Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Dark History and Demise of Élan School (Maine)
Élan School was founded as a drug treatment program in 1970, pairing controversial confrontational attack therapies with education, all in the wooded…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Murders of Cyrus Everett and Donna Mauch (Maine)
MAINE MURDERS, 1964: When a cryptic poem landed on the editor's desk at the Fort Fairfield Review in 1984, it would be the beginning of the end of a …
5 years, 6 months ago
The Murder of Julie Campbell (Massachusetts)
COLD CASE, 1978: Julie Campbell's sister, Lori Manning, is on Dark Downeast to share memories of her sister, and questions that a remain in this cold…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Murder of Emma J. Turnbull (Maine)
MAINE MURDER, 1916: Emma J. Turnbull was the widow of Charles Turnbull and mother of eight children. When Harold Turnbull returned home on August 4, …
5 years, 6 months ago
The Murder of Shirley Coolen (Maine)
MAINE, 1951: When Zenovia Clegg's killer confessed to his crime, he also revealed small scraps of the secrets he’d been keeping throughout the decade…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Suspicious Death of Patricia Wing (Maine)
MAINE, 1958: Patricia Wing hadn’t been seen in over 24 hours, not since the afternoon of Tuesday, June 3, 1958. As a 29-year old mother of five, it w…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Survival Story of Kayleigh Ballantyne (Massachusetts)
SOUTH BOSTON, 2013: On the night of July 23, 2013, 21-year old Mainer Kayleigh Ballantyne was randomly attacked as she walked into her apartment in S…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Disappearances of William Sanborn and Alphonse Cote Jr. (Maine)
MAINE MYSTERY, 1924: When Lottie reported her first husband, William Sanborn, missing from their home in North Gorham, Maine, the Sheriff took her wo…
5 years, 7 months ago
Constance Corcione: The Bragdon Road Jane Doe
MAINE/MASSACHUSETTS MURDER, 1971: The body of a young woman found in the woods of Wells, Maine on January 9, 1971 remained unidentified for over a mo…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Murder of Mary Catherine Olenchuk (Maine)
UNSOLVED MAINE MURDER, 1970: 13-year old Mary Catherine Olenchuk left the beach before her family for a bike ride into town. She was last seen alive …
5 years, 7 months ago