S2 Ep17: The Sealed Room
From Astonishing Legends by Astonishing Legends Productions
May 5, 2026 · 44 min · Season 2 · Episode 17
About this episode
The episode explores the haunted history of a building in Chelsea, Massachusetts, which has a mysterious sealed room.
In tonight's dead letter, we're across the harbor from Boston, in the densely layered city of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Our listener grew up in a building that began its life as a 19th-century clinic, served as a surgery, and ended its years as a hospice before becoming a multi-generational family home. But the house already had a few residents. Different presences on every floor, each with their own habits and rules. What's harder to explain is the room someone worked very hard to make sure no one would ever find. REFERENCE LINKS Great Chelsea Fire of 1908 — Wikipedia Chelsea Conflagration 1973: The Biggest Fire You've Never Heard Of — Fire Rescue 1 Chelsea on Fire: 1908 — Chelsea conflagration: The biggest fire you’ve never heard of GBH/WGBH Boston Domovoy: Slavic Household Spirit — Wikipedia Domovoy: The Guardian Spirit of the Home and the Family — Slavic Lore Domovoy — Britannica Modern Spolia: Harvesting Building Materials from Demolition Sites — ArchDaily Electronic Voice Phenomenon — Wikipedia Ghosts in the Machine: The Truth About EVP — Homespun Haints Sensing What Others Cannot: Anomalous Experiences and Autism — Psychology Today Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions…
People in this episode
Host: Astonishing Legends Productions
Topics covered
- haunted houses
- paranormal experiences
- history of Chelsea
- ghost stories
- anomalous perception
Keywords
- Chelsea
- haunted
- 19th-century clinic
- ghosts
- anomalous experiences
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Domovoy: Slavic Household Spirit, Ghosts in the Machine: The Truth About EVP, Sensing What Others Cannot: Anomalous Experiences and Autism
Places: Chelsea, Massachusetts
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