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Dark Downeast
Dark Downeast: Maine and New England's True Crime Podcast digs into the decades-old and modern day cases that prickle the history of Vacationland and beyond – the unsolved homicides, undetermined deaths, unexplained disappearances and other dark stories of New England. Investigative journalist and storyteller Kylie Low gets straight to the story with a mix of narrated episodes and documentary style production featuring interviews with surviving family and friends and insight on the…
Episodes
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The Disappearance of Stefanie Damron (Maine)
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’t been seen…
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The Murder of Lena Bruce (Massachusetts)
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 apartment in…
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UPDATE: The Murder of Charline Rosemond (Massachusetts)
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 the release…
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The Suspicious Death of Leslie Buck (Connecticut)
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 off about…
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The Kidnapping of Leslie Buck (Connecticut)
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. First…
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The Disappearance of Michael Madore (Maine)
When Michael Madore vanished almost 30 years ago, the first theories of his disappearance were pulled from letters found at his house: he was supposedly…
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The Murder of Denise Robert (New Hampshire)
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 considered…
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The Murder of Christine Grega (Vermont)
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…
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The Murder of Kara Laczynski (Connecticut)
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 were…
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The Disappearance of Starlette Vining (Maine)
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 suspect was…
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The Murder of Katharina Reitz Brow (Massachusetts)
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 answers…
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The Murder of Kathy Perry and Rhonda Travers (Rhode Island) Part 2
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 about a…
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The Murders of Kathy Perry and Rhonda Travers (Rhode Island)
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 was…
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The Murder of Walter Page (New Hampshire)
Walter Page was a longtime member of the Freemasons in Manchester, New Hampshire. As treasurer of his local lodge, Walter had overseen the philanthropic…
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REMEMBERING: The Disappearance of Kristopher Bryan Lewis
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 vanished…
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The Murder of Kenneth "Kenny" Jerome (Vermont)
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 chores on…
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The Murder of Holly Jean Cote (Massachusetts)
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. Later…
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The Murder of Pamela Webb (Maine)
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 that her…
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The Disappearance of Iris Brown (Vermont)
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 left…
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The Murders of Karen Clarke & Leroy "B.J." Brown Jr. (Connecticut)
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 they heard…
Dark DowneastANNOUNCING: Dark Valley
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 the only…
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UPDATE: The Disappearance of Kimberly Moreau (Maine)
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…
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The Disappearance of Eddy Segall (New Hampshire)
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 trace. When…
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The Suspicious Death of Valarie Fiorenza (Massachusetts)
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. Her…
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The Murder of Yasheeka "Mouda" Grant (Connecticut)
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 victim’s…
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The Suspicious Case of Martha “Sunny” von Bülow (Rhode Island)
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 would…
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The Disappearance of Brittany Tee (Massachusetts)
For more than two years, the family of Brittany Tee along with the Brookfield, Massachusetts, community and multiple law enforcement agencies have been…
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The Murder of Melody Starr Derosia Waters (New Hampshire)
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 expectant mother…
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The Disappearance of Marilyn Lehan (Maine)
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 spontaneous…
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Remembering the Disappearance of Ralph Jean-Marie
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 left after an…
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The Disappearance of Brianna Maitland (Vermont)
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 England. Her…
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The Murder of Raymond Green (Massachusetts)
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 in on two…
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The Disappearance of Katrina McVeigh (Rhode Island)
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, Katrina was a…
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The Suspicious Death of Valerie Carr (Maine)
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…
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The Murder of Ashley Ouellette (Maine)
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 February…
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The Murders of Carol Caswell, Lisa Snyder & Sheila Holmes (New Hampshire)
Carol Caswell, Lisa Snyder, and Sheila Holmes were forever connected when their names surfaced during the interrogation of a suspect who would later be charged…
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The Murders of Mark Harnish & Theresa Marcoux (Massachusetts)
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 in their…
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The Disappearance of Doreen Vincent (Connecticut)
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 more than once…
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The Murder of Austin Colson (Vermont)
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 barn…
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The Murder of Charline Rosemond (Massachusetts)
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 more than…
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The Murder of Howard Hoxie (Massachusetts)
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…
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The Murder of John Evers Robinson (Connecticut)
Nearly 35 years have passed since John Evers Robinson was found dead in his New Haven, Connecticut music studio. The original investigation generated several…
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The Suspicious Death of Eduardo Tirella (Rhode Island)
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 was an…
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The Disappearance of Celeste Doghmi (Maine)
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 many of her…
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The Murder of Linda Rayner (Connecticut)
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 bring…
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The Murder of Penny Anderson (Massachusetts)
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 suspect…
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The Disappearance of Ryan Blagojevic (Maine)
Homelessness, substance use disorder, and mental health challenges create significant barriers in missing persons cases, often causing individuals to fall…
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The Murder of Lyda Jameson (Vermont)
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 she died…
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The Murders of Jimmy and Anne Choy (Massachusetts)
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 children – who…
Dark DowneastANNOUNCING: Park Predators Weekly!
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 episodes every…
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The Disappearance of Rosa Maria Valentin (Connecticut)
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 try and…
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The Murders of Joan Gray Rogers and Bernard Ewen (Vermont)
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 as rampant…
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The Murder of David Pickett (New Hampshire)
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 to get…
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The Disappearance of William "Billy" Smolinski Jr. (Connecticut)
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 watch…
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The Murder of Theresa "Terry" Duran (Maine)
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 started high…
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The Murder of Natalie Scheublin (Massachusetts)
Investigators who first worked the 1971 homicide case of Natalie Scheublin in Bedford, Massachusetts considered every possible theory for her death –…
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The Murders of Cynthia Kane-Clark & Dawn Shippee (Rhode Island)
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, investigators were…
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The Disappearance of Marble Arvidson (Vermont)
When a teenager disappeared from Brattleboro, Vermont, hours before the wind, rain, and damaging floods of a major natural disaster devastated the state, it…
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The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins (Maine) Part 2
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 so much of…
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The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins (Maine) Part 1
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 ruled an…