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
97 episodes
Wicked Curious Radio - Ghost Trees & Coffin Point: Lost Legends of the Maine Woods
In this episode of Wicked Curious Radio, we journey into the forests of Maine through a collection of forgotten newspaper accounts from the early twentieth century. Hidden among their yellowed pages are tales of phantom caribou wandering...
Wicked Curious Radio - The Devil of Monhegan: The Curse of Green Point
Far beyond the Maine coast, on the rugged cliffs of Monhegan Island, sits a strange rock formation known as the Devil’s Mortar. For generations, islanders whispered that the hollow in the stone was created by the Devil himself—a place where he ...
Wicked Curious Radio - Echoes Beneath the Water, The Ghostly History of Maine’s Lakes
As summer settles across Maine’s lakes, thousands gather along the water’s edge to swim, boat, and relax beneath sunny skies. But beneath the sparkling surface lie stories of loss, tragedy, and communities forever changed.In this episode...
Wicked Curious Radio - The Ghostly Horse & the Headless Rider: Berkshires Darkest Legends
In the shadow of the Berkshire Mountains, two chilling legends have endured for more than two centuries.In Williamstown, a traveling peddler vanishes after visiting a remote farmhouse. Strange lights are seen in the night, a deserted hou...
Wicked Curious Radio - Where the Dead Still Sail
The sea has always belonged to the living and the dead.In this chilling live episode of Wicked Curious, we voyage into the haunted waters of New England to explore some of the region’s most enduring maritime legends: the Dead Ship of ...
Wicked Curious Radio - Phantoms of the Vermont Central Railway
On a frigid February night in 1887, the Montreal Express plunged from a bridge into the frozen White River, creating the deadliest railroad disaster in Vermont history. Through eyewitness accounts and newspaper reports from the scene, we follow...
Wicked Curious Radio - The Valley of Lost Voices
In 1874, a dam high above Williamsburg, Massachusetts burst without warning, unleashing a wall of water that destroyed entire mill villages and killed more than 130 people in less than an hour. In this haunting episode, we follow the desperate ...
Wicked Curious Radio - Ghosts and Legends of Martha’s Vineyard
A grieving widow beckons a young woman into a recurring nightmare inside a windswept Victorian mansion perched above Martha’s Vineyard Sound. Across the island, correctional officers at the old Dukes County Jail report phantom footsteps, ghostl...
Wicked Curious Radio Live - Bones Beneath Boston, A Chilling Glimpse Into the City’s Morbid Past
Join Mystery Maven, Roxie Zwicker from New England Curiosities for an exciting live episode of Wicked Curious. Not only do we have some fantastic new announcements for 2026, we’ve got stories that will make you gravely concerned about the after...
Wicked Curious Radio - Dark Days and Magick
Join Mystery Maven, Roxie Zwicker from New England Curiosities for another entertaining episode. Discover the dark days of 1780, was it aliens, the apocalypse or the great Reckoning from beyond? Plus, Roxie will have a special guest this week t...
Wicked Curious Radio - Winter's Chill & The Frozen Undead
In this episode there is a real chill to the bone - especially for the undead! How many miles could you walk in a Vermont snowstorm and hope to survive? Have a musical look at Roxie's curiosity shop and so much more as we kick off 2026 and all ...
Wicked Curious Radio - The Bold Coast of Maine Road Trip
Welcome to another 3-day road trip episode. Join us as we journey through Maine's Bold Coast seeking out haunted roads and tragic tales. We will make a quick stop at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland and then it's a back road journey acro...
Wicked Curious Radio - Three Days of Strange & Spooky Connecticut
Welcome back to Wicked Curious Radio! With this 3-day road trip edition. Join us as we journey through Connecticut seeking out graveyards and spooky tales. Along the way we discover some bone-chilling places with stories that seem to reach out ...
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...
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...
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!
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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'...
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...
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...
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...