The Shunned House

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

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

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 301 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll historic Benefit Street in Providence, Rhode Island, to visit a house built in 1763. Known as the Stephen Harris house, this home was constructed over a former burial ground. Though the graves were relocated, some suspect not all of the human remains made the move. The house was haunted from its earliest days, a run of bad luck plagued the Harris family, and by the late 1800s it fell into disrepair. The legend inspired horror icon H.P. Lovecraft to pen his novella “The Shunned House.”

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0:00.0	Okay, we'll make a right here onto Benefit Street.
0:07.0	All right, got it.
0:08.0	And the house we're looking for is going to be coming up on our right pretty soon.
0:12.0	Yeah, Benefit Street is one of the oldest streets in Providence, Rhode Island.
0:15.0	Sure. One of the most historic, too.
0:17.0	Oh, hey, there's a parking spot right there.
0:19.0	I see it, got it.
0:20.0	Now, I see a bunch of stately historic homes on this street. Which one is the one we want?
0:25.1	That one right there, the yellow one. There have been so many tragedies inside this
0:29.5	home that not only led to a haunting, but it inspired literary master H.P. Lovecraft
0:35.2	to write a story about it. We're in Providence to visit the Shund House. shunned house. Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger.
0:47.0	And I'm Ray Ozier.
0:48.0	Welcome to episode 301 of the New England Legends podcast.
0:52.0	We appreciate you riding with us as we explore ghosts, monsters, roadside oddities,
0:56.5	eccentric and all the other weirdness that makes New England so great.
1:00.4	And if you've got a story we simply must check out, please reach out to us any time through our website.
1:05.0	Most of our story leads come from you.
1:07.0	Now, we're going to explore this tragic Providence haunting after a quick word from this sponsor.
1:20.0	So we're in the College Hill section of Providence, Rhode Island. This house on Benefit Street doesn't stand out among the others?
1:23.6	No, not really.
1:24.7	It's three and a half stories tall,
1:26.3	just like many of the houses nearby.
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