With Friday the 13th falling just days before Valentine’s Day, Joe takes Rob on a darker journey through love stories that didn’t end in happily ever after—but may not have ended at all. In this episode, Joe shares three tragic love stories rooted in New England history and legend, where heartbreak, betrayal, and obsession may have left something behind.
The first story brings us deep into the Freetown State Forest, to the cliffs of Assonet Ledge, where witnesses have reported seeing a mysterious Woman in White. Often referred to as the Lady of the Ledge, her origins are tangled in loss, sorrow, and the dangerous edge where love may have quite literally gone over the cliff.
Next, the journey heads north to New Hampshire, and the haunting tale of Nancy Barton. After her lover steals her life savings and disappears, Nancy sets out into the wilderness in the dead of winter to chase him down. She never makes it back. To this day, hikers report strange sounds and unsettling feelings in the woods where she died—leading many to believe Nancy may still be searching.
The final story takes us to Rhode Island, overlooking Narragansett Bay, where the tragic life of Hannah Robinson unfolds. A young woman who eloped against her father’s wishes, Hannah’s love leaves her abandoned, impoverished, and gravely ill. When she is finally brought home to reconcile with her family, she asks to stop one last time at her favorite spot overlooking the water. She dies shortly after. Today, the Hannah Robinson Tower on Tower Hill Road stands as a memorial to a love that cost everything.
Three stories. Three broken hearts. And three places where love may still linger. This Valentine’s season, romance takes a back seat to tragedy—because some love stories don’t fade…
they haunt.

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