This is Dark Downeast
Dark Downeast is a true crime podcast focused on covering unsolved cases, cold cases, and missing persons stories from Maine and New England. Every episode is rooted in investigative journalism and honors the legacy of the humans at the heart of each case.
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The Disappearance of Catherine Malcolmson, Part 1 (Massachusetts)
In 1985, 16-year-old Cathy Malcolmson left home with somewhere to be and every reason to come back. A bike ride that should have taken only minutes became an enduring decades-long mystery that spread across state lines and outlasted the careers of some of the officers trying to solve it.
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The Disappearance of Catherine Malcolmson, Part 1 (Massachusetts)
In 1985, 16-year-old Cathy Malcolmson left home with somewhere to be and every reason to come back. A bike ride that should have taken only minutes became an enduring decades-long mystery that spread across state lines and outlasted the careers of some of the officers trying to solve it.
The Murder of Kathy Lynn Gloddy (New Hampshire)
Thirteen-year-old Kathy Lynn Gloddy left her home in Franklin, New Hampshire, on a November evening in 1971 with the family dog beside her. The dog came home. Kathy did not.
UNSOLVED: The Murder of Roberta “Bobbie” Miller (New Hampshire)
In the fall of 2010, Roberta “Bobbie” Miller was starting over. She had a new home in Gilford, New Hampshire, she was back in school, and she was making plans for the life ahead of her. Then, on Halloween weekend, Bobbie and her dog, Sport, were shot and killed inside that home.
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