The Hobgoblins of Springvale

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 382 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate a haunting that dates back 1872 in the village of Springvale, Maine. The paranormal activity was so profound it caught the attention of the Lewiston Journal who sent a reporter and learned the strange activity dates back at least 12 years and had been witnessed by multiple people – none of them made it very long as a tenant in this house. Who is haunting this old farmhouse?

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0:00.0	Okay, so bear to the right up here.
0:05.2	All right, got it.
0:06.2	And we can pull over right up here on the right.
0:14.7	All right.
0:18.8	Now we're in a rural section of Springvale, Maine. Springvale is technically a village of
0:23.7	Sanford, Maine, whose downtown is just south of us. And we're about 30 miles southwest of Portland.
0:29.5	This used to be mostly farm country, and within that farm country was a farmhouse owned by the Garvin family.
0:36.2	And is that what we're looking for, the old Garvin house?
0:38.5	We are.
0:39.3	Now, the house used to be a rental property.
0:41.3	During the mid-1800s, for a period of about 12 years, they couldn't seem to keep a tenant inside.
0:46.9	Tenants included families, people with rock-solid reputations, even a preacher.
0:51.1	All of them were really uncomfortable inside this house.
0:55.8	And it didn't take long for word to get around as to the reason. And what's that? Well, everyone in town knew the Garvin House
1:02.0	was haunted. Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 382 of the New England Legends podcast.
1:12.4	And I'm Ray Ozier. Thank you for joining us on our mission of Chronicle Every Ghost, Monster, Alien, UFO,
1:17.6	roadside, oddity, and other wicked strangeness in New England, one story at a time.
1:22.3	Please hit the subscribe button wherever you get your podcast because it's free.
1:26.4	It would also help a lot if you posted a
1:28.0	review for us because that's how we grow. And a quick reminder that tickets are on sale for our annual
1:32.8	charity zombie prom on Saturday, February 22nd, the Double Tree Hotel in Milford, Massachusetts.
1:39.1	All proceeds benefit community harvest project. You can find a link to buy tickets on our website
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