The Devil’s Hopyard

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 308 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike up to the waterfalls of the Devil’s Hopyard in East Haddam, Connecticut, in search of where they say the devil left his marks in the stones of Chapman Falls. The Native Americans believe the odd marks in the stone were connected to a deity who thundered sounds from a nearby mountain, the Puritans believed it was the devil. Is there a connection to the Moodus Noise?

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0:00.0	Man this summer has been hot so far, huh? Yeah, it's been bad for sure.
0:07.7	Almost too hot even to go to the beach. I agree. There's nothing worse than burning your
0:11.8	feet in the hot sand.
0:13.0	So I guess it's a good thing, maybe that we're heading here into this wooded state park in East
0:18.2	Haddam, Connecticut.
0:19.2	Absolutely, there's tons of trees around here.
0:21.6	Some pretty cool colonial stone walls lining the road here on State Highway 434 and at
0:27.2	least the shade will help beat the heat. Hey let's pull into the driveway right here on the right.
0:34.0	Okay?
0:35.0	And we can park just over there. I got something else that'll help us beat the heat too.
0:47.0	Mmm,mm couple cold ones in a hot summer's day perfect. Ooh IpAs right on. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So ho. And how appropriate we drink these beers here, Ray. We've come to East
1:07.0	Hadham, Connecticut to explore the Devil's Hopyard. episode 308 of the New England Legends podcast.
1:23.0	Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time.
1:27.0	We're always on the hunt for ghosts, monsters,
1:30.0	UFOs, aliens, roadside oddities, strange history, and the odd devil or two.
1:35.3	If you've got a story you think we should check out please email us anytime through our website.
1:40.4	And we'll get back to searching for the devil's hopyard at East Hadham, Connecticut, right after this word from this sponsor.
1:47.0	Okay, Jeff, I'm intrigued, the Devil's Hopyard?
1:50.0	Yep, that's where we are. Devil's Hopyard State Park.
1:53.0	I didn't know the devil made his own beer.
1:55.0	Oh, come on, why wouldn't he?
1:57.0	And it's a hell of a good beer.
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