Dark Downeast
350 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsDark 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 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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The Case of Jack and Florence Bettencourt
January 09, 2023 07:30 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBLIBERTY, MAINE 1973: As the wind and rain picked up on a dark December night in Liberty, Maine, Joaquin "Jack" Bettencourt closed up his popular secondhand clothing shop and headed home to his wife, Florence. Days later, the Bettencourt's car was found abandoned in the woods near their home. What police discovered next began a double homicide investigation that spanned several years and multiple states. This is the case of Jack and Florence Bettencourt and the legacy they left behind. Vie...
The Murders of Jack & Florence Bettencourt (Maine)
January 09, 2023 07:30 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBLIBERTY, MAINE 1973: As the wind and rain picked up on a dark December night in Liberty, Maine, Joaquin "Jack" Bettencourt closed up his popular secondhand clothing shop and headed home to his wife, Florence. Days later, the Bettencourt's car was found abandoned in the woods near their home. What police discovered next began a double homicide investigation that spanned several years and multiple states. This is the case of Jack and Florence Bettencourt and the legacy they left behind. View...
Morgan Patten: Evidence and Questions
January 02, 2023 07:30 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBWhen 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 immediate response was shock and confusion. Morgan’s final text to her parents said that she was heading to bed, but Morgan never made it back to the hotel. What happened to Morgan after her meal at the restaurant bar? How did she end up in a fatal car accident with two strangers 15 miles away from her hotel? In Part One of this two part series, y...
The Suspicious Death of Morgan Patten Part 2 (North Carolina)
January 02, 2023 07:30 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBWhen 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 immediate response was shock and confusion. Morgan’s final text to her parents said that she was heading to bed, but Morgan never made it back to the hotel. What happened to Morgan after her meal at the restaurant bar? How did she end up in a fatal car accident with two strangers 15 miles away from her hotel? In Part One of this two part series, y...
The Suspicious Death of Morgan Patten, Part 2 (North Carolina)
January 02, 2023 07:30 - 43 minutes - 40 MBWhen 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 immediate response was shock and confusion. Morgan’s final text to her parents said that she was heading to bed, but Morgan never made it back to the hotel. What happened to Morgan after her meal at the restaurant bar? How did she end up in a fatal car accident with two strangers 15 miles away from her hotel? In Part One of this two part series, y...
Morgan Patten: Something's Not Right
December 26, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBMorgan Renee Patten was supposed to be spending a weekend with her fiancé celebrating their engagement in Jacksonville, North Carolina where he was in the School of Infantry at Camp Geiger. On Friday, November 8, 2019, Morgan left the home they shared in Edgartown, Massachusetts for a day-long journey down south. But Morgan never got to see her fiancé. Her life ended in a car accident with two strangers in a remote town far from where she was staying. To this day, the details just don’t add...
The Suspicious Death of Morgan Patten Part 1 (North Carolina)
December 26, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBMorgan Renee Patten was supposed to be spending a weekend with her fiancé celebrating their engagement in Jacksonville, North Carolina where he was in the School of Infantry at Camp Geiger. On Friday, November 8, 2019, Morgan left the home they shared in Edgartown, Massachusetts for a day-long journey down south. But Morgan never got to see her fiancé. Her life ended in a car accident with two strangers in a remote town far from where she was staying. To this day, the details just don’t add...
The Suspicious Death of Morgan Patten, Part 1 (North Carolina)
December 26, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBMorgan Renee Patten was supposed to be spending a weekend with her fiancé celebrating their engagement in Jacksonville, North Carolina where he was in the School of Infantry at Camp Geiger. On Friday, November 8, 2019, Morgan left the home they shared in Edgartown, Massachusetts for a day-long journey down south. But Morgan never got to see her fiancé. Her life ended in a car accident with two strangers in a remote town far from where she was staying. To this day, the details just don’t add...
The Cases of Sandra Valade, Pamela Mason and Rena Paquette
December 12, 2022 07:30 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBSince February 1964, rumors have swirled across New Hampshire about the death of Rena Paquette. It has been almost sixty years and still the truth remains unknown. But Rena Paquette’s story actually begins with two other deaths — 18-year old Sandra Valade and 14-year old Pamela Mason. All three were murdered between the winters of 1960 and 1964 in Manchester, New Hampshire. To this day, only one of these killings has been officially solved. Even then, whether or not the one man accused of ...
The Murders of Sandra Valade, Pamela Mason & Rena Paquette (New Hampshire)
December 12, 2022 07:30 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBSince February 1964, rumors have swirled across New Hampshire about the death of Rena Paquette. It has been almost sixty years and still the truth remains unknown. But Rena Paquette’s story actually begins with two other deaths — 18-year old Sandra Valade and 14-year old Pamela Mason. All three were murdered between the winters of 1960 and 1964 in Manchester, New Hampshire. To this day, only one of these killings has been officially solved. Even then, whether or not the one man accused of t...
New Hampshire Cold Cases: Carrie Moss & Sonya Moore
November 28, 2022 07:30 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBOn 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 to meet friends for an afternoon at a popular Goffstown, New Hampshire swimming hole. That was the last time anyone reported seeing Carrie Moss alive. In November of the same year, another family awaited the return of their 14-year old daughter and granddaughter in nearby Penacook, New Hampshire. View source material and photos for this episo...
The Murders of Carrie Moss & Sonya Moore (New Hampshire)
November 28, 2022 07:30 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBOn 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 to meet friends for an afternoon at a popular Goffstown, New Hampshire swimming hole. That was the last time anyone reported seeing Carrie Moss alive. In November of the same year, another family awaited the return of their 14-year old daughter and granddaughter in nearby Penacook, New Hampshire. View source material and photos for this epi...
Amazon Music Presents: Killer Psyche Daily
November 21, 2022 07:30 - 4 minutes - 10.2 MBWhen a shocking crime occurs, former FBI Profiler Candice DeLong will have a lot to say about it. On KILLER PSYCHE DAILY, Candice digs into the motivations and behaviors of the criminal masterminds and killers who are dominating the headlines. For 10 minutes, five days a week, she draws on her years of experience to break down complex criminal cases, look back at the historic crimes that still haunt us today, and share new insights. With new episodes every Monday through Friday, KILLER PSY...
The Murder of Susan Taraskiewicz (Massachusetts)
November 14, 2022 07:30 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBPolice first thought Susan Taraskiewicz’s murder to be a random act of violence, but soon the investigation revealed a much deeper conspiracy. Was Susan a target? It’s been nearly 30 years since Susan’s murder and nobody has been held responsible, but investigators believe somebody out there knows what happened. If you have any information about the 1992 murder of Susan Taraskiewicz, please contact the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County at 1-617-727-8817. View sou...
Clues in Her Diary: The Unsolved Case of Susan Taraskiewicz
November 14, 2022 07:30 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBPolice first thought Susan Taraskiewicz’s murder to be a random act of violence, but soon the investigation revealed a much deeper conspiracy. Was Susan a target? It’s been nearly 30 years since Susan’s murder and nobody has been held responsible, but investigators believe somebody out there knows what happened. If you have any information about the 1992 murder of Susan Taraskiewicz, please contact the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County at 1-617-727-8817. View sou...
COLD: The Search for Sheree, An Amazon Music Exclusive Podcast
November 07, 2022 07:30 - 9 minutes - 22.3 MBSheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. LISTEN NOW: Cold, Season 3 When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, no one could say how it got there. When a young mother disappears under unexplained circumstances, police always turn suspicious eyes towards the husband. An...
The Haunted Lighthouses of Seguin & Boon Island (Maine)
October 31, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBAs 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 years. Hauntings. Ghost sightings. Paranormal experiences. When you stand in the presence of a lighthouse, whether you believe in the supernatural or not, it’s hard not to feel like you’re in the presence of something or someone. Lighthouse historian Jeremy D’Entremont tells the haunted tales of Seguin Island Light Station and Boon Island. Vie...
The Tales of Maine's Haunted Lighthouses
October 31, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBAs 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 years. Hauntings. Ghost sightings. Paranormal experiences. When you stand in the presence of a lighthouse, whether you believe in the supernatural or not, it’s hard not to feel like you’re in the presence of something or someone. Lighthouse historian Jeremy D’Entremont tells the haunted tales of Seguin Island Light Station and Boon Island. Vi...
Justice for Judith Flagg
October 17, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBFAYETTE, 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 23-year old Judith Flagg dead. Evidence was scattered across the house. There were boot prints in the freshly fallen snow. Suspicions were cast and stories perpetuated throughout the small town of Fayette, Maine, but it would take over two decades to bring this cold case to a close. This is the case of Judith Flagg, written and researched by...
The Murder of Judith Flagg (Maine)
October 17, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBFAYETTE, 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 23-year old Judith Flagg dead. Evidence was scattered across the house. There were boot prints in the freshly fallen snow. Suspicions were cast and stories perpetuated throughout the small town of Fayette, Maine, but it would take over two decades to bring this cold case to a close. This is the case of Judith Flagg, written and researched by...
The Disappearances of Tina & Bethany Sinclair (New Hampshire)
October 03, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIn February of 2001, the calm in small town Chesterfield, New Hampshire was disrupted by an investigation carried out by New Hampshire State Police. Mother and daughter Tina and Bethany Sinclair were nowhere to be found. Though the two missing Sinclairs were the focus of the small community that year, over time, updates became fewer and farther between. Eventually, the cold weather made searches of the waterways surrounding the town next to impossible. The investigation stalled out. But Ti...
Tina & Bethany Sinclair: Missing New Hampshire Mother and Daughter
October 03, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBIn February of 2001, the calm in small town Chesterfield, New Hampshire was disrupted by an investigation carried out by New Hampshire State Police. Mother and daughter Tina and Bethany Sinclair were nowhere to be found. Though the two missing Sinclairs were the focus of the small community that year, over time, updates became fewer and farther between. Eventually, the cold weather made searches of the waterways surrounding the town next to impossible. The investigation stalled out. But T...
The Murder of Tammy Dickson (Maine)
September 19, 2022 07:30 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBSOUTH 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 to a new beginning. But Tammy would never get to fully realize the dreams she had for herself. A trial ended in a conviction for a man named Foster Bates, but he has long maintained his innocence and continues to file for appeals in hopes of a new trial. For some though, including Tammy's family, there is no doubt that the man in prison was ri...
The Case of Tammy Dickson
September 19, 2022 07:30 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBSOUTH 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 to a new beginning. But Tammy would never get to fully realize the dreams she had for herself. A trial ended in a conviction for a man named Foster Bates, but he has long maintained his innocence and continues to file for appeals in hopes of a new trial. For some though, including Tammy's family, there is no doubt that the man in prison was ri...
A Personal Update from Kylie
September 09, 2022 07:30 - 2 minutes - 4.64 MBA personal update from host Kylie Low. Thank you for listening and supporting Dark Downeast.
What Happened to Robert "Bobby" Desmond?
September 05, 2022 07:30 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBRobert "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 Steve Borst of the Kennebunk Police Department is reigniting the decades-old investigation for an 11-year old boy gone missing in 1964 and nearly forgotten. Through interviews with surviving family members, limited archival news sources, and other investigative resources, Detective Borst is learning more about the life of Bobby Desmond and wh...
The Disappearance of Robert "Bobby" Desmond (Maine)
September 05, 2022 07:30 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBRobert "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 Steve Borst of the Kennebunk Police Department is reigniting the decades-old investigation for an 11-year old boy gone missing in 1964 and nearly forgotten. Through interviews with surviving family members, limited archival news sources, and other investigative resources, Detective Borst is learning more about the life of Bobby Desmond and wha...
UPDATED: The Murder of Leslie Spellman (Maine)
August 29, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBYou’ve heard Leslie Spellman’s story on Dark Downeast before. I was initially compelled to tell Leslie Spellman’s story because I couldn’t believe a homicide on the perimeter of Maine’s most well-known national park could go unsolved for over four decades and I couldn’t believe I’d never heard her story before. That was reason enough to shed new light on it the first time, and it’s even more of a reason to revisit it now. Since the first airing of this episode, a family member of Leslie Spe...
UPDATED: The Case of Leslie Spellman
August 29, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBYou’ve heard Leslie Spellman’s story on Dark Downeast before. I was initially compelled to tell Leslie Spellman’s story because I couldn’t believe a homicide on the perimeter of Maine’s most well-known national park could go unsolved for over four decades and I couldn’t believe I’d never heard her story before. That was reason enough to shed new light on it the first time, and it’s even more of a reason to revisit it now. Since the first airing of this episode, a family member of Leslie Sp...
A Conversation with Ashley Flowers, Host of Crime Junkie
August 15, 2022 07:30 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBAshley Flowers is the creator and host of the Crime Junkie podcast and founder and CEO of audiochuck, the podcast network behind even more chart-topping shows like The Deck, Counterclock, Strangeland, and more. In this conversation, Ashley shares the origin story of Crime Junkie and what goes into creating ethical true crime content. She also gets personal about her experiences with pregnancy and motherhood. Ashley also leads us through her very first novel All Good People Here and how her...
The Convict
August 08, 2022 07:30 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBWould 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 friend was actually a career con artist, suspected of numerous scams and fraudulent activity across the country and internationally. Once he uncovered the truth, though, Johnathan made it his mission to stop her. If you haven’t heard Part 1 of his story on Dark Downeast yet, go back one episode and listen to The Con. This is Part 2: The Convict. ...
The Cons of Mair Smith Part 2 (Maine)
August 08, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBWould 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 friend was actually a career con artist, suspected of numerous scams and fraudulent activity across the country and internationally. Once he uncovered the truth, though, Johnathan made it his mission to stop her. If you haven’t heard Part 1 of his story on Dark Downeast yet, go back one episode and listen to The Con. This is Part 2: The Convict. ...
The Cons of Mair Smith, Part 2 (Maine)
August 08, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBWould 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 friend was actually a career con artist, suspected of numerous scams and fraudulent activity across the country and internationally. Once he uncovered the truth, though, Johnathan made it his mission to stop her. If you haven’t heard Part 1 of his story on Dark Downeast yet, go back one episode and listen to The Con. This is Part 2: The Convict. ...
The Cons of Mair Smith Part 1 (Maine)
August 01, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBWhen 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 shark into his inner circle. Flyers he hung up around the building gave off the scent of a helper, a do-gooder, a warrior against injustice. It was like blood in the water. Johnathan Walton’s story unfolds thousands of miles away from New England, but the woman he knew as Mair Smith began her long career of conning and scamming in her home state of ...
The Cons of Mair Smith, Part 1 (Maine)
August 01, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 24 MBWhen 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 shark into his inner circle. Flyers he hung up around the building gave off the scent of a helper, a do-gooder, a warrior against injustice. It was like blood in the water. Johnathan Walton’s story unfolds thousands of miles away from New England, but the woman he knew as Mair Smith began her long career of conning and scamming in her home state of ...
The Con
August 01, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 36 MBWhen 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 shark into his inner circle. Flyers he hung up around the building gave off the scent of a helper, a do-gooder, a warrior against injustice. It was like blood in the water. Johnathan Walton’s story unfolds thousands of miles away from New England, but the woman he knew as Mair Smith began her long career of conning and scamming in her home state of ...
Introducing: Crooked City: Youngstown, OH
July 25, 2022 07:30 - 9 minutes - 21.5 MBFrom Marc Smerling, the creator of Crimetown and The Jinx, welcome to CROOKED CITY. The Saturday Evening Post dubbed Youngstown, Ohio “Crimetown U.S.A.” It was a mob town. Illegal gambling was so lucrative that a mob war raged for decades, and bodies piled up. Then, Jim Traficant ran for sheriff, riding into office as the city’s steel industry fell on hard times. Traficant battles the local newspaper, then the FBI, the IRS and finally his own demons as an eight-term, twice-indicted congressm...
The Murders of Dominic Kirmil and Irvin Hilton (Massachusetts)
July 18, 2022 07:30 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBHe 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, Massachusetts holding up convenience stories “for the thrill of it”. His lawyer would later plead for mercy on the accused teenage killer, but that mercy would have unintended consequences not so far in the future. George Nassar is a two-time convicted killer, yes, but some people believe this man who started his crime streak as a young teen might al...
The Murders of Dominic Kirmil and Irvin Hilton
July 18, 2022 07:30 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBHe 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, Massachusetts holding up convenience stories “for the thrill of it”. His lawyer would later plead for mercy on the accused teenage killer, but that mercy would have unintended consequences not so far in the future. George Nassar is a two-time convicted killer, yes, but some people believe this man who started his crime streak as a young teen might a...
Someone Knows Something About Kenneth Zernicke
July 04, 2022 07:30 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBJessica 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 able to call her family member back, they delivered shocking news about her father. 58-year old Kenneth Zernicke was found dead inside his burning home in Caribou, Maine. Two days later, his death was ruled a homicide. Jess reached out to me because after nearly 7 years her father’s case remains unsolved with little public information available...
The Murder of Kenneth Zernicke (Maine)
July 04, 2022 07:30 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBJessica 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 able to call her family member back, they delivered shocking news about her father. 58-year old Kenneth Zernicke was found dead inside his burning home in Caribou, Maine. Two days later, his death was ruled a homicide. Jess reached out to me because after nearly 7 years her father’s case remains unsolved with little public information available,...
Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley
June 21, 2022 07:30 - 6 minutes - 15.3 MBOn May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Robert Blake. But Bonny, a longtime con artist, had plenty of enemies. She left behind a trail of men she’d scammed, and she had a volatile relationship with Christian Brando, the troubled son of movie star Marlon Brando. Not since the O.J. Simpson case had the eyes of the nation been so fixated on a homicide. The search for Bonny’s killer took d...
The Death of Elmer McCurdy (Maine)
June 20, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBStrung 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 the dimly lit space. It was alarmingly lifelike, and yet in the several years the figure was on display, no one dared question if it was anything more than a mannequin. Elmer Mccurdy: The Life And Afterlife Of An American Outlaw by Mark Svenvold View source material and photos for this episode at darkdowneast.com/elmermccurdy Follow @dark...
The Life After Death of Mainer Elmer McCurdy
June 20, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBStrung 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 the dimly lit space. It was alarmingly lifelike, and yet in the several years the figure was on display, no one dared question if it was anything more than a mannequin. Elmer Mccurdy: The Life And Afterlife Of An American Outlaw by Mark Svenvold View source material and photos for this episode at darkdowneast.com Follow @darkdowneast on Instag...
An Announcement & Update from Kylie
June 13, 2022 07:30 - 4 minutes - 11.3 MBVisit darkdowneast.com and follow along on Instagram @darkdowneast. If you have a case that needs a closer look and media attention, email me at [email protected]. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/darkdowneast (Support Dark Downeast with Buy Me a Coffee) Dark Downeast Summer 2022 Air Dates June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 8* (Schedule change for a 2-Part series... I don't want to make you wait!) August 22
The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 3 (Connecticut)
June 06, 2022 07:30 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBACTIVE 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 private memorial service he’d organized to honor his mother, Linda Carman. Notably missing from the private service were Linda Carman’s three sisters. It was publicly obvious that something wasn’t right. The relationship between Nathan Carman and his aunts was not a good one. Soon it would be abundantly clear how and what the aunts thought about th...
The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman, Part 3 (Connecticut)
June 06, 2022 07:30 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBACTIVE 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 private memorial service he’d organized to honor his mother, Linda Carman. Notably missing from the private service were Linda Carman’s three sisters. It was publicly obvious that something wasn’t right. The relationship between Nathan Carman and his aunts was not a good one. Soon it would be abundantly clear how and what the aunts thought about th...
John Chakalos and Linda Carman: Motive and Opportunity
June 06, 2022 07:30 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBACTIVE 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 private memorial service he’d organized to honor his mother, Linda Carman. Notably missing from the private service were Linda Carman’s three sisters. It was publicly obvious that something wasn’t right. The relationship between Nathan Carman and his aunts was not a good one. Soon it would be abundantly clear how and what the aunts thought about ...
The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 2 (Connecticut)
May 30, 2022 07:30 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBACTIVE 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 claiming the life of his mother, Linda Carman, who was also aboard the vessel before it went down. Nathan was rescued a week later – a miraculous recovery by a freight ship that just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The story only got more compelling when it was learned that Nathan Carman was the grandson of wealthy real e...
The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman, Part 2 (Connecticut)
May 30, 2022 07:30 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBACTIVE 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 claiming the life of his mother, Linda Carman, who was also aboard the vessel before it went down. Nathan was rescued a week later – a miraculous recovery by a freight ship that just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The story only got more compelling when it was learned that Nathan Carman was the grandson of wealthy real e...