The Ghost Ship of Ancient Pemaquid

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In Episode 324 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Bristol, Maine, to search for the site where, one foggy night in 1888, a witness claims a ghostly pirate ship sent a crew of spirits ashore to dig for lost treasure in an ancient graveyard. This spooky account made the newspapers and had the town on edge.

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0:00.0	Ah, Pemiquid. It's a pretty spot here in this Bristol-main peninsula.
0:08.8	Yeah, it is. The Pemiquid Lighthouse is just down the way to our south. There's boats coming along coming
0:14.2	from Pemiquit harbour right near us and Pemiquit Beach is just a short walk to our south.
0:19.1	This place is quintessential Maine.
0:21.6	For sure. We should grab a lobster roll over here.
0:24.0	Ooh, I'm always down for a good lobster roll. So do you go cold with
0:27.6	Mayo like a lobster salad? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, it's all about lukewarm
0:31.3	with butter on a hot dog bun.
0:33.2	A purest.
0:34.2	I respect that, for sure.
0:35.6	Though I appreciate both, I do agree that warm with butter, a little bit of paprika.
0:40.1	But anyway, we're not in Bristol, Maine just looking for lobster.
0:43.0	I figured.
0:44.0	We've come by the water searching for a ship with a crew of pirates who, according to one local woman,
0:49.4	once lurked by these waters in shore.
0:51.2	Pirates.
0:52.2	I love it.
0:52.4	I love it, too. But these weren't shore. Pirates. I love it. I love it too, but these weren't just any
0:54.8	pirates, Ray. According to this local, this was a phantom ship with a ghostly crew.
1:07.0	Hello I'm Jeff Belanger and I'm Ray Osheer.
1:09.0	Welcome to episode 324 of the New England Legends podcast.
1:12.0	Thanks for joining us in our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time.
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