Wicked Curious Radio With Roxie Zwicker
Join Mystery Maven Roxie Zwicker for a unique radio show that features New England folklore, history, mystery and ghost stories. Roxie has been entertaining the locals, visitors from away and curious souls with her unique stories since 1994. New England Curiosities, Roxie's company has been offering tours and special haunted events since 2002. Featured in the Boston Herald and the New York Times. TV appearances include New Hampshire Chronicle, The History Channel and the Travel Channel! Discover ghost stories, hidden history, off the beaten path road trips, curious roadside Americana and so much more. Roxie is also the author of 10 books on folklore. Don't blame us if you can't sleep after the show.
Episodes
84 episodes
Wicked Curious Radio - Whale of a Terrifying Tale & A High Seas Mystery
In this episode of Wicked Curious be warned - as our first legendary tale may leave you feeling more than just haunted - it may just leave you seasick. A true, epic tale who's dark roots run deep on a Massachusetts island. Our second tale has u...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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33:49
Wicked Curious Radio - Ghosts & Strange Phenomena on the Old Farm
In this episode of Wicked Curious, join Roxie for some truly haunting tales from old New England farms. From the ghost that watches people as they sleep to the decaying afterlife clothing with a life of its own, we have harvested some truly spo...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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31:04
Wicked Curious Radio - Exploding Bananas, The Boston Tea Party & A Maine Cemetery
Join Roxie for another intriguing episode of Wicked Curious. Discover a strange story of explosive bananas, dive deep into the legacy of the Boston Tea Party and visit a cemetery in Maine with many stories to tell - and so much more!
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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30:07
Wicked Curious Radio - A Ghostly, Frozen Island & Punishing the Ship's Captain
In this episode of Wicked Curious discover a haunted and sometimes frozen historic island on the north shore of Massachusetts. Sounding a spirit bell during a deadly shipwreck, can you still hear it today? A ship's captain from Marblehead is su...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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32:48
Wicked Curious Radio - Strangeness in Old Saybrook, CT - The Mystical Lady, The Burning Steamship & More
In this episode we check out some of the curiosities in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. From the Mystical Lady Fenwick, who was so special to the locals when her grave was moved, souvenirs were cut from her hair. The chilling account of the fiery wr...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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29:25
Wicked Curious Radio - Bats - The Sleep of Death & Cooking With Colonial Gravestones
It's International Bat Appreciation Day! Roxie shares some spooky bat tales as we discover an old stone quarry filled with bat bones. Where can you find a gravestone with bats on it and where can you observe these curious creatures flying in an...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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31:07
Wicked Curious Radio - Weird & Wonderful Museums, Devilish Times and Freaky Fish
In this episode of Wicked Curious, start putting together your itinerary to explore some of the most unusual museums New England has to offer. Explore the oddities from around the world (and your backyard) that you'll find in those curious coll...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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48:17
Wicked Curious Radio - The Funhouse Corpse From Maine & Camping In the Cemetery
In this episode of Wicked Curious a man from Maine spends his afterlife as a funhouse and sideshow corpse. We will unravel the bizarre story and explain why people put a nickel in his dead mouth. Plus, what might you see trailer touring in the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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25:51
Wicked Curious Radio - The Footless Ghost of Maine and Following the Bells of Paul Revere
In this episode of Wicked Curious Roxie shares some inspiration from old issues of Yankee Magazine. Listen throughout New England for the old bells of Paul Revere. A story about the footless ghost of Maine will keep you on your toes. Plus, you'...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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31:35
Wicked Curious Radio - Sleepy Hollow Visit and A Spooky Provincetown Beach
In this episode of Wicked Curious Roxie shares some stories from her journey to Long Island and to Sleepy Hollow, New York. Curl up and listen to our experiences connecting New England to this tiny, yet storied village! What is it like to wande...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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43:58
Wicked Curious Radio - For Good or Ill - Strange & Spooky Medicine
In this episode of Wicked Curious Roxie shares some spooky tales of colonial medicine, eerie folkways and herbal closets. Were some sicknesses the work of witchcraft or the devil? How did a doctor from Connecticut brew his "black powder" potion...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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32:56
Wicked Curious Radio - Trains, Unhappy Ghosts and a Strange Fire
In this storytelling episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie shares some short spooky stories from a haunted train line, to the spirits of murdered men in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Plus, discover a superstitious tale about how to cure a curse o...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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29:38
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - The Queen of the Windjammers, A Cursed Captain & The Secret of Sailor Jack
In this storytelling episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie shares two mysterious maritime tales and a Victorian poem of a doomed ghost ship. The Queen of windjammers departs in her own dramatic way with a flash of fire in Casco Bay, Maine. A g...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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39:25
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Storm Tossed Lighthouses and their Legendary Keepers
In this conversational episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie is joined by the Professor Lou Blasi for a spooky discussion of storm tossed lighthouses, the harrowing experiences of their keepers and some of the ghost stories they left behind. &...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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46:28
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Mysterious Waters, Lost Treasure & A Tip of the Hat to Revolutionary Ghosts
In this conversational episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie is joined by the Professor Lou Blasi for two stories of mysterious ships, lost treasure and one of the most unusual maritime tragedies in Maine history. Do these historical events le...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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54:39
Wicked Curious Radio With Roxie Zwicker - A Trio of Holiday Stories
In this storytelling episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie shares two holiday stories and a poem. The first story is a heartwarming tale of inspiration, about a neighbor who some folks called a skeleton. We will also discuss the author of this...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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43:59
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Spooky Season Wrap-Up!
In this conversational episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie is joined by the Professor Lou Blasi for a review of the October adventures of New England Curiosities. Roxie shares some new stories gathered from the many locations she visited on ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:09:58
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Halloween Edition!
In this conversational episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie is joined by Lou for this special, spirited Halloween show. Roxie shares the story of a mysterious house in Massachusetts with some odd Halloween games... along with a spooky tunnel....
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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57:16
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Old Witchcraft Tales, Spooky Armory in Gloucester & Other Odd Haunts
In this conversational episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie is joined by Lou in this particularly entertaining and fun show. Fresh from the research archives, Roxie shares many strange tales with Lou, from a haunted armory in Gloucester, Mass...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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53:15
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Haunted Equinox Hotel, Mysteries of Gillette Castle & Moon Legends and Lore
In this conversational episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie is joined by Lou and Ken for a most intriguing show. From full moon folklore, madness and mysteries, hear tales of unusual experiences and odd beliefs surrounding that bright light i...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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48:36
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Haunted Destinations, Creepy Castle, Hill of Storms & Oldest Burial Ground
In this edition of Wicked Curious, Roxie shares three haunted locations that you should add to your travel itinerary. From a haunted castle in Massachusetts, to a hill of "storms" and spirits to the oldest common burial ground in New Hampshire....
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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43:01
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Haunted Farms of New England
In this edition of Wicked Curious, Roxie kicks off the summer season with three creepy tales of ghostly phenomena from old New England farms. Unexplained disappearances, cursed land and a haunted farm that ended up making headlines when the sto...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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52:52
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Haunted Houses of Cambridge & Strange Graves of New Hampshire
In this edition of Wicked Curious, Roxie shares tales of haunted houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Explore two New Hampshire graveyards where the stories of the dead return from their burial sites. Eerie tales to give you the creeps.F...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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51:09
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Ghost Stories by the Fire
In this edition of Wicked Curious, Roxie shares ghoulish and ghastly tales from beyond the grave. Discover why the living are more frightening than the dead at a historic Boston burial ground. Explore the story of a Cape Cod minister who just h...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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54:10
Wicked Curious With Roxie Zwicker - Dark Poems & Dark Tales
In this edition of Wicked Curious, Roxie shares some dark New England folklore as written by famous poets. From John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edgar Allan Poe and many others. Discover tales of witches, creatures, curses and st...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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56:36