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New England Legends Podcast

The Meeting House Hill Ghost

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 290 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Meeting House Hill region of Meriden, Connecticut, searching for a ghost that made the newspaper back in August of 1895 -- a spooky specter around Booth Pond seen by dozens of locals. Though the reporter at the time seems to think he solved the mystery of the ghost… we found something more. The pond is gone now, but are the ghosts?

See more at: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-290-the-meeting-house-hill-ghost/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ray, do you ever wonder what people did before the days of, you know, streaming television,

0:07.0

internet, cell phones, podcasts, or even radio?

0:10.2

You mean the Stone Age?

0:12.0

Yeah, the Stone Age.

0:13.3

Or say, 125 years ago, which is an eye blink in the scale of human history.

0:18.7

I mean, think about this.

0:19.8

My great-grandfather was alive 125 years ago to give you a little perspective.

0:24.8

That's literally two people ago.

0:26.9

Yeah, I guess it wasn't all that long ago when you put it that way.

0:30.0

Now, what do you think people did to amuse themselves 125 years ago before all that stuff?

0:34.4

I don't know.

0:35.1

I guess they actually talked to each other.

0:37.4

Maybe read books, tended to horses.

0:39.9

Right.

0:40.3

Of course, the horses.

0:41.2

We forgot the horses.

0:42.7

And I'm sure people did some of those things, but they also spent some time chasing

0:47.1

legends.

0:48.2

Sometimes a story is so good, it'll make the local newspapers, and people get curious

0:53.2

enough to go check it out for themselves.

0:55.4

Is that what we're chasing this week? A legend that made the paper and got people buzzing?

0:59.8

That's exactly what we're doing, Ray. So grab your keys. We're heading to Meriden, Connecticut,

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