# The Merrimac Monster

An episode of [15 Minutes of Infamy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896791216), 26 Oct 2026, 15 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/112777230/podcast/play/128075108/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-26%2Fff954adf-bd72-dd13-09ca-0a772b1a715d.mp3

It was a long, dangerous two mile walk to the Pembroke Academy, a school situated between Manchester and Concord, in New Hampshire's Merrimac County. Josie Langmaid, the pretty 17-year-old daughter of a mill worker, usually made the daily journey with a group of friends. But on the morning of October 4, 1875, Josie was running late. Her friends had already departed. On that morning, Josie walked alone. Local landowner Brainard Gile recalled that he had passed Josie in his buggy that morning and had waved to her. Josie, with her usual cheerful disposition, waved back. And that was the last anyone saw of Josie Langmaid, until her headless corpse was discovered in a swamp. This is the true story of Merrimac County's most astonishing murders-- and the peculiar monument that was erected to keep her memory alive.

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