The Haunted Kent County Jail
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 429, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the former Kent County Jail building in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Built in 1795, this jail has seen countless people come and go through the legal system, from drunks and debtors to murderers. Some of those spirits may have never left their jail cells.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, it's a chilly day here in East Greenwich, Jeff. |
| 0:05.1 | Yeah, it is, and we're just a stone throw from the waters of Greenwich Bay in Rhode Island. |
| 0:10.0 | The docks just down the hill are mostly empty right now, but when the weather warms up in the spring, |
| 0:14.6 | there'll be dozens of boats filling those slips. |
| 0:16.9 | Now, we're walking along Water Street, which is well named because the road hugs the shore. |
| 0:21.7 | There's some great old historic buildings here, too. |
| 0:24.2 | Yeah, and the yellow one right here on our left, that is our destination. |
| 0:28.6 | Well, that is a handsome building. |
| 0:30.8 | Looks like a two-story house. |
| 0:32.5 | There are two chimneys on either side of the roof, five windows across the second floor, four windows across the first floor, and the sign over the door reads East Greenwich Preservation Society. And this is our |
| 0:42.4 | destination, Ray. Today it's home to the Preservation Society, but it used to be a jail. Oh, yeah, I see a |
| 0:48.8 | small sign to the right of the door. It says, Second Kent County Jail, 1795. This is an old building. Ray, we've come to East Greenwich, |
| 0:57.0 | Rhode Island to see the old Kent County Jail because they say this building is haunted. |
| 1:07.0 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. And I'm Ray Osier. Welcome to episode 429 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:13.9 | Thanks for joining us on our Mission to Chronicle, Every Legend in New England one story |
| 1:17.2 | at a time, from ghosts, monsters, UFOs, roadside oddities, and all the other wicked |
| 1:22.0 | strangeness that makes New England great. |
| 1:24.6 | Please hit that subscribe button wherever you get your podcast so that you |
| 1:27.7 | don't miss a thing. |
| 1:28.8 | Also, tickets are on sale for our freak formal. Yes. Ray, do you have yours? I have my tickets ready to go and my costume. This is a... Oh, all right. We'll talk about that later. This is our big annual charity event. It's happening Saturday, February 14th, 26, 6.30 p.m. at the |
| 1:43.8 | Double Tree Hotel in Milford, Massachusetts. |
| 1:46.3 | This is the most un-valentine Saturday, February 14th, 2026, 6.30 p.m. at the Double Tree Hotel in Milford, Massachusetts. |
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