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    174. Small justice for Kathleen McLean

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 97:55


    In Episode 85 we brought you the story of Kathleen McLean, killed in her Dover, Mass., home in May 2020 by her husband, Ingolf Tuerk, a doctor. This episode we bring you the rest of the story, after Tuerk finally goes to trial. Maureen presents. Rebecca also does an NNW review of the Hulu doc […]

    173. The mysterious disappearance of the Martin family

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 115:56


    Our sister Liz, the history professor, joins us from the Pacific Northwest with another tale of of (possible) murder from that dark corner of the country. The Martin family — Mom, Dad, and three daughters — left their Portland, Oregon, home for a drive up the Columbia River gorge December 7, 1958. They never came […]

    172. Am I the A-Hole?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 112:03


    What does the Karen Read case have to do with Brian Walshe (Episode 136) and Ingolf Tuerk (Episode 85)? Our update explains it all. We also bring back fan favorite Am I the Asshole? To cap it off, Maureen does an NNW review of the movie “American Fiction.” If you're interested in checking out Maureen's […]

    171. Bestselling author vs. coercive controller

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 132:43


    Emma Cline should've been thrilled — at 25, she'd achieved every writer's dream. But her $2 million book deal for her bestselling debut novel “The Girls” was too much for her ex, who slut-shamed her, threw false plagiarism and cyber-spying charges at her, and dragged in friends in a years-long campaign to bring her down. […]

    170. The 2024 Maine Homicide List

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 108:35


    The state of Maine recorded 35 homicides in 2024, a pretty high number, though the rate has been steadily going up in recent years. Ages of victims ranged from 22 months to 90 years. We'll take a look at some of their stories. Rebecca gives NNW treatment to the classic movie 12 Angry Men.

    169. Jon Pownall’s Fatal Final Scene Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 149:50


    A decade after he was acquitted — twice — of charges related to Jon Pownall's murder, Truman Dongo finds himself at the wrong end of a gun. Dongo disappeared from his apartment in Falmouth, Maine, on Sept. 21, 1983. His body was found nearly a month later, in the woods of Stowe, Maine, nearly 60 […]

    A very special 2024 holiday episode!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 88:26


    Like the Little Drummer Boy, we bring to you what we can — a holiday gift that includes a JonBenet mea culpa, some very special holiday Am I the Asshole discussions, some recommendations, some gripes, and lots of fun! Happy Holidays and here's to a great 2025! If you're interested in checking out Maureen's Maine-based […]

    168. Jon Pownall’s fatal final scene Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 102:12


    The Jon Pownall murder case didn't end with the trial of Herb Schwartz and Truman Dongo. There was so much more… particularly with the prosecution's star witness, who couldn't stay out of trouble after he moved back to his native New Jersey. Rebecca continues to report. Maureen gives the NNW treatment to the Netflix doc […]

    167. John Pownal’s fatal final scene Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 124:14


    All John Pownal wanted was to make his own movies after two decades of filming marketing spots and commercials. It looked like it was all coming together, too, as production began on his film “The Salem Six.” It all ended, though, on August 30, 1973, when he was found shot to death in the Portland, […]

    166. The Lewiston Shooting Report: So Many Red Flags

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 119:21


    We take a look at the official report on the Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 24, 2023, shooting, that killed 18 people, and injured many more. The report, released on Aug. 20 by a governor's commission set up to look at the shooting spent nine months investigating, and it goes step by step through the months that […]

    165. Who is really the a-hole II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 85:55


    Back by popular demand! Am I the asshole? Asks the guy who's pissed because his wife wrote a “secret book” that netted a book deal. The woman who yelled at her boyfriend because he thought that it was emasculating to him that she talks to her cat. The guy who's divorcing his wife because her […]

    164. Three Dead in Portland Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 84:12


    Rebecca picks up the story with Sabato Raia's trial. Will his self-defense strategy for shooting Nick Patenaude, Dana Matthews and Kevin Pinette pass jury scrutiny? Maureen gives NNW treatment to the Amazon Prime doc series “Debi Marshal Investigates: Frozen Lies.” Also, Maureen gives the NNW treatment to the Netflix doc How to Rob a Bank. […]

    163. Three dead in Portland, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 102:23


    On a hot June night in 1997, a dispute between Portland, Maine, bar owner Sabato Raia and three acquaintances – Nick Patenaude, Dana Matthews and Kevin Pinette – ended with the three men lying dead in the street in front of Raia's apartment house. They'd all been shot in the head. Self-defense? Or just a […]

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    162. Francis Drake and the West Coast: mystery, hoaxes & lies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 92:36


    How did a simmering lead-up to war between England and Spain, a 16th-century government coverup, fake news about piracy, a likely hoax by a college professor, dismissal of indigenous culture, early American white Christian nationalism and misogyny (of course) influence California history and short- change Oregon? Our sister Liz, the college professor, guest-hosts to discuss […]

    161. Was Patricia Wing’s murder ever solved?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 140:34


    When Everett Savage staggered out of the woods of Fairfield, Maine, on a June day in 1958, the Augusta businessman had been missing for two days and had quite a story to tell. But it took a while for him to get to the lead – that mother of five Patricia Wing, who'd also been […]

    160. What made Stephen Marshall kill?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024


    In the early morning hours of Easter in 2006, Joseph Gray was shot through the window of his living room in Milo, Maine. Several hours later, William Elliott was shot when he answered the door of his home in Corinth, Maine. What drove Stephen Marshall to kill two men he never met? The question spurred […]

    159. Lori Jane Kearsey mystery partially solved after 41 years

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 69:00


    Many members of Lori Jane Kearsey's family didn't consider her lost, even though they hadn't heard from her since November 1983. But the 21-year-old left behind a daughter when she “joined the witness protection program” eight months after marrying into the powerful Massachusetts Angiulo crime family. It turns out that there was much more to […]

    158. Kenneth Eugene Smith: Troublesome justice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 114:00


    There's no doubt that Kenneth Eugene Smith, along with another man, killed Elizabeth Sennett in Alabama in 1988, a murder paid for by her husband, Charles Sennett. But the long road to Smith's execution, which took place in January 2024 by a new method, nitrogen hypoxia, raises troubling questions about the death penalty, how it's […]

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    157. Who is really the a-hole?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 79:31


    We explore the age-old question, “Am I the asshole?” with situations curated by Rebecca from the sub-Reddit world. Maureen also does an NNW on the Max docuseries Onision In Real Life. Enjoy!

    156. Charles Terry, Shirley Coolen, and the Boston Strangler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 110:18


    Charles Terry wasn't a good guy, especially when it came to women. He liked to beat, rape and strangle them. He was convicted for several attacks and just out of prison in 1951 when Shirley Coolen, a Brunswick, Maine, single mother was found dead, strangled in a yard on the town's fancy Park Row. But […]

    155. ‘Justified’ injustice II: Katherine Hegarty, murdered by cops

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 140:21


    In our third episode looking at the “justified” killings of Maine citizens by the state's law enforcement agencies, we go back to one that spurred a lot of changes over the past decade, but also — spoiler! — not some of the things that really matter. Katherine Hegarty, shot in her remote Maine cabin by […]

    154. ‘Justified’ injustice: Ambroshia Fagre and Kadhar Bailey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 108:16


    Ambroshia Fagre was just 18 and likely an innocent bystander when she was killed by police in Maine in February 2017, along with Kadhar Bailey, 25, who police suspected of an armed home invasion. The two were among 13 people shot by police in Maine that year, nine of whom died. Maine police have shot […]

    153. A double tragedy for the McKenna family

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 110:01


    One of Maine's 2022 homicides was Drew McKenna, 24, accidentally shot by his older brother Shay. In 2023, the McKenna family suffered a second tragedy when the lost Shay, who was shot by police. We also update the 2023 homicide list — it's up to 54 now, and talk about the texts dismissed by police […]

    152. Maine 2023 Homicide List: 51 and counting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 123:49


    We bring you our annual Maine homicide list with 2023's 51 homicides, a record year and more than twice the average annual number. Even without the Lewiston shootings that killed 18, it was the worst year for homicide in Maine in decades. The list wasn't yet available from the Maine Department of Public Safety, but […]

    Special holiday greeting and some recommendations

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 24:41


    Enjoy the figgy pudding, fireworks, airing of grievances, or however else you celebrate! Here are some recommendations on what to watch to get you through until our next episode in two weeks. Happy holidays!

    151. Miriam Stoltz: When memory is murdered

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 119:07


    Miriam Stoltz was found shot in the head on a cold February afternoon in the woods in New Hampshire, where she'd lain for 15 hours before being found by a runner. The next day, Roger Whittemore was found dead in Miriam's Windham, New Hampshire, backyard, shot, stabbed and beaten. Miriam wasn't expected to recover, but […]

    Episode 150: The Berwind, mutiny or just plain murder?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 106:09


    Racial injustice on the high seas and in the courts plays out in a 1905 mass murder on a cargo ship, the Harry A. Berwind. Captain ER Rumill and three other crew members, all but one of them white, are killed, leaving just black crew members Henry Scott, Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer to explain. […]

    149. Lessons learned from the Logan Clegg murder trial

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 116:42


    Presumption of guilt. Consciousness of guilt. The magical shell casing. Testilying. Giving the dogs credit. These are just some of the lessons learned as we wrap up discussion on the Logan Clegg murder case after Maureen spent more than three weeks in the courtroom covering it as a journalist. We also disscus the latest mass […]

    148. Can you murder someone from 3,000 miles away?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 85:37


    Andrew Denton had made it clear he wanted to die. Sidney Kilmartin, living in Manchester, Maine, 3,000 miles away from Denton's home in England, was determined to make sure that would happen. In December 2011, Kilmartin mailed Denton a deadly dose of cyanide. What happened next tangled up the legal system for years. Rebecca tells […]

    Something suddely came up. But now Groovy Tube podcast is back.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023 3:50


    We'll have Episode 148 of Crime & Stuff up shortly. But in the meantime, we have some exciting news! After a nearly four-year hiatus, our other podcast Groovy Tube: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch, is returning Nov. 6. Haven't listened? Nows the time to catch up.

    147. Gay panic: No justice for Frederic Spencer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 84:31


    No one knows why Fred Spencer was in his friend and apartment-mate's room on the afternoon of April 28, 1973. One thing quickly became clear — he didn't come out alive. The outcome of the University of Maine graduate student's case would have widespread tragic implications for decades to come. Maureen presents. Also, Rebecca does […]

    146. Amber Cummings: A special justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 113:22


    No one in Belfast, Maine, who knew James Cummings liked him very much. But was it OK for his wife, Amber, to shoot him to death as he slept? Turns out, it very well may have been. Rebecca explains. Maureen gives an NNW review to the audio version of the book “Vanished in Vermillion,” by […]

    145. Amie Riley Unfinished Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2023 134:39


    When Amie Riley disappeared from a Manchester, New Hampshire, bar on August 15, 2003, her boyfriend, mother and friends were frantic, but police weren't. Not even a little bit. Eight months later, when her remains were found, the investigation led to an imperfect justice. In fact, you could say someone got away with murder. Maureen […]

    144. James Cameron the worst kind of criminal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2023 109:13


    When police visited James Cameron's house in Maine in 2007 and took his computer, among other things, most people figured there was just one crime he was likely being investigated for. And they were right – child porn. That was the beginning of a long legal circus orchestrated by the man who until his arrest […]

    143. Gerald Goodale Part 2: Janet Brochu

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023 100:03


    In June 2021, we brought you Gerald Goodale Part 1, the 1988 murder of Geraldine Finn. At the time her killer, Goodale, had just been arrested for the 1987 murder of Janet Brochu. His case has finally gone to court, so we we bring you Goodale's first murder, one that could've been solved before he […]

    142. The forgotten murder of Lillian MacDonald

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 107:39


    Lillian MacDonald was just doing her job, passing out the pay envelopes on July 12, 1930, when she disappeared from her Portland, Maine, place of employment. Her grisly murder wasn't the only injustice that happened to her as the case unfolded. Rebecca presents. We also share some feedback from “Old Growth Murder” documentarian Tom Olsen, […]

    141. The sad tale of Rosie Ruiz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 131:10


    People will say that in 1980, Rosie Ruiz “came out of nowhere” to win the women's race in the Boston Marathon. But it soon became clear she came out of the crowd a half mile from the finish line. In the week that followed, it was revealed she also didn't finish the October 1979 New […]

    140. Metal Mayhem and Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 117:20


    Norway's Black Metal music scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s brought together young men who, giving themselves nicknames like Necro Butcher and Hell Hammer, aimed to shock and act out more than make music, But the hijinks gave way to arson, suicide and murder, with the band Mayhem and its pschopathic leader Euronymous […]

    139. The Killing Bones: When grave looting leads to murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 104:43


    The crime of looting indigenous ancestral sites in the U.S. and around the world goes back centuries. Professor Liz makes a special guest appearance to school us on how archeological looting has led to murder in her adopted home state of Oregon. She also briefly updates the Michael Francke case, and Maureen updates the latest […]

    138. New details on the trail to Logan Clegg’s arrest

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 106:26


    Episode 133 told part of the story of what led police to arrest Logan Clegg in the April 2022 double murder of Djeswende and Stephen Reid in Concord, New Hampshire. With the release of the 25-page Concord Police Department affidavit filed in support of his arrest, we learn so much more, including stories from people […]

    137. The mysterious final ride of Rita Maze

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 102:41


    The second-to-the-last time Bob Maze heard from his wife Rita, she was on her way home to their Great Falls, Montana, home from visiting relatves in Helena, 90 minutes away. The last time he heard from her was 10 hours later and she was calling from the trunk of her car after being attacked and […]

    136. The many victims of Brian Walshe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 108:38


    You may have heard the Brian Walshe — arrested Jan. 17 on charges her murdered his missing wife, Ana — was once convicted of fraud “for selling two fake Andy Warhol paintings for $80,000.” That's like saying the Titanic took on a little water. Walshe's Warhol fraud was a long con that spanned five years, […]

    136. The many victims of Brian Walshe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 108:38


    You may have heard the Brian Walshe — arrested Jan. 17 on charges her murdered his missing wife, Ana — was once convicted of fraud “for selling two fake Andy Warhol paintings for $80,000.” That's like saying the Titanic took on a little water. Walshe's Warhol fraud was a long con that spanned five years, […]

    135. Arnold Nash and his final escape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 112:55


    Arnold Nash was a “career criminal.” He was also a career escape artist from the Maine State Prison System. And the funny thing was, he was escaping because he wanted to stay incarcerated. His crimes escalated as his need to be in prison grew, until someone lost a life. Rebecca tells the story. We also […]

    135. Arnold Nash and his final escape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 112:55


    Arnold Nash was a “career criminal.” He was also a career escape artist from the Maine State Prison System. And the funny thing was, he was escaping because he wanted to stay incarcerated. His crimes escalated as his need to be in prison grew, until someone lost a life. Rebecca tells the story. We also […]

    134. Maine 2022 Homicide List: It’s not a drug problem, it’s a life problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 136:37


    Thirty people died of homicide in Maine this year (not including the two perpetrators in murder-suicides), the most recent on Christmas Day. That's the most since 2008, when there were 31. While the state's drug problems get a lot of attention — as they should — 2022 Maine homicides show that, as always, nowhere are […]

    134. Maine 2022 Homicide List: It’s not a drug problem, it’s a life problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 136:37


    Thirty people died of homicide in Maine this year (not including the two perpetrators in murder-suicides), the most recent on Christmas Day. That's the most since 2008, when there were 31. While the state's drug problems get a lot of attention — as they should — 2022 Maine homicides show that, as always, nowhere are […]

    Episode 133: Wendy and Steve Reid cross Logan Clegg’s deadly path

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 114:13


    When Djeswende and Stephen Reid were shot while out for a walk in the woods in Concord, New Hampshire, police said the public was not in danger, even though they didn't know who did it and didn't have solid leads for weeks. But it turns out the public WAS in danger, from a man whose […]

    Episode 133: Wendy and Steve Reid cross Logan Clegg’s deadly path

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 114:13


    When Djeswende and Stephen Reid were shot while out for a walk in the woods in Concord, New Hampshire, police said the public was not in danger, even though they didn't know who did it and didn't have solid leads for weeks. But it turns out the public WAS in danger, from a man whose […]

    Episode 132: Azita Jamshab, there’s no insurance against murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2022 108:18


    Azita Jamshab, 29, and newly divorced was ready to move from Maine to Las Vegas and start a new life. But her insurance agent, who was also the beneficiary on her life insurance policy, had a different plan. Rebecca presents. Maureen updates Episode 72, the Cocoanut Grove fire, and Episode 125, Katahdin Kills and Doesn't […]

    Episode 132: Azita Jamshab, there’s no insurance against murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2022 108:18


    Azita Jamshab, 29, and newly divorced was ready to move from Maine to Las Vegas and start a new life. But her insurance agent, who was also the beneficiary on her life insurance policy, had a different plan. Rebecca presents. Maureen updates Episode 72, the Cocoanut Grove fire, and Episode 125, Katahdin Kills and Doesn't […]

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