The Father of Laughing Gas

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 390 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the story of Dr. Horace Wells of Hartford, Connecticut, a dentist who attended a nitrous oxide expedition in 1844. Though the performance was a laughing matter, Dr. Wells took what he saw seriously. He was inspired to try using the gas in his dental practice. Though he sought fame and fortune, Wells spiraled downward into darkness.

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0:00.0	Hey, you doing okay over there, Ray?
0:05.7	You keep picking at your teeth.
0:07.4	Yeah, I think I have a cavity or something.
0:09.6	I need to get to the dentist soon.
0:11.5	I'm really dreading it, though.
0:12.6	I get it.
0:13.5	Tooth problems are no joke.
0:14.7	No, they're not.
0:16.1	No.
0:17.0	Okay, so pull in here.
0:19.6	Okay, so we're driving into Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.
0:23.5	This cemetery is huge.
0:24.9	Yeah, it is.
0:25.7	And there's some famous people buried here, too.
0:28.7	J.P. Morgan, for one, the famous financier and the investment banker.
0:32.1	He's in the ground here.
0:33.2	I bet he didn't take his money with him.
0:35.1	Probably not.
0:36.2	Hey, you know who else is buried here?
0:37.3	Who?
0:38.1	Catherine Hepburn.
0:39.0	Whoa.
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