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Roxie Zwicker explores the eerie legend of the Devil's Mortar on Monhegan Island.

Send us Fan Mail 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 cracked bones, ground corn, and watched fishermen struggle against the sea. In this episode of Wicked Curious Radio, Roxie Zwicker explores an eerie 1888 legend involving a fisherman, a reckless oath, demonic laughter echoing across the...

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Host: Roxie Zwicker

Topics covered

• legends
• fishing
• supernatural
• Maine
• island folklore

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Books & works: Wicked Curious Radio

Places: Monhegan Island, Maine

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