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In 1993, Melissa Benoit was 13 years old when she was brutally murdered by her next door neighbor while walking home from a friends house in Kingston, Massachusetts. Her killer hid her body in his basement for 11 days before she was found.

On October 1st 1986 Tracy Gilpin left a party in the Rocky Nook neighborhood of Kingston MA. She walked up Route 3A to a Cumberland Farms to buy a pack of cigarettes and was never seen alive again. Weeks following her disappearance Tracy’s body was found in Myles Standish State Forest. With little to no evidence and DNA in its infancy the case grew cold and Tracy’s murder became one of Massachuset...

In this episode, Jen talks about some ghost stories from a few New England Colleges! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_College https://www.dean.edu/news-events/dean-college-blog/story/5-haunted-historic-dean-college-stories/ https://www.onlineschoolscenter.com/50-haunted-colleges-campuses/https://www.onlineschoolscenter.com/50-haunted-colleges-campuses/

Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the greatest American writers of all time. But how much do you really know about the life of Poe? In this episode Amanda and Jen take a deep dive into the Poe from his birth to his mysterious death which is still heavily debated to this day.

Vanessa Marcotte was brutally murdered on August 7, 2016 while she was out for a run. After being reported missing by her family when she did not return home after several hours, her body was discovered beaten and burned just a half mile from her mothers home. DNA evidence tied Angelo Colon-Ortiz to Vanessa's murder, and was given a life sentence in prison.  As an outcome of Vanessa's death,...

In September of 1961 Barney and Betty Hill were just driving home from a romantic getaway when their lives changed forever. Join us as Amanda deep dives into the first widely reported alien abduction in the United States and the crazy events that followed! On this episode of Fathomless we try to figure out what really happened to Betty and Barney Hill.

On September 19, 2020, in the area of Keene, NH, Armando Barron discovers text messages on his wife's phone between her and a coworker.  Enraged from finding these messages, Armando beats and abuses his wife and uses her phone to message her coworker, Jonathan Amerault.  Jonathan, thinking he is talking to his coworker, agrees to meet "her" at Annett State Park in Rindge, NH where he meet his unfo...

In 1908 the state of Rhode Island opened “The Rhode Island School for the Feeble Minded” as a housing/farming community for the state’s disabled and developmentally delayed children. Like any other state run facility in the 1900s it was over crowded, understaffed and underfunded with a strange and sadistic superintendent at its head. Later named the Ladd School it was shut down in 1993 after years...

Amanda and Jen bring your attention to some recent true crime news that you may or may not have heard about! This is Volume 1 of what is going to be a recurring episode! We like to stay updated on what's happening in the true crime world, near or far, and now you can too.

Joan Risch was 31 years old when she vanished from her home in Lincoln, Massachusetts in the afternoon hours of October 24, 1961. With a bloody kitchen scene and confusing evidence left behind, police were never made sure of Joan's fate that day. She left behind her loving husband, two children, all her personal items. This case has never been solved, and Joan is still considered a missing person....

We've all had spooky experiences happen to us.  Whether its a paranormal experience, a creepy person approaching you, a late-night knock on your front door, or a spooky field trip you went on. Amanda and Jen are going to tell you all about some spooky happenings that we've experiences ourselves. We would love to hear yours too! E-mail us your own "Spooky Stories" at fathomlesspodcast@gmail.co...

Todays case is extremely frustrating and even more heartbreaking. Jaliek Rainwalker had a tough life from birth, bouncing between multiple foster homes before unfortunately ending up in the hands of Stephen Kerr and Jocelyn McDonald who were supposed to care for this young boy. What happened the night of November 1st 2007 is still widely debated to this day. And leaves us all with the same questio...

Sandra Crispo was last seen on August 7, 2019.  There is little to no evidence about her disappearance, and her family has not stopped looking for her. Sources: https://thehueandcry.com/sandra-crispo https://disappearedblog.com/sandra-crispo/ https://whdh.com/news/daughter-of-missing-hanson-woman-asks-public-for-help/ https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/family-fears-foul-play-involv...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN YOU SPOOKY SCARY GOULS AND GOBLINS! In this episode Amanda is gonna tell us a little bit about some serious dark history in New England 200 years after the Salem Witch Trials we had the New England Vampire Panic! RESOURCE LINKS: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/ https://youtu.be/YdBn4V3J9HM https://newengland.com/today/living/new-e...

On the night of October 30, 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was brutally killed in her own yard.  The case went cold for a quarter of a century, until the prime suspect would be arrested.  In the end, this suspect would be freed, never to be tried again.  Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/martha-moxley https://www.cbsnews.com/news/martha-moxley-murder-timeline/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/...

SURPRISE! We are back early with part 2 of the unsolved case of the New Bedford Highway Killer. In part 2 we will discuss the theories and suspects of the case.  RESOURCE LINKS: 

Between 1988 and 1989, eleven women went missing from the city of New Bedford. In the span of a year nine of the eleven women's bodies were discovered along the highways leading out of the small sea port city. Still unsolved to this day, this one of the most tragic cold cases in Massachusetts history.  In part one Amanda and Jen will discuss the timeline of when the women went missing and when the...

Russell Bean was 26 years old when he was last seen on September 15, 1978, in Marlow, New Hampshire.  His whereabouts would remain unknown for a decade until a deathbed confession led police to his remains. Sources: https://www.doj.nh.gov/criminal/cold-case/victim-list/russell-bean.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlow,_New_Hampshire https://www.darkdowneast.com/episodes/russellbean https://www...

In this episode we will discuss the Hoosac Tunnel. An active railway tunnel in Western MA that is tied to a lot of tragedy and has a dark history surrounding it. Amanda is gonna take us down a rabbit hole of crazy construction, bad working conditions, horrible deaths, ghosts, missing persons and an unsolved homicide. What is happening in the Berkshires? And why is the Hoosac called The Bloody Pit?...

In February of 1983, a young couple was found shot to death in their home in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  With little physical evidence and no murder weapon ever found, this 40 year old case remains unsolved.  If you have any information about the murders of Dena & Barry Pinto, please contact the Plymouth Police Department at 508-746-1212. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/4cherryst/ https://www.patr...

Boston's Vanishing Men: Since 2009, more than a dozen bodies of young men are found in the Charles River and other bodies of water in Boston, Massachusetts.  Are they related? Is it coincidence? Does Boston have a serial killer on the loose? In this episode, we will name and describe each potential victim, discuss how they were all connected and the mysterious circumstances surrounding their death...

Welcome to Fathomless! We are a New England focused true crime podcast.  In this introduction episode, you will meet the co-hosts of Fathomless, Amanda & Jen. Follow us on Instagram & Twitter @fathomlesspod