The Luckiest Man in Maine
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 440, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Falmouth, Maine, to search for Edwin Robinson who was struck my lightning on June 4, 1980. It turns out, Robinson may just be the luckiest man in the history of Maine.
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| 0:00.0 | Jeff, we should probably get inside soon. |
| 0:06.7 | Looks like a storm's coming. |
| 0:07.8 | Yeah, yeah, I see that. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm sure we can hop into this coffee shop and grab something warm while we wait for the storm to pass. |
| 0:15.4 | Hello? |
| 0:16.1 | Yep. |
| 0:16.5 | We'll take two of those. |
| 0:17.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:19.0 | So we're in downtown Falmouth, Maine. The next town north, up the coast from Portland. Falmouth is a quaint seaport town. Yeah, it is. It's close enough to the city of Portland. It's right on the water. Still has that small town feel to it. Oh, absolutely. Hey, hot drinks are ready. Thank you. Yep. Cheers. Cheers. So what are we looking for in Falmouth? |
| 0:38.9 | Ray, we've come to Falmouth to find the luckiest man in Maine. |
| 0:46.3 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. |
| 0:47.7 | Welcome to episode 440 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 0:51.1 | And I'm Ray Osier. |
| 0:51.9 | Thank you for joining us on our mission. |
| 0:53.3 | A Chronicle every legend in New England, one story at a time. Most of our story leads come from you, like this one. Thank you to our buddy, Lauren Middleton, for sending this one in. Lauren helps us with our website, our app, and our super secret New England Legends Facebook group. If you've got a story you think we should check out, please email us anytime through our website. |
| 1:11.2 | We'll go searching for the luckiest man in Maine right after this word from our sponsor. |
| 1:16.6 | So we're looking for a lucky guy. |
| 1:19.2 | The luckiest guy in Maine, Ray. |
| 1:21.9 | Okay. Did he win the lottery or something? |
| 1:24.1 | Well, arguably you got something better than a lottery win. |
| 1:26.8 | Wow. I can't wait to find out |
| 1:28.3 | what it could be. All right. So the history of Falmouth dates back almost 14,000 years to when the first |
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