Thatcher’s Woe

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 386 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger row out to Thatcher’s Island off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts, to find the site of a horrific maritime tragedy that took place in August of 1635 during the Great New England Hurricane. 23 passengers and crew were sailing aboard the Watch and Wait when the storm hit. There were two large families on board. Of the 23, only two people survived.

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0:00.0	Well, not a bad day to be here by the ocean here in Rockport, Massachusetts.
0:08.6	It's not quite spring, but it's coming, Jeff.
0:10.7	Yeah, just a few more months, and these beaches are going to start getting crowded.
0:14.0	For those of you who don't quite know the geography,
0:16.8	Rockport is that peninsula on Cape Ann that juts out to the furthest eastern point north of Boston Harbor.
0:22.7	Right. And if we were to set sail due east, would eventually hit Europe.
0:26.7	But it looks like we might hit that island first.
0:28.6	Oh, right. Yeah, that we would. That island is the reason we're here, Ray. It sits about three
0:33.0	quarters of a mile offshore, and we're going to row out there.
0:39.6	Another rowboat ride in the ocean. Perfect.
0:40.2	Yeah.
0:44.4	So that island features twin lighthouses on the northern and eastern shores.
0:47.8	Two lighthouses for one small island? It seems like a lot.
0:50.5	I get it, but this island warrants the extra beacon.
0:53.3	A lot of sailors have perished in and around it.
0:54.5	Though today it's called Thatcher's Island, originally it was called Thatcher's Woe. Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger.
1:04.6	And I'm Ray Osier. Welcome to episode 386 of the New England Legends podcast. Thanks for
1:10.2	joining us on our Mission of Chronicle,
1:11.6	Every Legend in New England, one story at a time.
1:14.2	Did you know most of our story leads come from you?
1:16.2	This one did.
1:17.1	Thanks to Daniel LeShome for emailing us.
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