The Blood-Heart Apples of Micah Rood | Haunted Folklore & a Chilling New England Legend

About this episode

The episode explores the chilling legend of the blood-heart apples of Micah Rood, tied to a historical murder in Connecticut.

In early eighteenth-century Connecticut, a murdered peddler was found buried beneath Micah Rood’s apple tree, his skull shattered and his money gone. When the tree bloomed again, its white blossoms had turned red, and the apples it bore were said to carry a blood-like stain at their core. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research Links: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Myths_and_Legends_of_Our_Own_Land/Volume_2/Micah_Rood_Apples https://www.ctgenweb.org/county/conewlondon/MicahRood.htm https://www.applesearch.org/newsletters/2011AppleSearchNewsletter.pdf https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/news-people/article/The-disturbing-true-story-behind-Franklin-s-17044838.php https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-178-franklins-cursed-apple/ Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on tomorrow. Sarah and Tobie xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SURVEY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarah, Tobie

Topics covered

• haunted folklore
• New England legend
• ghost stories
• murder mystery
• apple tree legend

Keywords

• Micah Rood
• blood-heart apples
• Connecticut folklore
• ghost stories
• murdered peddler

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, Franklin's Cursed Apple

Places: Connecticut

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