True Crime New England

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...

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...