Weird Island

18. ABANDONED: The East Side Train Tunnel

Underneath Providence’s East Side is a tunnel that has been abandoned for the last 40 years, and very few people know it’s there. In the early ‘90s, a party in the tunnel got so out of hand that police responded, thinking it was a Satanic gathering.

Broadcast on:: 15 Jun 2021

Episode Source Material:

VIDEO: Ride along with the Providence Police, 1993. Documentary featuring the old downtown Police HQ, the RISD May Day riot, and of course Buddy Cianci. : providence
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