FtV - Green Lady Cemetery

New England Legends Podcast

Hosts Jeff Belanger and Ray Osher revisit a classic episode exploring the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery in Burlington, Connecticut, home to the local legend of the Green Lady ghost. The narrative traces the

Key takeaways

• Jeff Belanger and Ray Osher investigate the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery in Burlington, CT, officially known as Green Lady Cemetery.
• The site was established by Sabbatarian (Seventh-day Baptist) families who migrated from Rhode Island to Connecticut in 1780.

Main topics

• Green Lady ghost legend
• Seventh-day Baptist church history in Burlington

Notable quotes

"As I am now, so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me."

Conclusion

The episode successfully blends historical research with local folklore while

Transcript preview

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Speaker 4 (0:52) Now, can you go back and listen on your own at ournewenglandledges.com? You bet. But you Speaker 5 (0:57) won't get the added bonus of an After the Legends segment featuring new commentary about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray. Speaker 4 (1:05) So let's open up the New England Legends vault and revisit another legendary episode. Speaker 4 (1:12) Hey kids, welcome to the vault. Glad to have you back here in the vault. It's October, Ray. Oh, spooky season. Spooky season is back. We couldn't be happier. This time we're going back to Green Lady Cemetery. They say it's haunted. First aired August 27th, 2020. Enjoy. Speaker 5 (1:28) So we're in a pretty rural part of Burlington, Connecticut. What are we looking for, Jeff? Ray, we're searching for a cemetery. All right, well, we've explored a cemetery or two before. Yeah. It shouldn't be too hard to Speaker 4 (1:39) find. Well, usually, no. Cemeteries are pretty easy to spot with acres of manicured grass and the well-kept headstones, things like that. But this one may not be so easy to locate. Okay, we should turn left up here on Upson Road, right over there. Got Speaker 5 (1:56) it. Speaker 4 (1:56) The cemetery we're looking for, it's just a small patch of land. Most of the headstones are long gone now. Speaker 5 (2:02) All right, but wait. There's a clearing right there on the right. It's enclosed by a colonial stone wall. I see a few rocks sticking out of the ground. Could those be broken off headstones? Speaker 4 (2:12) This is it, Ray. This is the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery. Keep your eyes peeled, because we're searching for a ghost. They call the Green Lady. Speaker 4 (2:27) I'm Jeff Belander and welcome to episode 158 of the New England Legends podcast. If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. And Speaker 5 (2:36) I'm Ray Osher. Thanks for riding along with us as we chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. This is way more than just a podcast, by the Speaker 4 (2:45) way. Speaker 5 (2:45) Very true. Yep. or even a television series you can watch right now on Amazon Prime. New England Legends is a huge community of legend seekers who are sharing stories that connect us with our communities, with our history, and with each other. Amen. And to help you connect with the stories and locations, be sure to download our brand new mobile app developed by Lauren Middleton at Forest City Marketing. It's free, and you can get it right now in the Google Play or Apple App Stores. The Speaker 4 (3:12) app has this... fancy map of New England with pins linking you to every story we've covered so far. So you can listen to our podcast while you drive to check out these locations for yourself. Many of them are remote, which means you can socially distance. and get out of the house. Speaker 5 (3:28) We'd also like to thank our Patreon patrons for sponsoring this week's episode. These folks kick in just three bucks per month to get early access to new episodes, plus bonus episodes and content that no one else gets to hear. In fact, this past weekend, we had our first virtual Patreon picnic via Zoom meeting. Speaker 4 (3:46) That was fun. Speaker 5 (3:47) It was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who attended. We'd appreciate your support on this. Head over to patreon.com slash newenglandlegends to sign up. Speaker 4 (3:56) So many of our story leads come from you guys, you legendary listeners. So please keep them coming. Contact us through our fancy new app, our website, or our super secret Facebook group. Speaker 5 (4:06) All right, Jeff. You know, I've heard of this place before. Yeah. But I think I've only heard it called Green Lady Cemetery. Speaker 4 (4:12) And that may very well be the name most people know best for this place. But officially, it's called the Seventh Day. Baptist Cemetery. Speaker 5 (4:21) Seventh-day Baptist? I've heard of Seventh-day Adventist. In fact, looking at the GPS, it says right now we're next to the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery in Burlington, Connecticut. Speaker 4 (4:30) Yep, it does say that, but the GPS is wrong. Oh, okay. This is the Seventh-day Baptist Cemetery. And I admit, I had to look them up as well. Well, I'm... Glad we're not the only one. No, Seventh-day Baptists are a small denomination of Baptists, about 5,000 members in the United States. And they observe the Sabbath on Saturday, which is the biblical seventh day of the week. That's it? Speaker 5 (4:53) Saturday instead of Sunday? Speaker 4 (4:54) That's pretty much it. All right, I got it. So Speaker 5 (4:57) they were never a large group in the United States. No, Speaker 4 (5:00) they weren't. We'll get into them a little bit more in a minute. Right now... We're here for the ghost of the Green Lady. Right. This cemetery Speaker 5 (5:07) isn't very large. It's maybe a quarter of an acre in size.