True Crime New England

This week's episode of True Crime New England highlights the sinister and senseless killing of 16-year-old Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino. In November of 2016, Lee left his home in Lawrence, Massachusetts one evening with an acquaintance, only to never return. Just over two weeks later, his handless body and hacked-off head were found in the Merrimack River, not far from his home. Quickly, it was disc...

This week's episode of True Crime New England involves an unfortunate trip to Hartford, Connecticut in August of 2010. Disgruntled employee Omar Thornton had been caught stealing product from the company he worked for, Hartford Distribution Inc., and had just been fired as a result. Angry, and sure that this was a case of extreme racism, Omar began shooting, killing 8 people, wounding 2 more, and...

Join Katie and Liz on the fourteenth installment of True Crime New England's mini episode series. This week, Liz starts the show off with a bizarre disappearance of a young man named Ande Fan. Ande was living in New Haven, Connecticut at the time of his disappearance and suffered from bipolar disorder, in which he was being treated at an assisted living facility. He disappeared one August morning...

This week on True Crime New England, Katie and Liz share the details of the troubling murder of mother-of-three Stephanie Campbell in Manchester, New Hampshire. On November 2nd of 2010, Stephanie got into an argument with an old friend and now potential lover of her ex-boyfriend, a 22-year-old girl named Molly Martel. Jealousy and potential exposure of a cheating scandal may have been what sent Mo...

This week on True Crime New England, Katie and Liz take you to Burlington, Vermont, where they discuss perhaps one of the only true crime cases in New England that has a connection to Ted Bundy. On July 19th, 1971, shy teacher Rita Curran had come home from her barbershop quartet rehearsal and got ready for bed, while her two roommates and a third friend went out to dinner. Upon returning to their...

This week's installment of Case Profiles proves to be just as bad as usual here on True Crime New England. Katie begins the episode by sharing the horrifying murder of Rhonda Johnson and her 6-month-old son, Corán Johnson in Stamford, Connecticut. The mother and son had been found dead in their car, both shot in the head, and their murder has never been solved. Then, Liz tells of the senseless mur...

In this week's episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz go to Barrington, Rhode Island and share the disturbing story of the 1991 Brendel Family Murders. Ernest Brendel was a patent attorney, and he had recently lost $12,000 in a lousy investment done by his new friend, financial advisor Christopher Hightower. Angry, Ernest filed a complaint and asked for Hightower's license to be revoked....

Katie and Liz take a trip to Lewiston, Maine this week on True Crime New England and tell the story of a young mother whose death remains a mystery over a decade later. Samantha Folsom was struggling with a heroin addiction in the fall of 2011, as she had for many years alongside her husband, Jesse Folsom. Together, the couple had a young son, Darren, and Samantha wanted to give him at least one s...

Join Katie and Liz on this week's mini episode of True Crime New England. Liz kicks things off by telling an extremely disturbing story about the abduction of 10-year-old Bianca Lebron out of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 2001. Katie finishes the episode by telling of the senseless murder of Oranuch Sousa, who was brutally killed with no official answers in sight, even 21 years later. Anyone with any...

On this week's episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz take a deep, scary dive into the horrific crimes of Antone "Tony" Costa. Between the years of 1966 to 1969, Tony terrorized Provincetown, Massachusetts as he worked behind the scenes, collecting victims with haste. During this short stretch of three years, Tony can be tied to the disappearance of three women, as well as the murder of...

This week on True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the unbelievable case of an evil man who used his power to create a world of hurt. Rosa Delgado was just 16-years-old when she was enticed by Hartford police officer Julio Camacho. After a brief affair that ended in the birth of their daughter, Rosita, the pair split up and Julio was left to pay child support for his illegitimate child. Du...

Join Katie and Liz on True Crime New England's first mini episode of the new year! First, Katie tells the tragic story of the murder of Jose "Tatu" Gonzalez, a loving father of 5. He was found shot to death in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2014. Then, Liz shares details about the heinous random murder of 21-year-old Dante Davis out of Connecticut. In March of 2022, after 17 years, Dante's family f...

It's True Crime New England's 75th episode! To celebrate, Katie and Liz talk about a very well-known case: the murder of Greggory Smart, orchestrated by his wife, Pamela. The young couple had just been married, and quickly their lives went from being fun and spontaneous, to career-focused and full of responsibilities. Pamela found herself working for the New Hampshire School District, which put he...

Join Katie and Liz in the first episode of True Crime New England in 2023! The girls tell the heartbreaking story of a young mother out of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and how her kindness ended up putting her in the hands of her killers. Melissa Jenkins was a physics teacher and a basketball coach and worked a second job as a waitress in order to support her two-year-old son, Ty, who she loved more th...

In their last episode of 2022, Katie and Liz share the details of the devastating and deadly Station Nightclub Fire of 2003 in West Warwick, Rhode Island. A cold February night brought over 400 patrons to the club to watch the performance of heavy metal band Great White. Within seconds of the band arriving on stage, their tour manager set off unapproved pyrotechnics, which quickly ignited the acou...

Join True Crime New England on the tenth installment of their Case Profile miniseries, as both girls share stories from Massachusetts. First, Liz tells the devastating murder of loving father and talented musician, Melvin Franklin, who was shot outside his Dorchester home in 1996. Then, Katie discusses the mysterious disappearance of Jennifer Mbugua in Fall River in 2014. To this day, neither of t...

Join Katie and Liz on this week's episode of True Crime New England as they discuss a violent rampage one man caused over Labor Day weekend in 2006. The Black Bear Bed & Breakfast in Newry, Maine was owned by 65-year-old Julie Bullard, who opted to put the inn up for sale in February of 2006. While she was figuring out the logistics of selling the property, she had two tenants living in her in...

Join Katie and Liz on this week's episode of True Crime New England as they visit the small town of Kingston, Massachusetts in the late summer of 1990. 13-year-old Melissa Benoit, an eighth grade girl who was described as being friendly and soft-spoken, went missing as she was walking home from a friend's house. It is theorized that she stopped to visit the grave of her father, who had died a year...

On the ninth installment of the Case Profile mini episodes, Katie and Liz both take you to the state of Connecticut. First, Katie tells the awful story of the disappearance of 21-month-old Jovanna Crawford, who went missing from Bridgeport. Then, Liz recounts a robbery-gone-wrong out of East Windsor that ended with hardworking store owner Javed Akhtar being killed. Anyone with any information on t...

Have you ever wondered what the largest mass murder was in Connecticut before Sandy Hook in 2012? Well, this week's episode of True Crime New England takes a deep dive into the horrifying events that took place in Prospect, Connecticut in the early morning of July 22nd, 1977. Lorne Acquin snuck into his foster brother's family home, killing his wife, their 7 children, and a young niece who was spe...

It was May 10th of 2009 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, when 15-year-old Michael Burns decided to make breakfast in bed for his mom, Stacey, as it was Mother's Day and that was a standard, fun thing for him to do for her. When he walked into her room, he was horrified to find a brutal scene: his mom was dead, and she had been stabbed multiple times. Stacey Burns, a school nurse and devoted member of...

On the eighth installment of the Case Profile mini episodes, the girls of True Crime New England share two very tragic stories. First, Liz talks about the murder of Keivan Heath, a 33-year-old father of two who shot at close range while at a party in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Then, Katie gives the details of a horrifying drive-by shooting in Pawtucket, Rhode Island that left one young man, Marcos...

Join Katie and Liz on this week's episode of True Crime New England as they tell a story that is a perfect example of why you don't tell love interests you met on OkCupid all your secrets. In 2009, Christine Billis was in a horrible car accident with her husband, Charles Billis. While Christine walked away nearly unscathed, Charles had to be extricated from the car and then died shortly upon arriv...

Join Katie and Liz in the final installment of the spooky Halloween episodes of 2022 as they take a look at the real story behind the famous 2013 movie, The Conjuring. January of 1971 proved to be exciting for Carolyn and Roger Perron, as they were moving themselves and their five young daughters into a 14-room farmhouse on 200 acres of land in Harrisville, Rhode Island. It didn't take long for th...

Join Katie and Liz in the 7th episode of their case profile series, as they venture to Massachusetts and Maine, respectively. Katie tells the story of 23-year-old Achim Bailey, a black man who went missing after a night out in January of 2019. His body was found a few months later in a body of water, and suspiciously, the police claim there is no foul play. Liz shares the recent June 2022 murder o...