The Ghost of Wadsworth Athenaeum
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 264, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hunt for the ghost of the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut. Opened in 1844, this is the oldest continually-operating art museum in the United States. The haunting first made the newspapers back in 1911, when a group of past and present employees gathered to share their unexplained experiences inside the old building. The group thinks they know who is haunting the old Athenaeum.
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| 0:00.0 | Wow, the Wadsworth Athenium looks like a castle. |
| 0:13.5 | It does, complete with turrets and everything. |
| 0:16.5 | This Hartford, Connecticut landmark has been here since 1844, though it was founded two years earlier. |
| 0:22.5 | Yeah, I can see the year 1842 in stone above the main entrance. |
| 0:26.0 | Today, it's a museum that holds countless and priceless paintings and other art pieces. |
| 0:30.6 | But let's go inside. |
| 0:35.4 | This is a beautiful building, Jeff. |
| 0:37.3 | Check it out. |
| 0:38.4 | They've got a Norman Rockwell painting over there. |
| 0:40.5 | Tons of other paintings that look sort of familiar, though I'm no art connoisseur. |
| 0:45.5 | Right. |
| 0:46.0 | This place is really big. |
| 0:47.4 | This museum regularly makes top ten must-see places in Connecticut, right? |
| 0:51.0 | All right. |
| 0:51.2 | Are we here to look at art? |
| 0:52.4 | No, no. |
| 0:53.1 | We're actually here to look for |
| 0:54.6 | a ghost because they say the Wadsworth Athenium is haunted. |
| 1:05.6 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 264 of the New England Legends podcast. And I'm Ray Osier. Thanks for joining |
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