True Crime New England

It's time for another installment of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series. Today, Katie begins the episode by telling the story of the random murder of 31-year-old mom Grisel Sanchez in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 2015. Then, Liz shares the details of the senseless murder of 28-year-old Dantley Leonard, also in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 2016. Grisel's murder remains unsolv...

Take a trip back in time this week on True Crime New England as Katie and Liz discuss the story of “The Gentleman Burglar.” In the late 1800s, small town Chester, Vermont was terrorized by sixteen years of random and heinous robberies in both local stores and local homes. The townspeople were furious and frightened, but luckily they had a hardworking public figure to help them solve the mystery. C...

Welcome back to the first installent of True Crime New England's mini-episode case profiles of 2026! Today, Liz starts off with a horribly confusing case involving the brutal beating and murder of Vernon Lomba Jr. in Cranston, Rhode Island in 1984. Then, Katie discusses the absolutely heinous murder of Hai Bo Lei out of Salem, New Hampshire, in 1995. Both cases remain unsolved. Anyone with any inf...

Katie and Liz kick off the new year by sharing the horrid story of Michael Woodmansee out of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Michael was 16-years-old when he killed and cannibalized 5-year-old Jason Foreman in May of 1975. It wasn’t until 1982 that Michael would confess to the crime, admitting that he sexually assaulted the child before stabbing him. Michael would eventually plead guilty and be sen...

Another Sunday, another mini-episode! This week, Katie and Liz stick to the usual heartwrenching stories of people of color in New England. Katie starts off the episode with the story of the upsetting death of 23-year-old Angelica Martinez, who was found in Springfield, Massachusetts in April of 2003. Then Liz talks about the disturbing story of the murder of 8-month-old Aisha Dickson, who was fou...

For their last episode of 2025, Katie and Liz continue the tradition of talking about big events to close out the year. What could be better than discussing the Great Molasses Flood of Boston? An unseasonably warm January day in 1919 would live on infamously as a 50 foot tall metal tank containing over 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, creating a giant tidal wave. The force of the dense molas...

Can you believe this is the 80th installment of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series? Today, Katie and Liz share two stories that have felt like a theme throughout these episodes. First, Liz tells of the murder of Luis Fernando Gonzalez-Sandoz, a man who was shot in the streets of Fair Haven, Connecticut in 2011. Katie then discusses the mysterious disappearance of Jesus De La...

Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England as they discuss the case that inspired the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, an acknowledgement of the unsolved murder of Rita Hester. On November 28th, 1998, 34-year-old trans woman Rita Hester was found stabbed to death in her Allston, Massachusetts apartment. What followed was local media and law enforcement misgendering a...

Another Sunday, another installment of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series. This week, Katie kicks off with the upsetting story of the murder of Amos Brown Jr. Amos was shot and killed in the streets of Norwalk, Connecticut on August 13th, 2010. Then, Liz shares the tale of the senseless murder of college student Kanagala Seshardi Rao, an Indian immigrant who was killed on Ap...

Join Katie and Liz on the last episode of the 2025 Spooky Halloween Extravaganza Party VIP Experience ™ as they talk about the mysteriously infamous Bridgewater Triangle. Given the name by the well-known cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, the 200 square mile area in Massachusetts is home to extensive lore and intrigue due to paranormal sightings, strange first-hand accounts, and an elaborate history....

Tune in for another addition of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series! This week, Liz starts the episode off by discussing the May 1999 disappearance of Angel Antonio "Tony" Torres out of Barre, Massachusetts. Tony was last seen in Biddeford, Maine. Then, Katie tells the horrifying murder of Shanike "Nikki" Roldan. On November 3rd, 2019, Nikki was seen running down School Stree...

For this week’s Spooky Halloween Extravaganza VIP Haunted Spectacular ™ episode, the girls of True Crime New England head over to Burlington, Vermont to discuss one of their favorite topics: why the Catholic Church is the worst. Katie and Liz look into the entire history of St. Joseph’s Orphanage, a children’s home that was open from 1854 to 1974, and housed over 13,000 children in its 120 year li...

It's that time again- another Sunday, another installment from True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series! First, Katie tells the very confusing and unsettling disappearance of 29-year-old Celeste Doghmi, who was reported missing in 2023, two years after she was last heard from in Auburn, Maine. Then, Liz discusses the case of the disappearance of 20-year-old Israel Rosado, who was...

Now that it is October again, the girls are back with the first episode of True Crime New England’s Spooky Halloween Extravaganza VIP Party Spectacular ™! To kick things off, Katie and Liz discuss the case of the Bridgeport Poltergeist out of Connecticut, which involves some of their favorite recurring characters for the podcast- Ed and Lorraine Warren. Tune in to hear the interesting tales of the...

Another Sunday, another installment of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series! For this week's episode, Liz starts the show off by talking about the very troubling and concerning disappearance of Miguel Oliveras, who was last seen at a Portland, Maine nightclub in September of 2006. Then, Katie talks about the horrific murder of mother Annie Murchison, who was found crudely stab...

Join Katie and Liz on another episode of True Crime New England as they discuss a decades-long unsolved murder. 27-year-old Leslie Spellman was hitchhiking with her younger sister in June of 1977, when they separated ways to try and end up at different locations. Unfortunately, Leslie was found the next morning in Northeast Harbor, Maine, bludgeoned to death. Due to the circumstances leading up to...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz take a deep dive into the nightmare that is the case against Edward Wright, a man who was wrongly accused of killing his friend, Penny Anderson, in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1984. Edward was seen with Penny the night before her murder, and factors such as withheld evidence, false testimony, and racial bias led to his conviction of...

Join Katie and Liz on another installment of their case profile mini-episode series! On today's show, Katie starts off by talking about the horrific murder of 17-year-old Wanda Cartagena, who was found with a plastic bag around her head in her Springfield, Massachusetts apartment in 1989. Then, Liz talks about the double murder of Kwaku Osei-Owusu and Frank Vanney, who were shot and killed in a ca...

Join Katie and Liz on another trip back in time as they embark on a journey to Connecticut in the early 1900's. The girls tell the story of Amy Archer-Gilligan, a woman who seemingly had a nurturing heart and a caring nature to her. Unfortunately, when her first husband died just after a life insurance policy was taken out, and her second husband died shortly after writing up a will that left ever...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the murder of Joanna Kozak out of Fremont, New Hampshire in 1992. The girls talk about her murderer, Steven Roy, who had employed her and allowed her to live in his home. When Steven was indicted for his murder, his trial involved a statement from an accomplice that threw him for a loop, and he has spent the last 30 years appe...

On this week's installment of True Crime New England's mini-episode series, Katie and Liz share two heartbreaking stories of unnecessary murders that remain unsolved to this day. First, Liz goes over the details of extremely inspiring 17-year-old Ivol Brown, who used his own criminal history as motivation to better himself and his community. On Memorial Day of 2010, Ivol was stabbed to death. Then...

Join Katie and Liz on another episode of True Crime New England as they navigate the life and death of housewife Doris Maxfield. Doris, born in the 1930s in Maine, found herself living in Massachusetts in her adolescence and into her young adult years, getting married twice and delivering four sons. It wasn’t until January of 1977 that the well-liked, local store owner was found dead in her kitche...

This week on True Crime New England, Katie and Liz take a look at the complex case of Nathan Carman, a young man who was suspected of two separate murders of different family members. Nathan was very close to his grandfather, wealthy real estate mogul John Chakalos, and stood to inherit a very large sum of money from him. When John was found murdered in his Connecticut home in 2013, Nathan was a s...

Join Katie and Liz on another installment of True Crime New England's mini-episode series! Today, Katie starts off with the very troubling story of the disappearance of 9-year-old Nelida De Jesus Del Valle, who was last seen walking to school in Boston, Massachusetts in 1976. Then, Liz talks about the tragic and unecessary murder of father Nicholas Brown, who was shot and killed in Hartford, Conne...

It’s our 200th episode! Can you believe it? For such a special occasion, Katie and Liz felt there needed to be a big story to celebrate… what’s bigger than the Boston Strangler? Join the girls on this episode of True Crime New England as they go into the nitty and gritty details revolving around the infamous Boston Strangler killings that occurred between June of 1962 and January of 1964. Official...