True Crime New England

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the tragic murder of Amy Theriault. Amy was known to be compassionate, empathetic, and a devoted mother who spent all of her time helping others. On May 31st, 2014, Amy was fatally stabbed and shot by her ex-boyfriend, Jesse Marquis, who was upset that she had ended their two-year-long relationship just the night before. Jesse...

It's time again for another installment of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series! Today, Liz starts the show off by talking about the tragic murder of Lucinio Javier Arauz Bastardo, a young man who randomly was shot and killed in July of 2021 in Providence, Rhode Island. Then, Katie rounds out the episode by telling the disturbing nature of the hit-and-run incident that ended 1...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz travel over 230 years back in time to the 1780s in New London, Connecticut, to tell the unfortunate story of 12-year-old Hannah Occuish, the youngest person in the United States to ever be executed. Young Hannah had not had an easy life, so when a local 6-year-old girl was found brutally beaten, Hannah was a prime suspect. She eventua...

This week on True Crime New England, Katie and Liz bring you the tragic story of a mother and son who were found dead in a fiery car crash just 500 feet from their home in Thornton, New Hampshire. Janet Dow and her son Stephen were found burnt beyond recognition on a December 1982 morning, and with the story that husband and stepfather Richard Dow gave, police believed the whole thing was just an...

Can you believe it? True Crime New England is celebrating it's fourth birthday, and we wanted you to be there! Like they always do, Katie and Liz go through highlights of the last year and discuss statistics, accomplishments, and favorite episodes. Stick around to the end to hear some fan-favorite superlatives that the girls always include! Thank you, as always, for listening to True Crime New Eng...

Another Sunday, another installment of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series! Today, Katie and Liz both tell stories of double homicides out of Hartford, Connecticut. First, Katie talks about the details of the murders of Kwante Feliciano and Kelly Cooper in March of 2013, and how random and unfortunate this was. Then, Liz talks about the murders of two people, Kevin Campbell a...

Join Katie and Liz for their 4th anniversary special episode! For this case, the girls wanted to cover something big- the murder of Bill and Lorraine Currier. An infamous case out of Essex, Vermont, this middle-aged couple disappeared from their home in June of 2011. It would be over a year before investigators announced that they knew what happened to the Currier’s, as disturbed serial killer Isr...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz break down the evil crimes of Edward Maynard. A man with a violent history, Edward spent a lot of time in and out of jail for charges like rape, assault and possession of a firearm as a felon. He was connected to the murder of 46-year-old Patricia Paquette in 1994 and subsequently arrested. It wasn’t until after his death in 2011 that...

Join Katie and Liz for the 70th installment of their mini-episode case profile series! This week, Liz starts the show off by telling of the random act of violence that killed both Terrell Oten and Keith Burney on the streets of Hartford, Connecticut in June of 2006. Then, Katie talks about the mysterious and troubling disappearance of Attiin Shaw, a 33-year-old Indonesian immigrant who moved to Wa...

Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England where they discuss a tragic triple murder out of Bangor, Maine. On August 13th of 2012, the bodies of Nicolle Lugdon, Daniel Borders, and Lucas Tuscano were found shot to death in a burning Pontiac Grand Prix. While unfortunate and unnecessarily brutal, luck was had when the police were immediately able to track the car to 31-year...

Join Liz and Katie on this week’s episode of True Crime New England as they take a trip to the small town of Stow, Massachusetts. In August of 1985, 16-year-old Catherine “Cathy” Malcolmson was riding her bike to her summer job at the local IGA supermarket when she disappeared. She was reportedly in good spirits and everything seemed normal. Eighteen months after she disappeared, her Murray bicycl...

Join Katie and Liz on yet another installment of their mini-episode case profile series! Today, the girls tell of two unsolved cases. First, Katie talks about the incomprehensible and heartbreaking murder of 17-year-old Jalajhia Finklea, who was killed by a man she knew in October of 2020. Her body was taken hundreds of miles away before it was discovered. Then, Liz talks about the confusing story...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss an unhinged case involving a man who committed murder on two separate occasions, 2 decades apart. Robert Breton had an extremely unforgiving childhood, with a mentally ill mother and an alcoholic father, who one day, snapped at his son and found that to be the cause of his demise. After Robert was found guilty of manslaughter...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz take you to Etna, New Hampshire where they review the case of a truly pointless and brutal crime. In January of 2001, Half and Susanne Zantop, two kind and brilliant professors at Dartmouth College, were stabbed to death in their home after letting in two teenage boys who claimed to be doing a survey. After discovering several items o...

Join Katie and Liz for another installment of their case profile mini-episode series! This week, Liz starts off the show by retelling the difficult life of Santino Kuang, a man born in war-torn Sudan who fought extremely hard to immigrate to America. After living in the US for only a short while, Santino was found stabbed to death in Springfield, Massachusetts. Then, Katie tells the very troubling...

Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England as they navigate a historical story that involves murder, gossip, and an exoneration. All the way back in 1812, Russell Colvin of Manchester, Vermont, got in a heated altercation with his brother-in-laws, Stephen and Jesse Boorn. According to Russell’s young son, who witnessed the fight, the brothers attacked his father and left h...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the tragic and senseless murders of teenagers Frank and Charles Sherman and their friend Jeremy Bullock. The young men, plus two more friends, were working on their respective cars in Wilson’s Auto Sales garage on the evening of April 13th, 1993 in Foster, Rhode Island. It was around midnight when suddenly a gunman came in and...

It's another installment of True Crime New England's mini-episode case profile series! First, Katie starts off the episode by talking about two murders: Sonia Blanco and Evelyn Cruz. Both Sonia and Evelyn were found just barely a mile and a half from each other on the same fateful morning in February of 1993 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Their murders remain unsolved. Liz then tells the almost-solv...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz talk about one of the worst cases of spousal abuse and murder that they have ever covered. In 2011, Roxanne and Richard “Rick” Jeskey were living in Bangor, Maine. Not much is known about either of them or their relationship, but what is known from neighbors is that they fought often. On this fateful June evening, after a long night o...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the mysterious disappearance of small town girl Lynn Burdick. In 1982, Lynn was living in Florida, Massachusetts with her family on a 25-acre farm and was preparing to graduate from high school. She often worked on the farm and babysat, but also worked at her cousin’s convenience store, the Barefoot Peddler. On April 17th, 198...

Join Katie and Liz on True Crime New England's 66th installment of their case profile mini-episode series. This week, Liz starts the episode off by talking about the disappearance of Ali Kamhaz, an 88-year-old immigrant from Lebanon who wandered off from his Paxton, Massachusetts home in 2016, never to be seen again. Then, Katie tells the details of Maria Laura Capon Bravo Rojas, whose murdered bo...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz put their scientist hats on and discuss the life and legacy of a great New England scientist, Eugene Mallove. A highly educated man with degrees in both aeronautical and aerospace engineering, as well as environmental health sciences, Eugene became fascinated with the concept of cold fusion and dedicated a large portion of his life tr...

Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England as they navigate the complicated story of the murder of Sharon Johnson and her alleged killers. 36-year-old, heavily pregnant Sharon was found brutally stabbed and strangled in a construction site in July of 1988 in Bedford, New Hampshire. Police eventually tracked down an 18-year-old who had a child with Sharon’s stepdaughter, th...

Join Katie and Liz on this week's installment of their case profile mini-episode series. To kick off the show, Katie shares the details of the horrible murders of Elizabeth Matos and William Vega. 16-year-old Elizabeth and 19-year-old William were discovered, both shot to death, on the streets of Worcester, Massachusetts in 2001. Then, Liz talks about the sad murder of father-of-six Jawara Stennet...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz talk about the senseless murder of 15-year-old Terri Weed at the hands of someone she thought cared for her. Terri had been semi-secretly dating 16-year-old Wade Willis, and in May of 1981, she approached him to tell him that she was pregnant. Embarrassed about what others would think, Wade decided he would solve the problem and kille...