Newport’s Haunted White Horse Tavern
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 313 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger belly up to the bar of the White Horse Tavern in Newport, Rhode Island. Built in 1652, it’s America’s oldest continuously-operating bar in the United States, and according locals it’s Newport’s most haunted. The ghost of an old man has been seen around the building, disembodied voices have been heard, and sometimes dishes and objects move on their own. With over 350 years of history related to colonists, pirates, soldiers, and tourists, we explore the history of this haunt.
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| 0:00.0 | Jeff, it's great to be here in Newport, Rhode Island in these last days of summer. |
| 0:05.6 | It sure is, Ray. It's still nice out. I mean, sure, there's still plenty of tourists around, |
| 0:10.1 | but what can you do? |
| 0:11.1 | Well, you can look for a place to get a beer, that's what you could do. I'm with you and fortunately I've heard Newport may have a bar or two in town. |
| 0:18.1 | And I can confirm those rumors are true. I have a bar in mind for us today Ray. We'll just walk right up here on Farewell Street. |
| 0:28.0 | Farewell Street, how ominous. I know right. So our destination is right here on the corner of Farewell and Marlboro streets. |
| 0:35.6 | It's the perfect place for two legend hunters like us to grab a pint. Let's go inside. |
| 0:47.0 | Welcome to America's oldest continuously operating bar and Newport's most haunted. |
| 0:49.0 | We've come to the Whitehorse Tavern |
| 0:51.0 | to look for ghosts. |
| 0:52.8 | I'm Jeff Palanger. |
| 1:00.0 | And I'm Ray Ojier. |
| 1:01.0 | Welcome to episode 313 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:04.6 | Thanks for joining us on our mission, to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. |
| 1:08.8 | Most of our story leads come from you, so please reach out to us any time through our website or stop us on the street |
| 1:14.4 | perhaps yeah and please do share this podcast with your friends that's how we grow our |
| 1:19.0 | community we'll go searching for the ghosts of the White Horse Tavern right after this word from this sponsor. |
| 1:27.6 | Okay Jeff, the White Horse Tavern is a nice restaurant with white tablecloths and everything not our usual hunt no we like our |
| 1:34.7 | bars a little more diving but they do have a bar about eight seats so we should |
| 1:39.6 | probably grab a couple of chairs before they're gone. |
| 1:43.8 | We'll have two of those please. |
| 1:47.9 | Cheers. |
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