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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...

The Disappearance of Audrey Groat (Vermont)

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It has been more than three decades since the day 41-year-old Audrey Groat left her Northfield, Vermont home supposedly for an afternoon of shopping o...

The Victims of the Hitch-Hike Murderer (Massachusetts)

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a chilly December night in 1972 just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, what might have been just a routine traffic stop took an unexpected turn whe...

The Murder of Gwendolyn Taylor (Massachusetts)

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the night Gwendolyn Taylor was attacked just outside her apartment building in Dorchester, Massachusetts, witnesses watched helplessly as an unknow...

The Suspicious Death of Barbara Ann Ripley (Maine)

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It was early afternoon of September 29, 1971 and 11-year old Barbara Ann Ripley should’ve been getting off the bus at home in North Yarmouth, Maine ...

The Disappearance of Nadine Mendonça (Massachusetts)

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When 25-year old Nadine Mendonça went to her favorite hang out in downtown Fall River, Massachusetts for a casual night out, neither she nor her fami...

The Murder of Matthew Margolies (Connecticut)

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When 13-year old Matthew Margolies didn’t come home for supper on the night of August 31, 1984, police in Greenwich, Connecticut launched a full sca...

The Murder of Jon Pownall (Maine)

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 1973: Just months into production of a new and exciting project, film director Jon Pownall was found dead at his Monument Square office in Port...

UPDATE: The Murders of David Nixon & Steven Ray Johnson (Maine)

23 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A special update to this week’s episode, Murder on Goose Rocks Beach, covering the cases of David J. Nixon and Steven Ray Johnson. View source mate...

The Murders of David Nixon & Steven Ray Johnson (Maine)

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 1987: On the night of June 8, 1987, David Nixon had just hung up the phone with his father. He called back home to let his folks know that he ...

The Murder of Jimmy Stone (Connecticut)

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

CONNECTICUT, 2018: On the night of May 18, 2018, 36-year old James “Jimmy” Stone Jr. was loading up his belongings from the trailer where he once ...

The Murder of Patricia Moreno (Massachusetts)

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MASSACHUSETTS, 1991: On July 20th, 1991, 17-year-old Patricia Moreno sat on the fire escape at her foster family’s apartment building. She often use...

The Disappearance of Ralph Jean-Marie (Vermont)

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VERMONT, 2020: On April 15, 2020, 38-year old Ralph “Rizz” Jean-Marie was reported missing from a motel where he was living in Barre, Vermont. The...

The Victims of the Last Call Killer (New York)

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NEW YORK CITY, 1990s: On May 28, 2001, after an eight year long investigation spanning three states, New York police officers finally closed in on the...

The Murder of Frederic Alan Spencer (Maine)

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 1973: In April of 1973, the vibrant college town of Orono, Maine was shattered by a shocking murder that sent tremors through the University of...

The Murders of Laura Kempton & Tammy Little (New Hampshire)

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

PORTSMOUTH, 1981 & 1982: In just over a year span during the early 1980s in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the lives of two young women were ended by an a...

The Murder of Raymond "Butch" Weed (Maine)

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 2003: On the night of December 23, 2003, two friends dropping off Christmas gifts at the home of 40-year old Raymond “Butch” Weed were shoc...

The Murder of Anita Piteau, The Huntington Beach Jane Doe (California)

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On March 14, 1968, kids playing in the oil fields of Huntington Beach, California discovered the brutally beaten body of a young woman. Investigators ...

The Murder of Anne "Nancy" Payson Holt (Maine)

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 1976: Anne Payson Holt, better known as Nancy, was almost 80-years old, but not quite yet. Her milestone birthday and the fancy gala planned in...

The Disappearance of Kristopher Bryan Lewis (Massachusetts)

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

BOSTON, 2014: On February 4, 2014, 13-year old Kristopher Bryan Lewis got off the school bus at his usual stop on the corner of West Selden and Morton...

The Murder of Louise Chaput (New Hampshire)

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 2001: It was late fall of 2001 and Louise Chaput was looking forward to her weekend plans of hiking the White Mountains with friends. B...

The Murders Aboard the Herbert Fuller (Massachusetts)

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

ATLANTIC OCEAN, 1896: The chilled, windy air of the Atlantic Ocean surrounded the ship past midnight on July 14, 1896. Nine days into its voyage betwe...

The Murder of Charlotte A. Dunn (Maine)

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 1971: The quiet of a dark late spring evening in Bangor, Maine was interrupted by frightened screams inside an Otis Street Apartment building. ...

Sylvia Baker (3 of Spades, Connecticut) from The Deck

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sylvia Baker, 28, went downstairs on July 17th, 1982 to take out the trash. Sylvia never returned to her apartment, where her two young kids were watc...

The Disappearance of Bryan Nisenfeld (Rhode Island)

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On February 6, 1997, 18-year old Bryan Nisenfeld sat in his afternoon literature class at Roger Williams University in Providence, Rhode Island. Bryan...

The Murder of Roy Weber (Rhode Island)

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

RHODE ISLAND, 2003: On Christmas morning in 2003, a security guard on the Johnson & Wales Harborside campus in Providence, Rhode Island discovered the...

The Suspicious Deaths of Janet & Stephen Dow (New Hampshire)

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1982: On December 10, 1982, a car sat in a ditch engulfed in a furious blaze. Janet Dow and her son, Stephen Dow, were inside that vehi...

The Disappearance of Brenda LaCombe (Massachusetts)

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MASSACHUSETTS, 1982: For over 40 years, the family of 19-year old Brenda LaCombe has wondered what happened to the single mother of a little baby boy ...

The Murder of George Jodoin (New Hampshire)

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 2001: On December 27, 2001, a friend arrived at 50-year old George Jodoin’s farmhouse in Auburn, New Hampshire, expecting to get a tu...

The Murder of Jane Britton (Massachusetts)

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MASSACHUSETTS, 1969: It was the morning of January 7, 1969 and 23-year old Harvard University graduate student Jane Britton should have been in class ...

Introducing The Fall Line: “Sherry or Cheryl” Jane Doe

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In March of 1976, a young woman was discovered, with no obvious trauma, in the Harpeth River in Nashville; she carried on her a picture of a little bo...

The Murder of Margaret Pizio (Massachusetts)

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MASSACHUSETTS, 1979: It was August 20, 1979 and 35-year old Margaret Pizio was clocking into her overnight shift at the Susse Chalet Motor Inn in Seek...

The Disappearance of Reina Morales Rojas (Massachusetts)

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MASSACHUSETTS, 2022: On November 26, 2022, 41-year old Reina Morales Rojas got into a car in East Boston, MA and some time later was dropped off in ne...

The Murders of Diane Compagna & Anne Psaradelis (New Hampshire)

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1973: On July 11, 1973, 15-year old Diane Compagna swung her beach bag over her shoulder and headed out the door of her house in Merrim...

The Murder of Bessie Selek (Maine)

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 1999: On the night of April 20, 1999, 41-year old Bessie Selek was walking along Route 202 near the Waterboro-Lyman, Maine town line when she w...

The Murder of Rita Curran Part 2 (Vermont)

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VERMONT, 1971: Rita Curran and her family waited over 50 years for closure in her unsolved homicide, but with a renewed investigation beginning in 201...

The Murder of Rita Curran Part 1 (Vermont)

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VERMONT, 1971: After more than 50 years, 24-year Rita Curran's murder finally has closure. In this two part series, you'll hear the details of an inve...

The Suspicious Death of Denise Scott Ramsey (Maine)

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 2021: On Mother’s Day weekend in 2021, skeletal remains were discovered in a shed on private property belonging to a man who had passed away ...

The Murder of Angela Belisle (Vermont)

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VERMONT, 1981: During the earliest moments of the investigation, the death of 35-year old Angela Belisle was presumed to be the result of dangerous te...

The Murder of Ronald Rogers Part 2 (Vermont)

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VERMONT, 1971: In a homicide investigation, determining the identity of the victim is an obvious and crucial step in the pursuit of justice. Without k...

The Murder of Ronald Rogers Part 1 (Vermont)

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VERMONT, 1971: It was 10:30 p.m. the night before the 4th of July in 1971 when a family returning to their cottage near Killington Ski Resort in Vermo...

The Murder of Helen Jewett (New York)

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NEW YORK CITY, 1836: In the early morning hours of April 10, 1836, the madam of a New York City brothel awoke to find 22-year old Helen Jewett's bedro...

The Still Unsolved Murder of Darien Richardson (Maine)

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MAINE, 2010: In January of 2023, yet another year passed without justice for Darien Richardson and her family.You first heard Darien Richardson’s st...

The Murders of Jack & Florence Bettencourt (Maine)

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

LIBERTY, MAINE 1973: As the wind and rain picked up on a dark December night in Liberty, Maine, Joaquin "Jack" Bettencourt closed up his popular secon...

The Suspicious Death of Morgan Patten Part 2 (North Carolina)

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Steve and Renee Patten learned that their daughter, Morgan Patten, was killed in a car accident far away from her home in New England, their imme...

The Suspicious Death of Morgan Patten Part 1 (North Carolina)

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Morgan Renee Patten was supposed to be spending a weekend with her fiancé celebrating their engagement in Jacksonville, North Carolina where he was i...

The Murders of Sandra Valade, Pamela Mason & Rena Paquette (New Hampshire)

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Since February 1964, rumors have swirled across New Hampshire about the death of Rena Paquette. It has been almost sixty years and still the truth rem...

The Murders of Carrie Moss & Sonya Moore (New Hampshire)

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On July 25, 1989, 14-year old Carrie Moss, wearing a one-piece swimsuit, stone-washed jeans, and a white t-shirt, hopped on her bike and pedaled off t...

The Murder of Susan Taraskiewicz (Massachusetts)

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Police first thought Susan Taraskiewicz’s murder to be a random act of violence, but soon the investigation revealed a much deeper conspiracy. Was S...

The Haunted Lighthouses of Seguin & Boon Island (Maine)

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As beautiful as they are, lighthouses have a dark side, too. The legend and lore surrounding the light stations of New England date back hundreds of y...

The Murder of Judith Flagg (Maine)

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FAYETTE, 1983: When Ted Flagg returned home from work on a cold day in January 1983, he was not warmly greeted by his wife as usual. Instead, he found...

The Disappearances of Tina & Bethany Sinclair (New Hampshire)

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In February of 2001, the calm in small town Chesterfield, New Hampshire was disrupted by an investigation carried out by New Hampshire State Police. M...

The Murder of Tammy Dickson (Maine)

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

SOUTH PORTLAND, 1994: 22-year old Tammy Dickson was preparing for a new start in life. She was a recently divorced young mother and was looking ahead ...

The Disappearance of Robert "Bobby" Desmond (Maine)

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert "Bobby" Desmond's case is the oldest on the Maine State Police Unsolved Missing Persons case list but his story has never been told. Detective ...

UPDATED: The Murder of Leslie Spellman (Maine)

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve heard Leslie Spellman’s story on Dark Downeast before. I was initially compelled to tell Leslie Spellman’s story because I couldn’t bel...

A Conversation with Ashley Flowers, Host of Crime Junkie

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ashley Flowers is the creator and host of the Crime Junkie podcast and founder and CEO of audiochuck, the podcast network behind even more chart-toppi...

The Cons of Mair Smith Part 2 (Maine)

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Would you know how to spot a scam in your life before it was too late?For years, Johnathan Walton didn’t know that the woman he called his best frie...

The Cons of Mair Smith Part 1 (Maine)

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Johnathan Walton hosted a wine and cheese night in his Los Angeles apartment in 2013, he couldn’t have known that the event would invite a shar...

The Murders of Dominic Kirmil and Irvin Hilton (Massachusetts)

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

He committed his first murder at 15-years old, ending the life of an innocent shopkeeper as he and his buddies made their way around Lawrence, Massach...

The Murder of Kenneth Zernicke (Maine)

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Zernicke Holmes left work on the night of September 24, 2015 to find her phone flooded with missed calls and messages. When she was finally ab...

The Death of Elmer McCurdy (Maine)

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Strung up in the corner of a roadside amusement park fun house was the figure of a man coated so many times with phosphorus paint that it glowed in th...

The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 3 (Connecticut)

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ACTIVE CASE, PART 3: In October of 2016, about a month after he was plucked from a life raft after a week at sea, Nathan Carman walked into the privat...

The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 2 (Connecticut)

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ACTIVE CASE, PART 2: Nathan Carman was 23-years old when his boat the Chicken Pox sank during a fishing trip off the coast of Rhode Island, presumably...

The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 1 (Connecticut)

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ACTIVE CASE, PART 1: When the daughter of wealthy real estate developer John Chakalos walked into her father’s Connecticut home one morning in Decem...

The Murder of Blanche Kimball (Maine)

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

AUGUSTA, ME 1976: The murder of 70-year old Augusta resident Blanche Kimball remained a cold case for decades until a new tip, advancements in DNA tec...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Missing Kim

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Missing Kim, a Dark Downeast mini-documentary is out now at missingkim.com.If you have information that could help in the investigation, please contac...

The Murder of Florence Small (New Hampshire)

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The fire horn rang out in Ossipee, New Hampshire around 10 p.m. on September 28, 1916. The blaze at Frederick and Florence Small's cottage on the lake...

The Serial Killings of Albert Flick (Maine)

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Albert Flick was released from his first prison sentence for killing his wife, he restarted his pattern of threatening and victimizing women. But...

The Disappearance of Ellen Choate (Maine)

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

NEWPORT, MAINE 1975: Ellen Choate was ready to start her new job. So ready, that she hopped a train from Philadelphia to Boston just hours after she g...

The Murder of Robert McKee (Maine)

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It was just before 4 a.m. on June 20, 1975 in Newport, Maine. The sky was just warming with hints of dawn and the air was quiet save for the buzz of t...

The Disappearance of Judith Leo-Coneys Part 2 (Vermont)

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It was described as one of Vermont’s most frustrating cold cases. A dedicated mother and beloved school teacher disappeared in November of 1979, wit...

The Disappearance of Judith Leo-Coneys Part 1 (Vermont)

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

VERMONT, 1979: When the vehicle of Judith Leo-Coneys turned up at a junkyard in Roxbury, Vermont, it was the first big clue in the disappearance of th...

Inside the State Police Unsolved Homicide Unit (Maine)

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Semper Memento. Always Remember. Those words guide the work of the Maine State Police Unsolved Homicide Unit. In this special release episode, I peel ...

The Murder of Dorthea Burke (Maine)

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

STOCKTON SPRINGS, 1984: Nearly four decades is a long time to wait for justice. In the case of Dorthea "Dot" Burke, time proved to be exactly what det...

The Disappearance of Russell Bean (New Hampshire)

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1978: When State Police investigators started digging in March of 1988, it had been 10 years since anyone had seen Russell Bean. An inv...

The Wrongful Conviction of Isaac Knapper (Maine)

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In April 1979, the lives of two teenagers from two very different parts of the country were inextricably linked by murder. In Brewer, Maine, 17-year o...

The Murder of Lila Drew (Maine)

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

MASARDIS, MAINE 1977: The impact that murder has on a family and a community is profound and far-reaching. When a murder goes unsolved, grief is partn...

UPDATE: The Murder of Sophie Sergie (Alaska)

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 1993: After more than two decades of searching for answers in the unsolved homicide of 20-year old Sophie Sergie, DNA evidence led d...

The Disappearance of Jesus De La Cruz (Massachusetts)

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS 1996: 6-year old Jesus De La Cruz was out playing with a friend on September 28, 1996 when a man approached the two young boys. Hi...

The Disappearance of Kitty Wardwell (Maine)

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

DEDHAM, MAINE 1983: For nearly three decades, the family of Kitty Collins Wardwell hoped that the whereabouts of their daughter, sister, and mother wo...

The Suspicious Death of Shawn O'Brien (Rhode Island)

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

RHODE ISLAND, 2006: Was it a seizure or did somebody murder Shawn O'Brien? His daughter, Natalia St. Louis, just wants to know the truth, but the deta...