The Broke-Neck Shadow Man
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 276 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Lewiston, Maine, to search for a house that’s “ridden with ghosts” according to the headline of a December 1894 local newspaper article. A shadowy man whose neck appears broken in a most unnatural way had been reported throughout the tenement house for years. Some believe he was a harbinger of bad things. But he’s not the only ghost reported here.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, we'll make a right on to Bates Street. |
| 0:09.4 | Okay. |
| 0:10.5 | And we can park up here at the corner of Kennedy Park, right in the middle of downtown Lewiston, Maine. |
| 0:15.6 | This is as good a spot as any to begin our search. |
| 0:18.0 | Okay. What are we looking for? |
| 0:19.5 | We're looking for an old house, a tenement house. |
| 0:22.6 | Ah, okay. |
| 0:23.6 | There's a ton of those kind of houses around here. |
| 0:25.6 | Many of them look like they could be multifamily units. |
| 0:28.6 | How do we know which one? |
| 0:30.6 | Ray, we're looking for a home with a shaking door. |
| 0:32.6 | We're in Lewiston, Maine, searching for a house they say is ridden with ghosts. |
| 0:46.9 | Hello, I'm Jeff Pallander, and welcome to episode 276 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 0:52.4 | And I'm Ray Osher. Thanks for joining us on our mission |
| 0:54.5 | to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. We can't do what we do without |
| 0:59.3 | you. So please hit the subscribe button wherever you get your podcast. And please post a review |
| 1:04.4 | for us. Tell a friend or two as well. That's how we grow. Before we go searching for a |
| 1:09.0 | Lewiston house filled with ghosts, including a creepy and sinister character, |
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