Dark Downeast

The Murder of Mary Monsell (Connecticut)

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More than a century ago during the winter of 1923, a quiet Christmas in East Hartford, Connecticut took a devastating turn that would echo far beyond ...

The Murder of Judith Lord (New Hampshire)

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some cases linger for years not because the truth is hidden, but because the tools needed to prove it aren’t yet strong enough. Evidence waits on sh...

The Murder of John E. Volungis Jr. (Massachusetts)

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a winter night in early February of 1992, John E. Volungis Jr. was standing on the edge of a brand-new life. After years of working toward a career...

The Murder of Peggy Flynn (Rhode Island)

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was early January in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, when a discovery in a quiet stretch of woods changed a family forever. A young woman had crosse...

STILL MISSING: The Disappearance of Reina Carolina Morales Rojas (Massachusetts)

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

November 26 marks three years since Reina Carolina Morales Rojas disappeared after getting into a car in East Boston, Massachusetts. She was later dro...

The Murder of Bernard Egounis (New Hampshire)

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One ordinary day during August of 1983, in a quiet patch of parkland just off the road in Penacook, New Hampshire, a teenager found something that did...

The Disappearance of Tina Stadig (Maine)

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the spring of 2017, the phone calls came almost every day. Tina Stadig always stayed in touch with her twin sister, no matter where life had taken ...

The Suspicious Death of Christina Lunceford (Massachusetts)

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In late July 2004, 20-year-old Christina Lunceford walked into her parents’ home beaming with excitement. She had just signed the lease on a new apa...

The Murder of Eugenio DeLeon Vega (Connecticut)

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The murder of Eugenio DeLeon Vega marked the beginning of a three-decade legal odyssey that exposed flaws in Connecticut’s criminal justice system a...

The Murder of Craig "Cooley" Jackman (Vermont)

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a winter night in 1981, a teenager stepped out of his Essex Junction home and never returned. His disappearance unsettled the quiet Vermont town, l...

The Murder of Deanna Cremin (Massachusetts)

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It should have been a routine school night in Somerville, Massachusetts for 17-year-old Deanna Cremin. Homework, TV, and a walk home with her boyfrien...

The Disappearance of Wilfred "Butch" King III (Vermont)

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After spending an early Friday evening hunting in the woods behind his home in Vermont, Wilfred “Butch” King III left his home on two crutches, dr...

The Murders of Rosalie Miller & Mindy West (New Hampshire)

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When two women known to spend time in Manchester, New Hampshire’s inner city both dropped out of contact with their families in the late 1990s, it w...

The Disappearance of Stefanie Damron (Maine)

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stefanie Damron’s parents say that their 13-year-old daughter walked out the door and into the woods one September afternoon in 2024, and she hasn’...

The Disappearance of Attiin Rachmawati Shaw (Maine)

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In early 2023, pleas for help reached the small Aroostook County town of Washburn, Maine from across the world in Indonesia. Family members and friend...

The Murder of Lena Bruce (Massachusetts)

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lena Bruce had a bright future ahead of her. She’d just graduated from a top university and landed a great job, and she was settling into a new apar...

UPDATE: The Murder of Charline Rosemond (Massachusetts)

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we first covered the case of Charline Rosemond on Dark Downeast back in January of 2025, her murder was still unsolved. But a few months after th...

The Suspicious Death of Leslie Buck (Connecticut)

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the moment investigators stepped foot into the home of Leslie and Charlie Buck in the spring of 2002 following a 9-1-1 call, there was something ...

The Kidnapping of Leslie Buck (Connecticut)

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the spring of 2002, several urgent 9-1-1 calls came into the Stonington, Connecticut, police department from the same caller just two days apart. F...

The Disappearance of Michael Madore (Maine)

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Michael Madore vanished almost 30 years ago, the first theories of his disappearance were pulled from letters found at his house: he was supposed...

The Murder of Denise Robert (New Hampshire)

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She was out on her usual Sunday night walk when an unknown killer pulled up and shot her, leaving her mortally wounded in the street of what locals co...

The Murder of Christine Grega (Vermont)

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Christine Grega and her husband, John Grega, set off for a family vacation to Vermont with their young son, it was a trip meant to mend their rel...

The Murder of Kara Laczynski (Connecticut)

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Almost 38 years later, the truth about what happened to Kara Laczynski and who is responsible for her death still has yet to be revealed. Two suspects...

The Disappearance of Starlette Vining (Maine)

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Starlette Vining disappeared in 1998 and has never been found, yet 15 years after she was last seen in the small town of Presque Isle, Maine, a suspec...

The Murder of Katharina Reitz Brow (Massachusetts)

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For almost three years, the case of Katharina Reitz Brow languished without information or evidence that could bring a true ending to the search for a...

The Murder of Kathy Perry and Rhonda Travers (Rhode Island) Part 2

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For years, the murders of Rhonda Travers and Kathy Perry sat stagnant without any promise of justice, but when an informant surfaced with a story abou...

The Murders of Kathy Perry and Rhonda Travers (Rhode Island)

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a nine-month span between 1986 and 1987, two women were found brutally slain in the same Rhode Island city. Investigators believed that the first w...

The Murder of Walter Page (New Hampshire)

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Walter Page was a longtime member of the Freemasons in Manchester, New Hampshire. As treasurer of his local lodge, Walter had overseen the philanthrop...

REMEMBERING: The Disappearance of Kristopher Bryan Lewis

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this date two years ago, I released an episode about the disappearance of Kristopher Bryan Lewis. Kris was just 13 years old when he seemingly vani...

The Murder of Kenneth "Kenny" Jerome (Vermont)

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kenneth Jerome got up that summer morning in 2005 and said goodbye to his girlfriend and children, just like he did every day. He set about his usual ...

The Murder of Holly Jean Cote (Massachusetts)

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was a Saturday night, and she’d just clocked out of work to join a group of friends down the street for drinks at a favorite local watering hole....

The Murder of Pamela Webb (Maine)

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Pamela Webb left her home in Winthrop, Maine, on the first Saturday of July in 1989, her dog and Bible beside her, she could not have anticipated...

The Disappearance of Iris Brown (Vermont)

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the very beginning of the investigation into the disappearance of Iris Brown, everyone suspected the same person had something to do with it. She...

The Murders of Karen Clarke & Leroy "B.J." Brown Jr. (Connecticut)

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The mother and son had just gotten home from a trip to the store and had no sooner brought their bags into their Bridgeport, Connecticut home when the...

ANNOUNCING: Dark Valley

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jane Boroski was seven months pregnant when she was stabbed 27 times by an unknown man. Miraculously, she survived. But Jane later finds out she is th...

UPDATE: The Disappearance of Kimberly Moreau (Maine)

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just before midnight on May 10, 1986, 17-year-old Kimberly Moreau walked out the door of her home in Jay, Maine, never to be seen again. If you have ...

The Disappearance of Eddy Segall (New Hampshire)

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She moved from Florida to New Hampshire on the promise of a job and a place to live, but just a few months later, Eddy Segall disappeared without a tr...

The Suspicious Death of Valarie Fiorenza (Massachusetts)

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Since the moment her death was discovered in April of 1993, the family of Valarie Fiorenza has doubted that she got a fair and thorough investigation....

The Murder of Yasheeka "Mouda" Grant (Connecticut)

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What started with a call to police for a domestic disturbance ended with a four-day manhunt in search of a suspected killer. When that suspect, the vi...

The Suspicious Case of Martha “Sunny” von Bülow (Rhode Island)

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a wealthy socialite was found face down and unresponsive on her bathroom floor, she soon slipped into her second coma in a year. This time, she w...

The Disappearance of Brittany Tee (Massachusetts)

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For more than two years, the family of Brittany Tee along with the Brookfield, Massachusetts, community and multiple law enforcement agencies have bee...

The Murder of Melody Starr Derosia Waters (New Hampshire)

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She was ready to reinvent her life and just one flight stood between her and a new beginning… But when that plane took off, the 19-year-old expectan...

The Disappearance of Marilyn Lehan (Maine)

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It wasn’t unusual for months or even years to pass without contact between Marilyn Lehan and her family, but when her brother decided to make a spon...

Remembering the Disappearance of Ralph Jean-Marie

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When 38-year-old Ralph “Rizz” Jean-Marie was reported missing from a motel where he was living in Barre, Vermont, the story was that he up and lef...

The Disappearance of Brianna Maitland (Vermont)

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a 17-year-old girl left work one night in March of 2004, it began what would become one of the most well-known missing persons cases in New Engla...

The Murder of Raymond Green (Massachusetts)

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a new manager was gunned down at work during a narrow window of time when most of the staff should have been on lunch break, investigators honed ...

The Disappearance of Katrina McVeigh (Rhode Island)

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The last time Katrina McVeigh’s loved ones heard from her, she was making plans to attend a family wedding. But when the big day rolled around, Katr...

The Suspicious Death of Valerie Carr (Maine)

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Vance was just a kid when he lost his mother, Valerie Carr. Her death was ruled an accident, but now as an adult, he questions everything. Details...

The Murder of Declan Lyons (Vermont)

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a beloved cook and aspiring organic farmer was murdered at work, it left everyone who knew him devastated and shocked. The investigation zeroed i...

The Murder of Ashley Ouellette (Maine)

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ashley Erin Ouellette was just 15 years old when her body was found placed in the middle of Pine Point Road in Scarborough, Maine, just before dawn on...

The Murders of Carol Caswell, Lisa Snyder & Sheila Holmes (New Hampshire)

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carol Caswell, Lisa Snyder, and Sheila Holmes were forever connected when their names surfaced during the interrogation of a suspect who would later b...

The Murders of Mark Harnish & Theresa Marcoux (Massachusetts)

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was one of the most confounding unsolved crimes that the town of West Springfield, Massachusetts, had ever seen. Two young people, shot and killed ...

The Disappearance of Doreen Vincent (Connecticut)

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a 12-year-old girl disappeared from her home on a summer night in 1988, police took her father’s word that she’d run away just as she had mor...

The Murder of Austin Colson (Vermont)

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A 19-year old South Royalton, Vermont resident was missing under suspicious circumstances for over four months before his remains were found in an old...

The Murder of Charline Rosemond (Massachusetts)

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Charline Rosemond left home in Everett, Massachusetts one day in April of 2009 excited to buy a new car, but the evening took a deadly turn. Now for m...

The Murder of Howard Hoxie (Massachusetts)

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

He was an 80-year-old fruit farmer who had resurrected a local apple orchard for the enjoyment of his entire community, but in the late fall of 1999, ...

The Murder of John Evers Robinson (Connecticut)

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly 35 years have passed since John Evers Robinson was found dead in his New Haven, Connecticut music studio. The original investigation generated ...

The Suspicious Death of Eduardo Tirella (Rhode Island)

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On October 7, 1966, the wealthy heiress Doris Duke hit and killed her friend Eduardo Tirella while behind the wheel of a rented car. Whether his death...

The Disappearance of Celeste Doghmi (Maine)

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It wasn’t unusual for Celeste Doghmi to go long stretches of time without talking to her friends and family. She’d lost touch with her mother and ...

The Murder of Linda Rayner (Connecticut)

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Linda Rayner left for a walk in Hammonasset Beach State Park in the summer of 1992, she was seeking the beauty and peace that only the ocean can ...

The Murder of Penny Anderson (Massachusetts)

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a woman was found murdered in her Springfield, Massachusetts apartment during the spring of 1984, it only took a matter of days to zero in on a s...

The Disappearance of Ryan Blagojevic (Maine)

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Homelessness, substance use disorder, and mental health challenges create significant barriers in missing persons cases, often causing individuals to ...

The Murder of Lyda Jameson (Vermont)

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lyda Jameson was 73 years old when her son found her lying in bed without a pulse one morning in March of 1976. First responders at the scene believed...

The Murders of Jimmy and Anne Choy (Massachusetts)

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After a fire in a Brockton, Massachusetts neighborhood killed a man and woman in their own home, the investigation zeroed in on two people – two chi...

ANNOUNCING: Park Predators Weekly!

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Park Predators is back and Delia D’Ambra is staying in the parks all year long, making Park Predators now a WEEKLY audiochuck podcast with new episo...

The Disappearance of Rosa Maria Valentin (Connecticut)

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When 16-year-old Rosa Maria Valentin didn’t return home from work in Hartford, Connecticut one July night in 1986, her family jumped into action to ...

The Murders of Joan Gray Rogers and Bernard Ewen (Vermont)

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For almost fifty years, the murders of two people in the tiny northern Vermont village of Hardwick have gone unsolved. The rumors in town ran almost a...

The Murder of David Pickett (New Hampshire)

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Over 30 years have gone by without answers for the violent death of David Pickett on a quiet New England beach. When an investigation by police failed...

The Disappearance of William "Billy" Smolinski Jr. (Connecticut)

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For over 20 years, the Smolinski Family has been searching for their son and brother, Billy, who one afternoon in August of 2004 asked his neighbor to...

The Murder of Theresa "Terry" Duran (Maine)

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

40 years have passed since 14-year-old Terry Duran left her home in Gorham, Maine for some fun on one of the last weekends of summer before she starte...

The Murder of Natalie Scheublin (Massachusetts)

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Investigators who first worked the 1971 homicide case of Natalie Scheublin in Bedford, Massachusetts considered every possible theory for her death –...

The Murders of Cynthia Kane-Clark & Dawn Shippee (Rhode Island)

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When friends Cynthia Kane-Clark and Dawn Shippee both turned up the victims of homicide, one after the other, in the same two month span, investigator...

The Disappearance of Marble Arvidson (Vermont)

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a teenager disappeared from Brattleboro, Vermont, hours before the wind, rain, and damaging floods of a major natural disaster devastated the sta...

The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins (Maine) Part 2

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From the location of her car, to the condition of her body, to the timeline of disappearance until discovery, Krystal Lee Higgins’ sister feels that...

The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins (Maine) Part 1

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been 20 years since 17-year old Krystal Lee Higgins disappeared from her downeast Maine town only to be found dead a week later. Her death was ...

The Murder of Carla Terry (Connecticut)

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

During the late 80s and early 90s, multiple women from Hartford, Connecticut were found dead in remote areas of the city and surrounding towns. After ...

The Murder of Tashauna Jackson (Connecticut)

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of Dark Downeast, you heard the story of Denise Hart and her still unsolved homicide in Vermont. I mentioned in that episode the c...

The Murder of Denise Hart (Vermont)

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whenever Denise Lynette Hart was away from her young son, she called home every day, multiple times a day to check on him. But then one January night ...

The Infamous Case of Daniel LaPlante (Massachusetts)

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For months, Frank Bowen's daughters complained of strange noises and odd happenings in their Pepperell, Massachusetts home. Frank was sure it was just...

The Murder of John Donaldson (Massachusetts)

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been more than 45 years since John Donaldson was killed while sitting in his parked car just yards away from the safety of his own home in Harv...

The Suspicious Death of Philip Wendel Boyce (Maine)

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

During the winter of 1941, the death of Philip Wendel Boyce found in a downtown Portland, Maine alleyway left investigators divided by two very differ...

The Murders of Audrey Lynn Harris, Christine Dumont, & Stacie Goulet (Rhode Island)

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

During a nearly 18-month span beginning the winter of 2003, Audrey Lynn Harris, Christine Dumont, and Stacie Goulet disappeared without a trace from W...

The Murder of Shari Lynn Roth (New Hampshire)

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Shari Lynn Roth left her apartment in North Conway, New Hampshire for a short afternoon hike to one of her favorite spots among the White Mountai...

The Murder of Sarah Hunter (Vermont)

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Hunter was only 15 minutes late for work when her coworker called police to report her missing, but despite his swift action, Sarah’s case wou...

The Disappearance of April Dawn Pennington (Connecticut)

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a 15-year-old girl snuck out of her bedroom window one night in May of 1996, it was like she vanished right into thin air with no leads. Years la...

The Murder of Ada Bean (Massachusetts)

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a one month span during the winter of 1969, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts was set on edge after two violent attacks on women while they slep...

NEW SEASON: CounterClock Season 6

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since the release of CounterClock Season 1, Delia has received hundreds of requests from families of victims of violent crime. In November 2022, one m...

The Murders of Malcolm, Elizabeth, and Page Jennings Part 2 (New Hampshire)

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When investigators in Alachua County, Florida discovered the remains of two people among the charred ruins of a burned down shack and a letter in a ne...

The Murders of Malcolm, Elizabeth, and Page Jennings Part 1 (New Hampshire)

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a fire destroyed the home of respected local innkeepers, leaving it in ruins and revealing the horrifying aftermath of a double murder, the close...

The Murders of George and Catherine Peacock (Vermont)

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When an elderly couple was found murdered inside their Danby, Vermont home in the fall of 1989, it had residents of the small town looking over their ...

The Suspicious Death of Christine Cole (Rhode Island)

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a 10-year-old girl didn’t come back from a quick trip to the store on a cold January night in 1988, her family and the Pawtucket, Rhode Island ...

The Murder of Rita St. Peter (Maine)

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the night of July 4, 1980, an evening of celebrations in the rural town of Anson, Maine ended in the murder investigation of a young local mother. ...

The Suspicious Death of Ashley Turniak (Massachusetts)

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

16-year-old Ashley Turniak died on the side of the highway in Massachusetts during a busy weekday morning commute. Was it a terrible accident or an in...

The Murder of Rhonda & Cor’an Johnson (Connecticut)

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a young mother and her 6-month-old son were found dead in their car one September night in 1996, no one could fathom the senselessness of ending ...

The Disappearance of Ralph Robbins (Massachusetts)

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Ralph Robbins went missing in 1993, his disappearance seemed to be forgotten almost as soon as it was reported. Now over 30 years later, his daug...

The Murder of Amon Jamiel (Rhode Island)

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In March of 1978, the small town of Warren, Rhode Island was sent into a tailspin after a well-known member of their community was shot to death just ...

The Disappearance of Regina Brown (Connecticut)

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly four decades after a Connecticut flight attendant and mother disappeared without a trace, investigators don’t seem any closer to solving the ...

The Murder of Patricia Scoville (Vermont)

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a crisp fall day in October of 1991, Patricia Scoville set out for a bike ride on the scenic Moss Glen Falls trails in Stowe, Vermont. When she had...

The Murder of Roberta "Bobbie" Miller (New Hampshire)

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When 54-year-old Bobbie Miller and her dog were found dead in their Gilford, New Hampshire home one November afternoon in 2010, it didn’t take long ...

The Disappearance of John Lango (Pennsylvania)

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On January 1, 1988, 17-year-old John Lango walked out the front door of his home in Pottsville, Pennsylvania never to return. He was treated as a runa...