Laura Cutler, heiress to the Cutler farm, quickly won the affection of both her farmhands. When she finally chose a man to marry, she was a widow less than twenty-four hours later. The town jumped to support her, but were her eyes full of crocodile tears? Sources: Montpelier Chronicles: Historic Stories of the Capital City by Paul Heller https://vtdigger.org/2021/05/09/then-again-a-shotgun-blast-started-one-of-vermonts-strangest-murder-cases...
Aug 26, 2021•26 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast In the 1970s, hitchhiking was an economical and common way to get from point A to point B. Soon though, young women in the Boston area began disappearing and were found, days later, strangled in random places. Was one person acting alone or was a group out to hurt female college students? Sources: https://www.npr.org/2015/08/09/430079847/thumbs-up-then-and-now-hitchhiking-stories-from-the-road Commonwealth vs. Anthony J. Jackson https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/13/archives/massachusetts-man-indic...
Aug 19, 2021•33 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast In 1960 & 1964, two young women disappeared and were discovered dead under similar circumstances; could it be the same killer? When the one person who claims to know what happened is found murdered, the story reveals to be even darker than it was initially thought to be. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/self-immolation-can-be-a-form-of-protest-or-a-cry-for-help-are-we-listening/2019/05/30/49e145e8-82fc-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html https://law.jrank.org/pages/23996/Coolidge-...
Aug 12, 2021•23 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast When he was just twenty years old, Christopher T. Knight wandered into the woods of Maine leaving no clues as to why he left. It was not until nearly three decades later that Knight was found at a local camp. After so many years in isolation, Christopher has made history as one of the last true hermits, leading many to wonder how he was able to remove himself from society for so long. Sources: https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit **The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of t...
Aug 05, 2021•31 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Over two hundred years after the Salem Witch Trials, New England experienced a second wave of hysteria: vampires. When families became ill with tuberculosis, the only explanation could be the blood thirsty creatures. Desperate for answers, the locals would do anything (even exhume bodies!) to prove it was the work of a sinister force. Sources: https://www.scoopwhoop.com/women/story-of-mercy-brown-the-first-female-vampire/ https://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/09/01/two-ri-teens-killed-in-crash-...
Jul 29, 2021•28 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast New Sweden, Maine, named for its community of Swedish settlers, was a quiet farming community in the early 2000s. Everyone knew everyone in the town of six-hundred people. When a mysterious illness breaks out one morning after church, it seems too suspicious to purely be coincidence. Sources: https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/2623/slideshow/1624/display?format=list&prev_object_id=4227&prev_object=page https://wgme.com/news/local/special-report-new-sweden-arsenic-poisonings htt...
Jul 22, 2021•28 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast In 2012, Lizzi Marriott started the fall semester at UNH, eager to pursue her passion for marine biology. When she met a local young woman and her boyfriend, Lizzi was excited to have friends in the new place. The couple, though, had a different agenda. Dating & Domestic Violence Resources: https://www.thehotline.org https://youth.gov/youth-topics/teen-dating-violence/resources The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or 1.800.787.3224 Marriott Family Activis...
Jul 15, 2021•30 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast In this exclusive episode, we talk with Joe Turner (resident expert on all things Danny LaPlante) to learn the full truth about what actually happened during Danny LaPlante's crime spree. Was he really in a wedding dress? Did he actually write messages in blood? Tune in to find out the answers to all this and more! A HUGE special thank you to Joe Turner for sharing all their knowledge with us! Please explore Joe Turner's website below and keep an eye out for his book coming next year (2022...
Jul 08, 2021•55 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast John Joubert seemed like a normal kid growing up: a little shy, but strong in school and involved in extracurricular activities. Little did anyone know that he had the insatiable desire to kill. After failing out of college, John begins acting on his feelings, leaving a trail of clues for police to find. Sources: https://www.kcra.com/article/dispatches-from-the-middle-john-joubert-boy-scout-serial-killer/31403368 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-13-year-olds-dead-body-turns-up https...
Jul 01, 2021•29 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast David Coughlin was excited to road trip across the U.S. from Massachusetts to California with his best friend, Raffi Kodikian. When the two of them arrive in New Mexico, they decide to camp for the night in Rattlesnake Canyon. After losing the trail, the two men are desperate for an escape. When they both become violently ill and dehydrated, they make an unthinkable and irreversible decision. Sources: http://www.outdoorplaces.com/Features/story/mercykill.htm https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-...
Jun 24, 2021•32 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast When Amy Bishop Anderson was in college, she accidentally set off a shotgun that stole the life of someone close to her. Nearly twenty years later, Amy would become known for her horrific involvement in a university tragedy. Throughout those twenty years though, there were multiple red flags. How did Amy Bishop Anderson live in free society for as long as she did? Sources: https://www.wired.com/2011/02/ff-bishop/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/11/a-loaded-gun https://www.patrio...
Jun 17, 2021•38 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast James and Julie Keown were settling down for a new start in Waltham, Massachusetts: James would be attending Harvard, and Julie would be working remotely. They seemed more in love than ever. When Julie suddenly got very ill, their perfect life started to unravel. Sources: https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2013-02-15/antifreeze-manufacturers-agree-bittering-agent-addition https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5419328&page=1 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28583944 https://waltham.wickedlocal.co...
Jun 10, 2021•30 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Cape Cod is known for being the premier vacation destination, but did you also know it is home to some spooky haunted inns? Sources: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20161029/barnstable-house-keeps-ghost-hunters-hopping https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/orleans-inn-haunted-ma/ Haunted Massachusetts by Cheri Farnsworth...
Jun 03, 2021•25 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast On May 24th 2019, Jennifer Dulos was supposed to join her mother and children for dinner. When nobody had heard from her all day and she did not show up, Jennifer was reported missing. Her disappearance left little evidence and three prime suspects. Domestic Violence Resources: https://ncadv.org/resources Sources: ttps://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Two-years-since-Jennifer-Dulos-vanished-security-16056070.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srkyXK766e0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
May 28, 2021•29 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Laurie Gonyo seemed to vanish into thin air one day in November of 1976. Eight months later, her body was found over 20 miles from her home. While the police originally suspected her husband, it turns out they may have been honing in on the wrong man. Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3285458/bennington-banner/ https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/03/26/this-time-charge-is-murder-man-freed-in-attacks-accused-of-prior-killing/ https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-0...
May 20, 2021•23 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky made criminal history as the only person to be put on death row not once, but twice! While he was the last person in New England to be put to death by electric chair, his crime spree impacted the state of Connecticut long after he was gone. Sources: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/315784 https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2005-01-02-0501020480-story.html https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2005-01-16-0501160145-story.html https://ww...
May 13, 2021•28 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast When three young women are found brutally murdered and their bodies mutilated, everyone thinks it could only be the work of an evil force. Fall River (Massachusetts) is believed to have been the home of one of the most grisly, devil-worshipping cults; but when the witness testimonies keep changing, it is hard to know who is actually telling the truth. Sources: http://cvltnation.com/sex-satanism-sacrificial-slaughter-fall-river-cult-murders-1979-80/ https://linesandstringsandstrangedays.com/2019/...
Apr 29, 2021•30 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast H.H. Holmes was not only one of the earliest conman's in our country, he was also one of the first known American serial killers. With a series of fraud accusations following him and a blueprint to build a murder castle in his hands, what really could go wrong? Sources: https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/hh-holmes https://www.britannica.com/event/Worlds-Columbian-Exposition https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson https://harpers.org/archive/...
Apr 22, 2021•37 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast On a chilly evening in early March of 1873, Louis HF Wagner concocted a plan to rob his former employer. When a pup startles the household awake, the night takes a dark and twisted turn. Sources: http://www.seacoastnh.com/History/History-Matters/why-louis-wagner-was-smuttynose-slayer/?showall=1 https://newengland.com/today/travel/new-hampshire/portsmouth/smuttynose-murders/ https://www.fosters.com/news/20200308/blood-science-on-trial-in-1873 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3303455?seq=1#metadata_in...
Apr 15, 2021•31 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Barney and Betty Hill were driving home from their honeymoon when a larger circular light seemed to be following their car. When they pulled over to get a closer look, they could not believe what they were seeing. Sources: https://www.outdoors.org/articles/blogs/the-story-of-betty-and-barney-hill https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/8862147/alien_abduction.pdf?sequence=1 https://www.history.com/news/first-alien-abduction-account-barney-betty-hill...
Apr 08, 2021•31 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Orville "Ordie" Gibson was farmer in a quiet Vermont town, who woke up on the morning of New Year's Eve, 1957, ready to start his day. It was a chilly morning when he left to go milk the cows, but would he make it home alive before the sun was fully up? Sources: https://www.caledonianrecord.com/litteton_record/news/newbury-a-murder-that-may-not-have-been/article_ce76f799-5433-558f-8988-7625aa813b85.html https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/vermont/unsolved-murder-vt/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-...
Apr 04, 2021•32 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast On September 28, 1973, Peter Reilly returned home after an evening at the teen center to find his mother brutally murdered. How, in the course of twenty-four hours, did Peter go from an innocent teenager to the confessed killer? In a case with many twists and turns, we explore the notion of false confessions and the terrible injustices that Peter Reilly faced. Get ready for your blood to boil, thrill-seekers! Sources: https://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph https://www.casemine.com/judgeme...
Mar 25, 2021•40 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast We've covered every state except Rhode Island, dear thrill-seekers. Join us as we delve into three cold cases and how they all are connected in a way that gives us hope they will be solved. Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30267976/rita-bouchard/ https://insidemystery.com/the-killing-of-rita-bouchard-the-rhode-island-cold-case-that-youve-never-heard-of https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/detective-reopens-investigation-into-vicious-1947-murder/1976176405/ https://coldc...
Mar 18, 2021•32 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Between 2003 and 2013, two women, at two separate labs, were tampering with critical drug evidence for very different reasons. Today we dive into the cases of Sonja Farak and Annie Dookhan whose falsified reports led to the one of the biggest drug scandals in Massachusetts history. Sources: https://shawnmusgrave.github.io/farak-dookhan//farak http://www.forensicsciencesimplified.org/drugs/how.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/04/476755684/ex-chemist-in-massachusetts-was-high-o...
Mar 11, 2021•42 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Today's eppie is a bit different than others: we are diving into the creepy, unexplained, and (in some cases) comical! Join us for a bonus adventure with equal parts spook and laughter. ATK Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WSHBLP5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_HWAR48JW99FCZRWTRGFM?fbclid=IwAR0nm_JWmrraafEx5ekik0mwdReoZAi2DllSmzDR86BHBQLAyAFg3MBnXg8 Sources: http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/10/29/decades_later_the_dover_demon_still_haunts/ http://www.strange-new-eng...
Mar 07, 2021•34 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast A month after Maura Murray went missing, Brianna Maitland disappeared only 90 miles away. Are the two cases connected? Did Brianna willingly leave or was she taken by another person? For such a small Vermont town, there seem to be a lot of big, unanswered questions. Sources: https://vsp.vermont.gov/unsolved/missing/a/maitland http://themurdersquad.com/episodes/the-disappearance-of-BRI-ANNE-UH-maitland/ https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2020/09/30/vermont-state-police-partner-t...
Mar 04, 2021•46 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Matthew Margolies went fishing one day at the end of summer, but never came home for dinner. What happened to Matthew on that August evening? We have some theories to explore... Sources: https://greenwichmag.com/features/gm-12-12-lost-little-boy/ https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Matthew-Margolies-cold-case-The-killing-that-2176147.php https://www.oxygen.com/murder-and-justice-the-case-of-martha-moxley/crime-time/michael-skakel-memoir-martha-moxley https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-10...
Feb 25, 2021•39 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast The case of Maura Murray is one of the largest, if not the largest, missing person cases in New Hampshire. What really happened to Maura that night? While the case is still open, we delve into some recent developments to form our own theory of what may have happened to her seventeen years ago. SOURCES: https://www.latimes.com/science/la-xpm-2013-feb-08-la-sci-sn-christopher-dorner-manhunt-snow-hinder-tracking-dogs-big-bear-20130208-story.html https://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/police-have-new...
Feb 18, 2021•40 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast When Page Jennings started to date a much older man, her parents hoped it was a phase. Nobody could have foreseen the tragic tale that was about to unfold and just how dangerous her “Romeo” really was. Sources: www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-31-mn-15032-story.html%3f_amp=tru https://apnews.com/article/6c37cabedd2d0651e25592e460fe0d0c www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1992-06-08-9202130435-story,amp.html https://buffalonews.com/news/the-dead-have-their-day-in-court/article_8c93cf83-bb37-5...
Feb 11, 2021•32 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when a gang of Boston gangsters try to get wicked rich? Well, they almost, just almost, get away with it. Tune in to learn the story of one of the biggest robberies in U.S. history! Sources: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/brinks-robbery http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brinks-armored-car-depot-robbery-boston-1950?fbclid=IwAR20rkJwHyo7nyyVW-zwKtLTakX5T7Sjshyar3Cl_q4mJfKpymQAgiRs-0s https://www.wahpetondailynews.com/this-day-in-history/article_7077f220-3886-11ea-a6...
Feb 04, 2021•27 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast 
