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.
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.
After a fire in a Brockton, Massachusetts neighborhood killed a man and woman in their own home, the investigation zeroed in on two people – two children – who had escaped the blaze unharmed.
View source material and photos for this episode at: https://darkdowneast.com/jimmyandannechoy
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
Park Predators is back and Delia D’Ambra is staying in the parks all year long, making Park Predators now a WEEKLY audiochuck podcast with new episodes every Tuesday!
In May 2008 a woman's lifeless body is found in a mess of holly bushes in Queen's Park in Glasgow, Scotland. Law enforcement is left with a bizarre string of clues and a very elusive suspect until finally, justice is served.
View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-park/
Follow the show and tune in each week for new episodes of Park Predators on Apple Podcast, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts!
Park Predators is an audiochuck production.
Connect with us on social media:
When 16-year-old Rosa Maria Valentin didn’t return home from work in Hartford, Connecticut one July night in 1986, her family jumped into action to try and find her. But at every turn, the family’s fears were dismissed and Rosa was regarded as a runaway…That is, until more than a year later when another teenage girl disappeared under similar circumstances.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/rosamariavalentin
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
For almost fifty years, the murders of two people in the tiny northern Vermont village of Hardwick have gone unsolved. The rumors in town ran almost as rampant as the fear, but whether any of the chatter about what happened to the victims is true remains to be seen nearly five decades later.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/joangrayrogersandbernardewen
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
Over 30 years have gone by without answers for the violent death of David Pickett on a quiet New England beach. When an investigation by police failed to get justice, David’s sister decided to seek justice on her own terms… Even if the suspect was her own blood.
View source material and photos for this episode at: darkdowneast.com/davidpickett
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
Your feedback is valuable to us. Should you encounter any bugs, glitches, lack of functionality or other problems, please email us on [email protected] or join Moon.FM Telegram Group where you can talk directly to the dev team who are happy to answer any queries.