Lady Fenwick’s Restless Spirit

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 384 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger search for an ancient ghost haunting Saybrook Point in Connecticut. Today there’s a park that holds the remains of an old railroad roundhouse that was haunted by a ghost that threw objects and men around one spooky night. The event made the newspapers. Locals had a prime suspect, the spirit of a woman who was once buried nearby.

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0:00.0	You know, Jeff, though it's a chilly day, it's still nice to be by the ocean in old Sabrook, Connecticut.
0:09.1	Yeah, I agree. I mean, we know warmer days are ahead.
0:12.2	So we're standing in Fort Saybrook Monument Park right next to the marina at Sabrook Point.
0:18.0	The marina is mostly empty, as you would expect, but it's easy to imagine
0:21.6	how it's going to look in just a few months when the weather warms up. But yeah, for now,
0:26.2	there is a chill in the air. Oh, I don't like the way you just said chill. Yeah, this week we're
0:31.8	chasing a real chiller here on Saybrook Point. Though today, this is a really affluent area with
0:37.3	nice and expensive homes.
0:39.1	A little over a century ago, this park was home to a train depot that was involved in moving
0:43.9	goods and people to and from the busy docks.
0:46.5	Yeah, this region used to be huge for shipping.
0:49.2	Old Saybrook is just that.
0:51.0	Old.
0:51.8	Given its location at the mouth of the Connecticut River, it's got a nice harbor,
0:55.4	access to water, and good land. It does have all of that. Today it's picture perfect New England
1:00.0	Coast, but back then it was a train depot. They say it was built on land that used to be a cemetery
1:06.7	and maybe there was at least one below ground resident who didn't take kindly to being relocated.
1:12.6	We've come to investigate Fort Saybrook Monument Park because according to a newspaper account, this place is haunted.
1:23.4	Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger and welcome to episode 384 of the New England Legends podcast.
1:28.3	And I'm Ray Ozier. Thank you for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. We're always on the hunt for ghosts, monsters, roadside oddities, strange legends, and anything else that goes bump in the night.
1:40.2	And a quick reminder that our annual zombie prom is happening Saturday, February 22nd at the
1:44.8	Doubletree Hotel in Milford, Massachusetts. It's just 30 bucks at the door to get in, and all the
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