New England Legends

Eccentrics and Mad Scientists (1x5)

Air date: Oct 31, 2013

In this episode of New England Legends, we explore the castle of inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr. who experimented with everything from remote control to séances; we dance the night away at Madame Sherri’s castle ruins near Brattleboro, Vermont; and we go in search of Connecticut’s Leatherman – a leather-clad vagabond who traveled an endless route between the Connecticut and Hudson Rivers