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156. Charles Terry, Shirley Coolen, and the Boston Strangler
March 25, 2024

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

155. ‘Justified’ injustice II: Katherine Hegarty, murdered by cops
March 04, 2024

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 — spo

154. ‘Justified’ injustice: Ambroshia Fagre and Kadhar Bailey
February 05, 2024

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

153. A double tragedy for the McKenna family
January 22, 2024

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 al

152. Maine 2023 Homicide List: 51 and counting
January 08, 2024

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

Special holiday greeting and some recommendations
December 25, 2023

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 ho

151. Miriam Stoltz: When memory is murdered
December 11, 2023

Miriam Stoltz was found shot in the head on a cold February afternoon in the woods in New Hampshire, where shed lain for 15 hours before being found by a runner. The next day, Roger Whittemore was fo

Episode 150: The Berwind, mutiny or just plain murder?
November 27, 2023

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, ar

149. Lessons learned from the Logan Clegg murder trial
November 12, 2023

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 murde

148. Can you murder someone from 3,000 miles away?
September 28, 2023

Andrew Denton had made it clear he wanted to die. Sidney Kilmartin, living in Manchester, Maine, 3,000 miles away from Dentons home in England, was determined to make sure that would happen. In Decem