True Crime New England

On this week's episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz talk about the mysterious case of the disappearance of Doreen Marfeo- a tidy, punctual, well-liked woman who apparently changed drastically before she went missing. Doreen had been in a struggling marriage for 12 years, and according to her husband, Steve Marfeo, she had become a nervous wreck who couldn't talk about her problems and...

Join Katie and Liz on True Crime New England's 64th installment of their mini-episode case profile series. This week, Liz starts the show off by relaying the details of the senseless murder of 19-year-old Reality Shabazz Walker out of Springfield, Massachusetts in 2010. Then, Katie shares the twisted murder of 29-year-old Twana Smith out of Hartford, Connecticut in 1997.  Anyone with information a...

Come on a journey 200 years in the past as Katie and Liz explore another historic tragedy on this week’s episode of True Crime New England. In the very first years of the 19th century, Captain James Purrington moved his wife and eight children to start anew on a small farm in Augusta, Maine. James was generally well-respected in the community, known to be hard-working and honest, especially as the...

Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England where they tackle another harrowing exoneration case. In May of 1991, a man named Kenneth McLean was shot and killed in Roxbury, Massachusetts, supposedly after a drug deal went wrong. A teenage witness, who admitted he didn’t see the face of the shooter, only a notable ponytail, later identified Robert Foxworth as the killer. He...

Join Katie and Liz on another episode of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series. This week, Katie starts us off with a mysterious story about the discovery of a John Doe out of Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1987. The body had clearly been a victim of homicide and was then weighed down with cables and barbell weights in Stump Pond. Then, Liz ends the episode with the story of two b...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz bring you the tragic story of the murder of 13-year-old Maryann Measles, a seventh grader who lived in New Milford, Connecticut in 1997. Maryann had found herself inside a group of eight older people, fitting into their friend circle by smoking cigarettes and weed, amongst other things. After going to her mother to confide in her abou...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz tell listeners of the devastating murder of 19-year-old Lizzi Marriott. In October of 2012, the University of New Hampshire marine biology student went to hang out with her work friend, Kat McDonough, at her Dover, New Hampshire apartment. What she didn’t know was that she was being set up for a sexual encounter with Kat and her domin...

Join Katie and Liz for another mini-episode in their case profile series. This week, Liz starts the show off with the senseless murder of 24-year-old Quaaneiruh Goodwin, a mother of an infant who was shot in a drive-by while hanging outside a convenience store with friends in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Then, Katie shares the confusing and heartbreaking death of Brenda Lee Sawls, a woman whose deat...

Take a trip to Sheffield, Vermont with Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England as they discuss the tragic fate of well-loved grandmother of nine, 78-year-old Mary “Pat” O’Hagan. In September of 2010, a group of three men decided they were going to break in and rob Mary’s home for money and pills. Richard Fletcher, Keith Baird, and Michael Norrie were high on methamphetamines...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz talk about the tragic murder of 23-year-old Lindsay Ann Burke. Described as carefree, kind, and compassionate, Lindsay had lived a life full of love and trust, with no real knowledge that there was danger in the world for people as caring as her. Unfortunately, a tumultuous relationship with a man named Gerardo Martinez led to Lindsay...

Join Katie and Liz on another installment of their case profile mini-episode series! This week, the girls discuss two very frustrating cases with little answers. First, Katie talks about the mysterious and horrible death of Lauren Smith Fields, a beautiful 23-year-old who was found dead by a Bumble date in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 2021. Then, Liz talks about the 2008 shooting death of security g...

Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England, where they talk about the very mysterious death of 53-year-old Denise Scott Ramsey out of Casco, Maine. Denise had last been heard from on December 26th, 2019 when she called her daughter to talk about the holidays. What ensued was a year and a half search for answers about the whereabouts of Denise. In May of 2021, two months af...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the life and crimes of serial child molester and potential murderer, Nathaniel Bar-Jonah. As a kid, Bar-Jonah began luring younger children into secluded places and molesting them, and eventually escalated to using his massive weight to attempt to suffocate the children. After being in a mental hospital for over eleven years,...

Can you believe there are already 60 installments of True Crime New England's mini-episode series? This week, Katie and Liz both discuss unsolved cases from Worcester, Massachusetts. First, Liz tells the details of the senseless murder of 26-year-old Eddie Wheeler, who was shot down in the streets on December 26th, 1998. Then, Katie talks about the troubling death of 27-year-old Nathan Otero in 20...

Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England, where they discuss the brutal murder of Barbara Gibbons, and the subsequent arrest and exoneration of her 18-year-old son, Peter Reilly. In September of 1973, Peter arrived home in the evening from a youth group meeting at a local church, only to discover his mother horribly slain in her bedroom. Due to his perceived lack of emot...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, join Katie and Liz as they discuss the mysterious disappearance of 14-year-old Laureen Rahn out of Manchester, New Hampshire. In late April of 1980, Laureen was hanging out with two friends in her apartment late at night while her mom was out with her boyfriend. When her mother got home early in the morning, she discovered the front door unlocked,...

Join Katie and Liz on the first installment of their case profile mini-episode series of 2025! This week, the girls tell two unsolved stories that are sure to get you thinking. First, Katie talks about the disappearance of 19-year-old Angel Garcia out of Hartford, Connecticut in 2011. Then, Liz tells the story of the murder of local political activist Jafet Robles out of Springfield, Massachusetts...

Happy New Year! To kick off the start of 2025, Katie and Liz take you all the way back to 19th century Vermont, where they talk about the often unheard of tale of murderer Emeline Meaker. A woman described as being cruel and deeply embittered, Emeline was less than thrilled when her husband agreed to take in a young family member, and after a year of physically abusing her, decided to end her life...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the infamous story of the Bonded Vault Heist out of Rhode Island. In August of 1975, eight men who were associated with the Patriarca crime family entered the Hudson Fur Storage facility in Providence and held five employees hostage as they stole roughly $30 million in cash, gold, and jewelry. It took only a few months before...

Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England as they touch upon the tragic and unfortunate murder of 26-year-old Kathy Frost, whose death involved being pushed off of an 80-foot-tall cliff in Acadia National Park. Unbeknownst to Kathy, she had married a man who had two marriages under his belt, one of which ended when his wife died of a suspicious drowning incident several y...

Join Katie and Liz on another installment of their always-important case profiles mini-episode series. Today, the girls take you to Connecticut and Vermont with two unsolved murders. First, Liz tells the story of the murder of Rodney Baldwin, who was shot walking across the street in Derby, Connecticut in 2009. Then, Katie finishes the episode by telling the details of the frustrating murder of Ta...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz dive into the devastating murder of a young mother and her infant daughter. Rachel Entwistle and her husband, Neil Entwistle, had what seemed like a fairytale love story: they met in his home country of England while she was studying abroad and fell in love, got married and had a beautiful little girl. It wasn’t until they returned to...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the troubling case of the murder of Christine Holloway and the disappearance of her 1-year-old daughter, Vanessa Morales. Christine was reported missing in early December of 2019, and every sign pointed back at her boyfriend and father of her child, Jose Morales. After several interviews, multiple witness reports, and the disc...

Join Katie and Liz on another installment of their case profiles mini-episode series. Today, Katie starts by sharing the terribly brutal murder of Angela Jones out of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1989. She was stabbed multiple times before being discarded outside of a factory. Then, Liz tells the story of the senseless shooting murder of Terrance Driffin-Smith, who was walking to his girlfriend's h...

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz talk about the murder of Canadian tourist, Louise Chaput, in November of 2001. Louise traveled to Pinkham Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, as she was an avid hiker who loved the outdoors and being active. On this solo trip, Louise arrived at her destination just before it began to get dark outside, and feeling like she n...