a nine-year-old boy in-depth. Though the buildings are all gone now, history has left behind a stain that can never be washed away.

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0:00.0	So we're driving on Main Street in Exeter, Rhode Island.
0:07.0	Yep, that's where we are.
0:08.0	Usually you expect on Main Street to be full of businesses and buildings, but not this one.
0:12.0	No, no, this one is definitely rural.
0:14.0	All right, we're passing a huge cemetery on our left right now, but otherwise I don't see anything but trees.
0:20.0	Yep. Okay, so just bear to the right up here.
0:23.9	Okay.
0:24.7	And we can pull over right there by the side of the road.
0:31.0	And we've reached our destination, Ray.
0:32.8	All right. I still don't see anything but trees and a huge empty field behind it.
0:36.4	Yeah, but this is the place.
0:38.3	Not that long ago, those fields were filled with the ruins of a dark and haunted complex.
0:43.2	A place where controversial experiments took place on kids,
0:46.8	a place with sinister history and missing and murdered children.
0:50.4	We've come to Exeter to investigate the haunting of the Ladd School.
0:58.8	Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger.
1:00.5	And I'm Ray Osier.
1:01.3	Welcome to episode 376 of the New England Legends podcast.
1:05.5	Thanks for riding along with us on our Mission to Chronicle Every Legend in New England, one story at a time.
1:10.4	And we can't do it
1:11.0	without you. So please reach out to us anytime through our website with your story leads.
1:15.5	We'll explore the history and haunting of the Ladd School right after this quick word from our
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