Tonight, we’re heading to one of New England’s most infamous stretches of asphalt,one that once ranked the scariest road in Massachusetts. Route 44, between Seekonk and Taunton, where drivers swear they’ve encountered a ghost that doesn’t just appear, he asks for a ride.

For decades, people have reported the exact same figure: a red-headed hitchhiker with a twisted smile, a voice that crackles through radios, and a habit of showing up in the backseat when you least expect it.

We’re breaking down the history, the timeline, the earliest written mentions, and the stories that turned this phantom hitchhiker into one of New England’s most chilling roadside legends.

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In the early hours of March 18th, 1990, two men disguised as Boston police officers walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and walked out with thirteen priceless works of art.

Rembrandt. Vermeer. Degas. Gone.

More than thirty years later, the frames still hang empty, the suspects are still suspects, and none of the paintings have been found.

We're joined by intuitive Nichole Duncan as we explore Boston’s most infamous unsolved crime.

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They say the first time you see the Black Dog of Hanging Hill, it brings good fortune.
The second time, bad luck.
And the third? Certain death.
Even weirder, this dog doesn't bark, and it doesn't leave footprints.
Tonight, we dig into one of Connecticut's weirdest stories and prepare you for your encounter with the shaggy black dog of Hanging Hill.

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They say a burning ship still haunts the waters off Block Island. A ghostly flame that flickers across the waves, appearing each year around Christmas. But before the legend of the Palatine Light, there was a real ship: The Princess Augusta. A doomed voyage that ended in starvation, betrayal, and fire at sea.

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In the 1600s, Harry Main was a fisherman in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and he was a man consumed by greed and cruelty. But when he finally died, the townspeople buried him close to the tide line so the Devil, or the sea, could claim him.

Centuries later, locals still swear that during coastal storms, they can hear his screams.

Join us as we unravel one of New England’s oldest maritime legends: the curse of Harry Mai: Buried by the Sea.

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High in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, locals still whisper the name Doc Benton. After the death of his family, he became obsessed with unlocking the secret to eternal life. But then his research took a dark and deadly turn. Benton’s name became tied to strange deaths, missing hikers, and ghostly sightings near Mount Moosilauke.

Tonight, we’re heading deep into New England’s mountains to uncover the chilling legend of the doctor who wanted to conquer death itself.

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It’s January 25th, 1967, in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. The Andreasson family has just finished dinner when the lights go out and the night sky begins to glow red and pink. Moments later, strange beings appear outside the windows.

What followed would become one of New England’s most detailed and haunting alien abduction cases ever recorded. Under hypnosis, Betty Andreasson described a surreal encounter with otherworldly visitors. A night filled with light, faith, and missing time.

Tonight, we’re diving deep into The Andreasson Affair — a story that blurs the line between belief and the impossible.

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Raymond E. Fowler. The Andreasson Affair: The Documented Investigation of a Woman’s Abduction Aboard a UFO.Prentice-Hall, 1979.

Deep in the quiet hills of Moodus, Connecticut, the ground groans, rumbles, and roars. For centuries, locals have heard the infamous “Moodus Noises”, phantom booms that shake the earth without warning. To the Indigenous people, they were the voice of angry spirits. To early colonists, they were a curse from the Devil himself. Scientists call them microquakes—but even they can’t explain the chilling frequency, nor why the sounds sometimes seem to happen when no seismic activity exists. In this episode, we’re digging into the legends, the history, and the science behind one of New England’s oldest and creepiest mysteries.

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In 1647, decades before Salem, Connecticut made history with its first witch execution. Her name was Alice Young of Windsor. Little survives about her trial, but her death marked the beginning of New England’s witch panic—decades of fear, accusations, and hangings that would leave deep scars across the region.

Tonight, the gang unpacks Alice Young’s story, the world she lived in, and how her execution set the stage for America’s dark history of witch hunts.

In 1647, decades before Salem, Connecticut made history with its first witch execution. Her name was Alice Young of Windsor. Little survives about her trial, but her death marked the beginning of New England’s witch panic—decades of fear, accusations, and hangings that would leave deep scars across the region.

Tonight, the gang unpacks Alice Young’s story, the world she lived in, and how her execution set the stage for America’s dark history of witch hunts.

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Locked away at Yale’s Beinecke Library is the world’s most mysterious book—the Voynich Manuscript. Packed with unknown symbols, bizarre plants, and cosmic charts, it’s baffled scholars, spies, and codebreakers for centuries. Can anyone crack its code?

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