🖤 Jeff Belanger | Local Legends #76

Eleanor chats with the Emmy-nominated paranormal researcher, bestselling author, and legendary explorer to uncover the spooks, scares, and deep folklore of Massachusetts! 🌲⛵ Welcome to Local Legends, a special interview series from The Three Ravens Podcast. Every Saturday, we sit down with local historians, folklore experts, authors, and keepers of traditions to uncover the hidden stories buried in the landscapes around us. Eleanor enjoys a fascinating conversation with author, podcaster, and explorer of the unexplained, Jeff Belanger! Jeff joins us around the campfire to share his incredible career tracing the things that go bump in the night. As the Emmy-nominated host, writer, and producer of the New England Legends series on PBS and Amazon Prime, and the long-time lead writer and researcher for Discovery Network’s Ghost Adventures, Jeff has spent decades documenting the strange and the supernatural. Together, they dive into Jeff's early inspirations—including his formative interview with the legendary ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren (the real-life inspiration behind The Conjuring franchise). Eleanor shares how she first discovered Jeff’s groundbreaking interactive Legendary Map resource while researching Massachusetts folklore, leading to her obsession with the New England Legends podcast. From his bestselling books like Wicked Strange, Weird Massachusetts, and The World’s Most Haunted Places to his pioneering online community ghostvillage.com (going strong since 1999), Jeff unpacks how history, geography, and human experience intertwine to create our most enduring urban legends. Gather in close for a spooky journey through a state known for witchcraft, cryptids, and a whole lot of history. If you love history, folklore, regional myths, and deep storytelling, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and hit the notification bell for new episodes every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday! 🔔 📱 FOLLOW OUR GUEST: • Explore the Legendary Map & Podcast: https://ournewenglandlegends.com • Visit Jeff's online community: ghostvillage.com 🔗 JOIN THE CONSPIRACY OF RAVENS 🌐 Official Website: Visit the Three Ravens Podcast Official Site to sign up for our mailing list, explore our episode catalogue, and enjoy our blog - https://www.threeravenspodcast.com/ 🛒 Shop: Buy our books and exclusive Three Ravens Merch including mugs, tote bags, tees and hoodies from our Online Shop - https://www.threeravenspodcast.com/shop 👑 Patreon: Support the show and unlock ad free listening to over 500 episodes, monthly Patreon exclusive episodes, Three Ravens Film Club, and our newsletter at the Three Ravens Patreon -   / threeravenspodcast   📚 Our First Book: Buy our collection of 39 historic stories, Three Ravens Folk Tales, published by The History Press - https://amzn.eu/d/0fEBtgVX 📱 Socials: Follow our daily folklore facts on Facebook and Instagram - https://www.facebook.com/threeravensp...   / threeravenspodcast   🎧 STREAM THE AUDIO VERSION Listen to our catalog on your favorite podcast platform: Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5FVhckO... Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Listen on Acast - https://shows.acast.com/threeravenspo... #Folklore #NewEnglandLegends #GhostAdventures #MassachusettsFolklore #Paranormal #LocalLegends #ThreeRavensPodcast #EdAndLorraineWarren #UrbanLegends