The Ghost Ship Sea Bird
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 269, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger search for the Sea Bird, a seaworthy ghost ship that beached near Newport, Rhode Island, in the Autumn of 1750. With no crew on board, and no sign of any trouble or theft, a legend was born. The captain and crew were never seen again. 135 years later, a plausible tale of mutiny and murder surfaced that made the newspapers, keeping us wondering what happened to the Sea Bird.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, the weather might be getting colder, Jeff, but it's nice here by Easton Beach. |
| 0:09.0 | It is. I think midfall still suits Newport, Rhode Island. |
| 0:12.1 | Newport harbors just to our west. There's plenty of boats out on the water today. Not too many people walking on the sand, though. |
| 0:18.4 | I think a lot of us forget how great the beach and ocean are, even when it's not summer. |
| 0:22.8 | I agree. It's great for a picnic, a stroll, or legend hunting. |
| 0:27.0 | So please do keep your eyes peeled on the water today, Ray. |
| 0:29.5 | Okay, what are we looking for? A shark, a storm, a boat? |
| 0:33.6 | We're looking for an old boat. |
| 0:36.3 | We've come to Newport in search of a ghost ship called Seabird. |
| 0:46.9 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. And I'm Ray Ozier. Welcome to episode 269 of the New England |
| 0:52.3 | Legends podcast. Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, one story at a time. |
| 0:57.8 | And we can't do it without you or a community of legend seekers who are always on the lookout for ghosts and monsters and aliens, odd history, roadside oddities, and everything else that makes New England like no other place. |
| 1:09.7 | Most of our story leads come from you. |
| 1:11.6 | If you know a great local legend, don't assume we've heard it. Please reach out to us anytime |
| 1:16.3 | on our website or get involved in the super secret New England Legends Facebook group. It's where |
| 1:21.3 | thousands of people are sharing weird stories. The New England Legends Facebook group may be the |
| 1:25.7 | worst kept secret around. That's a good point. |
| 1:47.7 | Now, before we go searching for the ghost ship in Newport, we want to take just a minute to tell you about our sponsor, Noadi Erbles. Ray, the fall weather has me warming up with tea again. I'm with you, Jeff. I used to spend a fortune on those giant overpriced and over-sugured coffees at the drive-thru. Now I keep some Nuadi Erbil's teas on hand at the radio station. |
| 2:00.8 | I'll sip a little lemon sun and add a bit of honey to sweeten it up. It keeps me warm and sooth my throat when I need to talk all morning. Lately, I've been making Nuadi Erbil's rootberry tea during the mid-afternoon when I start to hit that lull. |
| 2:02.1 | It's a sweet treat. |
| 2:06.1 | I love that it tastes great, just enough like root beer, just enough like tea. |
| 2:08.2 | Noadi Herbal has so many great flavors. |
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