Malevolent Maine

Send us Fan Mail For years there have been rumors of a creature who lurks in the woods around Temple, Maine. This Woods Whisperer seeks to distract its victims and lure them to its grotto for some nefarious purpose. Tom looks into the stories of the Whisperer and interviews some of the people who have encountered this mysterious creature. Content Warning:  cryptid, strange creatures, monsters, dom...

Send us Fan Mail In 1841, the merchant schooner, The North Star, owned and operated by Wendell Aldrich, sank and everyone, including the crew and his young wife drowned. But is there more to the story than a shipwreck? Could there have been supernatural forces at work? Lucas investigates this historical case in hopes of shedding light on the tragic history of the Aldrich family. Content Warning: ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Megan investigates the strange phenomenon known as the Portly Man. Women are being abducted, driven around the state, and given bizarre history lessons about some of Maine’s darkest moments, before being returned hours later. Who or what is this portly man, and what is his purpose? Content Warning: abduction, kidnapping, death, alcohol/drinking, time displacement,...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back for Season 3! In this episode we sit down with Katie Clark who has been missing since she dreamed of the Gray Fool in a Bone Desert. We also investigate a strange coin discovered in Maine with ties to ancient Vikings that just may be connected to the King Beyond the Desert Content Warning:  dreams and nightmares, supernatural beings, kidnappings, disappearances, alter...

Send us Fan Mail It's beginning to look a lot like an annual tradition. It's the story of a very twisted Christmas where Santa received a very strange, very dangerous cursed image up at the North Pole on Christmas Eve.  We had a lot of fun with this one, and got a little silly. It's one of the few times we actually get a chance to blow off some steam. We hope you enjoy! Content Warn...

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 Finale! The entire team heads back to Mooretown, the forgotten witch village, to confront the five covens and their plans for summoning the Mother Witch. All of our questions get answered and the Malevolent Maine team is forever changed. Content Warning:   witches, witchcraft, chaos magic, black magic, Satanism, occult practices, bones and human remains, manifestations, s...

Send us Fan Mail After a mysterious message from an unknown ally arrives, Chris travels to Jackman to uncover the plans of a fifth coven, the Coven of Spirit. What does their ritual have to do with the Salem Witch Trials and the legendary warlock, Gideon Hawthorne? Plus, is there more to all of these rituals than we previously understood? Content Warning:   witches, witchcraft, chaos magic, warloc...

Send us Fan Mail We investigate the mysterious artifact known as the Devil's Knocker, discovered in a storage unit in Camden earlier this year. This door knocker, when placed on a door and a specific knock is give, supposedly will take the owner anywhere they wish... but at a cost. Could this be Satan's backdoor to escape from Hell? And how do we know if it's already too late? Conte...

Send us Fan Mail Lucas explores the story of a mysterious mill that only ever operated four nights in the Winslow area and produced a strange black paper.  We investigate the life of Paul Hubbard, a man who worked there and saw strange things during the midnight hours, and investigate its connection with the strange black rain from 1997.  Content Warning:   smoking, mysterious black ooze, animal c...

Send us Fan Mail A late night call surprises us with new information about the witch covens we've been investigating, so we dropped everything and raced this episode out. A group of teenage witches may have performed the fourth charging ritual in the state. This time in the town of Kennebunk. Mark investigates. Content Warning:   witchcraft, Satanic imagery, underage drinking and drug use, gr...

Send us Fan Mail There's a lake that doesn't show up on any map of Maine. Local legends say Blackwater Lake calls to those who venture too close to its  shores and draws them beneath its black surface. Chris and Mark investigate these stories and attempt to recover a missing camper in the process. Content Warning:   black magic, kidnapping, supernatural phenomenon, drowning, insanity, st...

Send us Fan Mail Lucas and Chris do a deep dive into the Son of Adam killings that rocked Portland, Maine in 1985 and 1986. They look at the crimes themselves, the confessed killer, and a possible connection to a Satanic cult. Is there more to this story than originally reported? Are the real killers still at large? And how might this connect to an older case Lucas is still working on? Content War...

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Tom investigate a case about several children all dreaming about the same nightmarish creature. What connections does it have to the occult? And how is it related to a man from several years earlier? What is the sinister entity known as Dr. Beenz? Content Warning:   nightmares, night terrors, demonic figures,  occult practices, black magic, scared children ** Special tha...

Send us Fan Mail Lucas and Tom take a trip to Caribou, Maine to investigate a system of caves known as the Devil's Den, the final resting place of the local witch, Grammy Grimes. As they search the caves they discover a sinister connection to our previous stories involving the Ritual of Fire and the Ritual of Air. Are all of these witch covens related? And if so, what exactly are they prepari...

Send us Fan Mail We take a look at the story of the House of Delight, the famous brothel from turn of the century  Bangor. We investigate the murder of Mother Bee and her two working girls and why their spirits continued to haunt the house of ill repute. Mark finds a historical document that may imply something far more sinister took place there. Content Warning:   ghosts, spirits, violence, gun s...

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Lucas investigate a section of Route 220 in Waldoboro, Maine reportedly haunted by over fifty different ghosts. They uncover the origins of these hauntings as well as its most recent and dangerous encounter. Content Warning:   ghosts, spirits, hauntings, domestic disputes, car accidents, murder, suicide, implied drug use, auditory manifestations, spectral attacks Host: C...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Chris investigates a sweet sixteen party from 1999 where the DJ may have unwittingly played a song that inspired manic creativity in the guests. He interviews not only the boy who played this accursed track, but also several of the survivors to find out what really was on Adolphus Winn's black record. Content Warning:   auditory manifestations, mental illness...

Send us Fan Mail We investigate a coven of witches in Oxford County who may be attempting to summon large swarms of flying insects. We uncover some connections to a previous case and perhaps to the old story of historical Mooretown. If you need a refresher:   Episode 24: The Ritual of Fire Episode 21: Mooretown Content Warning:   witches, dark magic, animal bones, alcohol, psychedelic drug referen...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we investigate the Ramsdell Lighthouse in Sangerville, Maine. This lighthouse, built in a field, hundreds of miles away from the ocean,  is said to be haunted by not just the men who have kept it since it was built in the 1800s, but something far more sinister. We try to unravel why this lighthouse was built and what may reside inside it. Content Warning:   ghosts,...

Send us Fan Mail Tom and Chris look into the mystery of the Howland Goatman. Did a man really discover human remains among the ears of corn he purchased at a farm stand? Was the farmer secretly running a cannibalistic cult in his corn maze? And does his spirit continue to haunt the region long after his death? These are some of the questions we answer during the course of this investigation. Conte...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode the team investigates several supposed alien encounters during to the so-called "grinch storm" during the Christmas of 2022. Who... or what is Gi'zon? And what does he have planned for the inhabitants of Southern Maine? Content Warning: aliens, telepathic communication, midnight visits, astral projection, body modification, mysterious visitors, menta...

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Lucas investigate a potential witch coven operating out of the basement at the University of Maine Machias Library. They uncover a woman calling herself the Betrothed and something called the Ritual of Fire. What could this coven be preparing for...and where are they? Content Warning: witches, black magic, Satan, Satanic rituals, secret covens/cults, mentions of nudity,...

Send us Fan Mail Chris and Mark investigate a man selling small vials  at local craft fairs that are reportedly full of dirt taken from graves. We talk with several people who have purchased these vials and learn of some of the more curious side effects. Content Warning: death, visions, murder, strange men, deals with the devil Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Junior Investigator: Mark Mercie...

Send us Fan Mail The team talks with Alex , who along with his childhood friend, Darren, discovered a subterranean forest in the mountains near their homes that may be the lair of a shadow creature of some sort. . Lucas and Tom try to locate this so-called Deepwoods and make a grizzly discovery in the cave. Content Warning: caves, dark, shadow beings, auditory manifestations, creatures, missing pe...

Send us Fan Mail We investigate Mooretown, the so-called lost "witch village" from early Maine history. We investigate the founders - Josias and Rebecca Moore and Mary Cummings, as well as the entity known only as Mother Witch. Content Warning: witches, witchcraft, black magic, ghost towns, disappearances, missing persons, occult practices, grimoires, animal sacrifices, Satanic cults Hos...