The Great Wall of Spite

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 398 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll past the Spite Wall in Westminster, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1852 by Edmund Proctor, the giant colonial wall was made to block the view from Proctor’s neighbor, Farwell Morse, a religious zealot who didn’t approve of his neighbor working on the sabbath day. The wall still stands today as a testament to spite.

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0:00.0	So we're driving down North Common Road in Westminster, Massachusetts. Yeah, we are. And there's a whole
0:09.4	bunch of nice houses here, lots of nice properties. The homes are pretty spread out, and the yards
0:14.4	and grounds are pretty big. A lot of this used to be farmland back in the early colonial settlements.
0:20.3	Yeah, I could see that.
0:21.3	So our destination is coming up at the intersection just ahead, and you can pull over anywhere
0:25.9	you see enough room.
0:26.6	All right, got it.
0:27.6	Okay, what we're looking for is right over there.
0:39.3	Where? I only see a stone wall. Is that what we're looking for or something on the other side?
0:44.5	No, no, the stone wall is the destination.
0:46.3	Oh, okay. Ray, we've come to Westminster, Massachusetts to explore the great wall of spite.
0:54.4	Hey there, I'm Jeff Belanger.
0:56.0	Welcome to episode 398 of the New England Legends podcast.
0:59.7	And I'm Ray Osier.
1:00.6	Thank you for joining us on our mission to Chronicle Every Legend in New England, one story at a time.
1:05.3	Did you know most of our story leads come from you?
1:07.3	This one did.
1:08.4	Thanks to Douglas Karen, a school school teacher who has been known to share
1:11.9	our podcast episodes in his classroom. We love that. We do. Like Douglas, you can reach out to
1:17.4	us anytime through our website to share your ideas on future stories. We'll explore the
1:22.4	great wall of spite right after this word from our sponsor. Jeff, this isn't the first construction project that we visited that's built out of spite.
1:31.9	No, not at all.
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