The Haunting of Hell Hollow

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 396 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger drive down Hell Hollow Road in Voluntown, Connecticut, searching for the Witch of Hell Hollow and a solitary grave deep in the woods. There’s talk of disembodied shrieks in the woods, plus a curse from Little Maude who died in 1886. How did it happen? We talk to a direct decedent of Maude to get the answers.

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0:00.0	So we're cruising down Route 49 in Voluntown, Connecticut.
0:07.4	Yeah.
0:08.1	And we're going to be taking our next right up ahead.
0:10.8	Okay.
0:12.4	Wait a minute.
0:13.2	This road is called Hell Hollow Road.
0:15.3	It is.
0:16.0	I think we've covered enough stories and enough places called Hollows to know that they're just about all haunted.
0:21.1	It seems that way, doesn't it?
0:22.4	Yes. But Hell Hollow? I mean, that's another level.
0:25.5	It is. They say you'll hear disembodied shrieks out here in these woods, that there's an old,
0:30.8	desecrated grave out here that's been cursed. We've come to Hell Hollow to pick apart the fact from
0:36.2	fiction in search for the witch of Hell Hollow.
0:43.2	I'm Jeff Belanger. Welcome to episode 396 of the New England Legends podcast.
0:47.5	And I'm Ray Osier. Thank you for joining us as we chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time.
0:52.9	Please be sure to hit that subscribe button and we'll bring you new stories of ghost monsters, aliens, roadside oddities,
0:58.9	and other wicked strangeness each week. We'll go searching for the Witch of Hell
1:02.4	Hollow Road right after this word from our sponsor. So Jeff, we're driving on Hell Hollow Road in Voluntown, Connecticut.
1:13.5	Right.
1:14.0	Now, right now, we're passing some pretty nice middle class homes.
1:16.8	The homeowners are clearly taking care of their properties.
1:20.0	I see some kid toys in one of those yards.
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