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Wicked Strange
Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities, and Urban Legends from New England
Photographs by Frank Grace
Published by New Page Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
Go legend hunting with explorer of the unexplained, Jeff Belanger, visiting haunted places, where monsters lurk, and other roadside oddities.
Wicked Strange is a journey and a celebration of all the things that make New England like no other place on earth. In a time when so much of the world is becoming homogenized as box stores and chain restaurants move in, and so many communities lose their identity—we still have these legends. They belong to specific towns and streets. These are stories locals will share with you… if they trust you.
This travel guide takes readers on a journey to the strange and frequently-unseen world that is often right under their noses. Covering numerous haunted places, environs where mysterious creatures were spotted, usual events happened, eccentric locals, and roadside oddities to explore noted expert of the strange, Jeff Belanger is your guide to all that local and strange. Haunted locations from all over New England are covered including:
Also, covered are unusual evets such as UFO sightings (Connecticut's UFO Crash at Bantam Lake / Betty & Barney Hill UFO experience) and roadside oddities such as the World's Tallest Filing Cabinet (Burlington, VT), Boston’s Big Steaming Tea Kettle, and the literal Fork in the Road of Westport, MA. Wicked Strange takes you off the beaten path, revealing a hidden world right under your nose. Come journey through the towns, hamlets, and hills that hide the strangest of history. Uncover the wickedly strange.
Wicked Strange is a journey and a celebration of all the things that make New England like no other place on earth. In a time when so much of the world is becoming homogenized as box stores and chain restaurants move in, and so many communities lose their identity—we still have these legends. They belong to specific towns and streets. These are stories locals will share with you… if they trust you.
This travel guide takes readers on a journey to the strange and frequently-unseen world that is often right under their noses. Covering numerous haunted places, environs where mysterious creatures were spotted, usual events happened, eccentric locals, and roadside oddities to explore noted expert of the strange, Jeff Belanger is your guide to all that local and strange. Haunted locations from all over New England are covered including:
- The Haunting of Conimicut Lighthouse , Warwick, RI
- Maine’s Sistine Chapel – South Solon, Maine
- Edith Wharton’s Haunted Mansion, The Mount – Lenox, Massachusetts
- Emily’s Haunted Bridge – Stowe, Vermont
- The Sleeping Giant – Hamden, Connecticut
- The Haunted Mt. Washington Hotel – Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Also, covered are unusual evets such as UFO sightings (Connecticut's UFO Crash at Bantam Lake / Betty & Barney Hill UFO experience) and roadside oddities such as the World's Tallest Filing Cabinet (Burlington, VT), Boston’s Big Steaming Tea Kettle, and the literal Fork in the Road of Westport, MA. Wicked Strange takes you off the beaten path, revealing a hidden world right under your nose. Come journey through the towns, hamlets, and hills that hide the strangest of history. Uncover the wickedly strange.
Product Details
- Publisher: New Page Books (November 25, 2025)
- Length: 240 pages
- ISBN13: 9781637480212
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