The Dead Ship of Harpswell
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 331 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the beach of Harpswell, Maine, scanning the horizon for a ghost ship called Sarah that dates back to a torrid and tragic story from 1813. They say if you spot the ship, it’s a harbinger of doom. That someone in Harpswell will die. Poet John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized the story in one of his haunting poems.
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| 0:00.0 | It's a cold and gloomy winter's day to be out here on the shores of Maine. |
| 0:06.6 | Yeah, it is. Not really a day for the beach. |
| 0:10.1 | It looks downright, I don't know ominous. |
| 0:13.7 | ominous. Yes ominous you almost get the feeling like something bad is in the air. |
| 0:18.6 | Hey look out there look at the icy fog rolling across the water. |
| 0:23.2 | Ooh yeah okay I'm a little freaked out now I'm sure the islands of Harpswell |
| 0:27.6 | Maine are picture perfect in the summer but right now yeah yeah |
| 0:32.2 | being here near dusk I mean it feels gloomy like something bad |
| 0:36.2 | could happen at any time. Yes, yes. So keep your eyes peeled on the water ray because |
| 0:40.9 | we're looking for a ghost ship. |
| 0:43.0 | And I hope for the sake of the people of Harpswell |
| 0:45.0 | that we don't see it because if we do, |
| 0:48.0 | it means a local is going to die. |
| 0:51.0 | We're in Maine searching for the dead ship of Harpswell. |
| 0:58.6 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. |
| 0:59.8 | And I'm Ray Ozier. Welcome to episode 331 of the New England |
| 1:03.4 | Legends podcast. |
| 1:04.6 | We're on a mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. So many of our story leads come from you. So please reach out to us any time through our website with your tales of ghosts |
| 1:13.7 | monsters aliens roadside oddities true crime and the just plain weird we love |
| 1:18.8 | hearing from you hey quick announcement Ray zombie prom 2024 is coming back to Milford, Massachusetts on Saturday, February 17th to benefit |
| 1:28.0 | the Community Harvest Project in Grafton. |
| 1:30.6 | Ray and I have been hosting this event for years. |
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