A companion to our weekly New England Legends podcast, Campfireside Chats is an interview format with the people who explore, investigate, experience, and tell the legends of New England.
In Episode 4 of Campfireside Chats, Ray Auger speaks with researcher and blogger Michael Girard who runs the Web site Strange New England. Michael discuss his methodology along with some of his favorite New England legends and lore.
In Episode 3 of Campfireside Chats, Jeff Belanger talks to author and folklorist Peter Muise about the elements of a great legend. What do we hear that makes us want to get up out of our seat and go check out story for ourselves? We talk pukwudgies, witches, ghosts, and pigmen, oh my!
In Episode 2 of Campfireside Chats, Jeff Belanger talks to author Keven McQueen about his latest book New England Nightmares: True Tales of the Strange and Gothic. Culled from decades of newspaper headlines, we discuss the strange, the paranormal, and the just plain odd stories that have come out of America's northeastern region over the centuries.
In Episode 1 of Campfireside Chats, Jeff Belanger talks to Ron Kolek of The New England Ghost Project about his work in the paranormal, and his latest book, More Ghost Chronicles: Stories from the Realm of the Unknown, the Unexplained, and the Unbelievable.