Dark Downeast: Maine and New England's True Crime Podcast digs into the decades-old and modern day cases that prickle the history of Vacationland and beyond – the unsolved homicides, undetermined deaths, unexplained disappearances and other dark stories of New England. Investigative journalist and storyteller Kylie Low gets straight to the story with a mix of narrated episodes and documentary style production featuring interviews with surviving family and friends and insight on the investigations from detectives and sources who know these cases best. This is heart-centered, ethical true crime, bringing light to stories you’re not hearing on other podcasts. It is Dark Downeast's mission to honor the legacy of the humans at the heart of each story and bring new attention to the cases still awaiting justice.
When a 12-year-old girl disappeared from her home on a summer night in 1988, police took her father’s word that she’d run away just as she had more than once before. But more than 30 years later, there’s still no sign of the missing girl and her father’s story just isn’t adding up.
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Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
A 19-year old South Royalton, Vermont resident was missing under suspicious circumstances for over four months before his remains were found in an old barn miles from home. Investigators have named a strong suspect for his murder, but as the seven year anniversary approaches, this case is still unsolved.
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Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
Charline Rosemond left home in Everett, Massachusetts one day in April of 2009 excited to buy a new car, but the evening took a deadly turn. Now for more than fifteen years, her family has waited for justice and answers in the still unsolved homicide.
Someone knows something about Charline’s death. Someone is concealing the truth. It’s time to speak up.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/charlinerosemond
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
He was an 80-year-old fruit farmer who had resurrected a local apple orchard for the enjoyment of his entire community, but in the late fall of 1999, the farmstead became the unexpected epicenter of a terrible tragedy that remains unsolved today.
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Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
Nearly 35 years have passed since John Evers Robinson was found dead in his New Haven, Connecticut music studio. The original investigation generated several leads and theories of the killing, but the case remains unsolved. Now, John’s sister is doing everything she can to get her brother’s story out there. Someone knows something. It’s time to speak up.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/johneversrobinson
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
On October 7, 1966, the wealthy heiress Doris Duke hit and killed her friend Eduardo Tirella while behind the wheel of a rented car. Whether his death was an accident or an intentional act of murder, is still up for debate nearly 60 years later.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/eduardotirella
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
It wasn’t unusual for Celeste Doghmi to go long stretches of time without talking to her friends and family. She’d lost touch with her mother and many of her close friends, but as far as they could tell by posts on social media, her life was busy with a new baby and starting college classes.
But when Celeste’s mother in Germany received a phone call in the spring of 2023, she learned that Celeste hadn’t simply lost touch – she was missing. She’d been missing for two years.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/celestedoghmi
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
When Linda Rayner left for a walk in Hammonasset Beach State Park in the summer of 1992, she was seeking the beauty and peace that only the ocean can bring. Instead, she was brutally attacked by an unknown assailant and her case has remained unsolved ever since.
In the thirty-plus years since her death, investigators have identified at least one suspect… But her loved ones are still waiting for the day that they have all the answers.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/lindarayner
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
When a woman was found murdered in her Springfield, Massachusetts apartment during the spring of 1984, it only took a matter of days to zero in on a suspect and secure an arrest. And then at trial, a jury decided Edward Wright was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The New England Innocence Project has since taken up his case. So, who really killed Penny Anderson? Was it the man serving a life sentence for her death or someone else?
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/pennyanderson
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
Homelessness, substance use disorder, and mental health challenges create significant barriers in missing persons cases, often causing individuals to fall through the cracks and their families fighting to get their names and stories heard.
Ryan Blagojevic disappeared without a trace in 2013 and his sister Eve continues the search to find him. The circumstances of his life at the time he went missing has made it even more difficult to get answers, but Eve won’t let her brother be forgotten.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/ryanblagojevic
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
Lyda Jameson was 73 years old when her son found her lying in bed without a pulse one morning in March of 1976. First responders at the scene believed she died of natural causes… until they noticed signs of a possible homicide. Decades later, DNA evidence led to an arrest, and yet someone has still gotten away with murder.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/lydajameson
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
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