{"podcast":{"title":"New England Legends Podcast","slug":"new-england-legends-podcast-726559","podcast_index_feed_id":726559,"rss_url":"https://newenglandlegends.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://ournewenglandlegends.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/4/9/f/649f6506b2bf394a/1000_100118.jpg","author":"Jeff Belanger","episode_count":160,"summary":"Twice each week, legend hunter, author, and historian Jeff Belanger and radio host Ray Auger explore the ghosts, monsters, aliens, folklore, history, roadside oddities, true crime, and legends of New England in this award-winning podcast. If you give us about twenty minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. The bizarre is closer than you think!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T04:19:28.613746+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-england-legends-podcast-726559"},"episode":{"title":"The Legendary Clock of Providence","slug":"the-legendary-clock-of-providence","published_at":"2026-02-26T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-england-legends-podcast-726559/the-legendary-clock-of-providence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-england-legends-podcast-726559","url":"https://newenglandlegends.libsyn.com/the-legendary-clock-of-providence","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/newenglandlegends/NEL435_LaddObservatory.mp3?dest-id=1244321","summary":"In Episode 435, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the legendary Ladd Observatory in Providence, Rhode Island, to explore its connection with a literary icon, possibly his ghost, and the method Providence used to keep time for 80 years. See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-435-the-legendary-clock-of-providence/ Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends Buy Jeff Belanger's new book Wicked Strange New England on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4lMkM3G Check out Jeff's new underground publication Shadow Zine! https://shadowzine.com/ Listen to Ray's Local Raydio! https://localraydio.com/","meta_description":"In Episode 435, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit the legendary Ladd Observatory in Providence, Rhode Island, to explore its connection with a literary ic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1254,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-england-legends-podcast-726559/episodes/the-legendary-clock-of-providence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-england-legends-podcast-726559/the-legendary-clock-of-providence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}