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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.

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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 investigations from detectives and sources who know these cases best.

This is heart-centered, ethical true crime, bringing light to stories you’re not hearing on other podcasts. It is Dark Downeast's mission to honor the legacy of the humans at the heart of each story and bring new attention to the cases still awaiting justice.

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

    · 30 min

    November 26 marks three years since Reina Carolina Morales Rojas disappeared after getting into a car in East Boston, Massachusetts. She was later dropped off in nearby Somerville and that was the last time anyone saw…

  2. The Murder of Bernard Egounis (New Hampshire)

    · 41 min

    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 didn’t belong. What followed rippled through the small community for…

  3. The Disappearance of Tina Stadig (Maine)

    · 33 min

    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 her. The last time they spoke, Tina talked about what was next in…

  4. The Suspicious Death of Christina Lunceford (Massachusetts)

    · 55 min

    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 apartment with her boyfriend and was ready to begin a new chapter of her…

  5. The Murder of Eugenio DeLeon Vega (Connecticut)

    · 43 min

    The murder of Eugenio DeLeon Vega marked the beginning of a three-decade legal odyssey that exposed flaws in Connecticut’s criminal justice system and raised enduring questions about who really killed the popular…

  6. The Murder of Craig "Cooley" Jackman (Vermont)

    · 43 min

    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, leaving his family searching for answers that never came. Years…

  7. The Murder of Deanna Cremin (Massachusetts)

    · 36 min

    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 boyfriend before curfew. But by morning, Deanna was gone. Her body was…

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

    · 33 min

    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, driving off into the fall night never to be seen alive again. Despite…

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

    · 42 min

    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 wasn’t entirely out of character from the lives they once led. But for…

  10. The Disappearance of Stefanie Damron (Maine)

    · 23 min

    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 or heard from since. They have their own suspicions about…

  11. The Disappearance of Attiin Rachmawati Shaw (Maine)

    · 29 min

    In early 2023, pleas for help reached the small Aroostook County town of Washburn, Maine from across the world in Indonesia. Family members and friends of Attiin Rachmawati Shaw hadn’t heard from her in over a year and…

  12. The Murder of Lena Bruce (Massachusetts)

    · 35 min

    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 the heart of Boston’s South End neighborhood, already living…

  13. UPDATE: The Murder of Charline Rosemond (Massachusetts)

    · 40 min

    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 of the episode, that finally changed. A suspect has since…

  14. The Suspicious Death of Leslie Buck (Connecticut)

    · 37 min

    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 the circumstances of Leslie’s untimely death. Leslie had…

  15. The Kidnapping of Leslie Buck (Connecticut)

    · 42 min

    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, there was a report of a violent kidnapping, and then, the…

  16. The Disappearance of Michael Madore (Maine)

    · 39 min

    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 leaving behind his home and belongings and dogs to start a new…

  17. The Murder of Denise Robert (New Hampshire)

    · 42 min

    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 a safe neighborhood. Why someone would target Denise Robert…

  18. The Murder of Christine Grega (Vermont)

    · 45 min

    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 relationship. Instead, the weekend ended in devastation when Christine…

  19. The Murder of Kara Laczynski (Connecticut)

    · 50 min

    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 arrested and charged in the case, but after three trials with…

  20. The Disappearance of Starlette Vining (Maine)

    · 38 min

    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 convicted of her murder. This is a wide-open look at how a…

  21. The Murder of Katharina Reitz Brow (Massachusetts)

    · 36 min

    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. And then when someone was finally arrested, charged, and…

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

    · 36 min

    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 suspect who had never before been investigated, it changed…

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

    · 37 min

    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 abducted from the side of the road on her way home from work in…

  24. The Murder of Walter Page (New Hampshire)

    · 34 min

    Walter Page was a longtime member of the Freemasons in Manchester, New Hampshire. As treasurer of his local lodge, Walter had overseen the philanthropic efforts of their chapter for years, and he had also helped sort…

  25. REMEMBERING: The Disappearance of Kristopher Bryan Lewis

    · 28 min

    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 after school one day. In February of 2025, marking the 11-year…

  26. The Murder of Kenneth "Kenny" Jerome (Vermont)

    · 38 min

    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 the farm, just like he always did, and he expected to feed…

  27. The Murder of Holly Jean Cote (Massachusetts)

    · 35 min

    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, when Holly Jean Cote left that bar in the early hours of March…

  28. The Murder of Pamela Webb (Maine)

    · 51 min

    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 road trip would be interrupted by a still unknown…

  29. The Disappearance of Iris Brown (Vermont)

    · 49 min

    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 home with the suspect on the night she was last seen alive,…

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

    · 45 min

    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 the doorbell ring. As Karen Clarke turned the doorknob to…

  31. ANNOUNCING: Dark Valley

    · 35 min

    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 survivor of a serial killer who prowled the Connecticut River…

  32. UPDATE: The Disappearance of Kimberly Moreau (Maine)

    · 33 min

    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 information relating to the 1986 disappearance of Kimberly Moreau,…

  33. The Disappearance of Eddy Segall (New Hampshire)

    · 47 min

    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 the vehicle Eddy was driving on the day she was last seen…

  34. The Suspicious Death of Valarie Fiorenza (Massachusetts)

    · 47 min

    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 boyfriend was a cop, their relationship was tumultuous, and…

  35. The Murder of Yasheeka "Mouda" Grant (Connecticut)

    · 37 min

    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 husband, was finally apprehended, it seemed on the surface…

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

    · 46 min

    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 never wake up. Suspicion surrounded the cause of the woman’s…

  37. The Disappearance of Brittany Tee (Massachusetts)

    · 33 min

    For more than two years, the family of Brittany Tee along with the Brookfield, Massachusetts, community and multiple law enforcement agencies have been searching for answers to her unexplained disappearance. It’s as if…

  38. The Murder of Melody Starr Derosia Waters (New Hampshire)

    · 41 min

    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 wasn’t on board. Three months later, her family learned the…

  39. The Disappearance of Marilyn Lehan (Maine)

    · 40 min

    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 visit to Marilyn’s home in Maine one summer, it set off alarm…

  40. Remembering the Disappearance of Ralph Jean-Marie

    · 49 min

    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 argument, leaving behind his personal belongings and…

  41. The Disappearance of Brianna Maitland (Vermont)

    · 51 min

    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 father and a duo of private investigators have dedicated…

  42. The Murder of Raymond Green (Massachusetts)

    · 38 min

    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 possible suspects among the victim’s employees. To this…

  43. The Disappearance of Katrina McVeigh (Rhode Island)

    · 31 min

    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 no-show. Now more than three decades later, Katrina’s…

  44. The Suspicious Death of Valerie Carr (Maine)

    · 43 min

    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 unearthed from decades of court records reveal the circumstances of…

  45. The Murder of Ashley Ouellette (Maine)

    · 50 min

    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 10, 1999. The investigation led police to the place Ashley…

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

    · 47 min

    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 and convicted in one of their murders. That same…

  47. The Murders of Mark Harnish & Theresa Marcoux (Massachusetts)

    · 34 min

    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 car without any conceivable motive. This seemingly random…

  48. The Disappearance of Doreen Vincent (Connecticut)

    · 35 min

    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 before. But more than 30 years later, there’s still no sign…

  49. The Murder of Austin Colson (Vermont)

    · 38 min

    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 miles from home. Investigators have named a strong suspect for…

  50. The Murder of Charline Rosemond (Massachusetts)

    · 32 min

    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 fifteen years, her family has waited for justice and…

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