The Murder of Douglas J. Parent (Maine)

The Murder of Douglas J. Parent (Maine)

Static punctuated the words of the interviewer, “This is side one of the cassette tape of the interview with Douglas J. Parent, and the only side.” It was a Sunday afternoon in April of 1977. University of Maine Student Richard Petrovitz sat down at the table with his...
The Murder of Sean Conway (Maine)

The Murder of Sean Conway (Maine)

“And I understand that police departments have lots going on and there are other people that have people that have been murdered in the meantime, and that deal with families,” Nim said. “And I understand that, but then there’s still us. There’s still us....
The Murder of Katherine Murphy (Maine)

The Murder of Katherine Murphy (Maine)

It was a long drive leading up to Mayflower Hill on a chilly morning of November 3rd, 1971. The road to the Colby College campus in Waterville, Maine was covered in a thick fog from the previous evening, the kind that seems to settle from the sky all the way to the...
The Murder of Michael T. Connolly (Maine)

The Murder of Michael T. Connolly (Maine)

The front page of the August 16, 1930 edition of the Lewiston Evening Journal was covered with eye-catching headlines. The maiden voyage of a British airship, the sinking of a Norwegian ocean liner in the Cook Islands. But for Mainers, a local headline caught their...
The Suspicious Death of Alexie Adams (Maine)

The Suspicious Death of Alexie Adams (Maine)

PRODUCER NOTE: This episode was produced with the consent and participation of members of Alexie Adams’ family. February 3, 2018. It was a frigid morning, barely above zero in Orono, Maine. A woman pushing a stroller noticed something strange in the snow behind the...