UPDATED: The Murder of Leslie Spellman (Maine)
You’ve heard Leslie Spellman’s story on Dark Downeast before. I was initially compelled to tell Leslie Spellman’s story because I couldn’t believe a homicide on the perimeter of Maine’s most well-know...
29 Aug 202227min
A Conversation with Ashley Flowers, Host of Crime Junkie
Ashley Flowers is the creator and host of the Crime Junkie podcast and founder and CEO of audiochuck, the podcast network behind even more chart-topping shows like The Deck, Counterclock, Strangeland,...
15 Aug 202241min
The Cons of Mair Smith Part 2 (Maine)
Would you know how to spot a scam in your life before it was too late?For years, Johnathan Walton didn’t know that the woman he called his best friend was actually a career con artist, suspected of nu...
8 Aug 202232min
The Cons of Mair Smith Part 1 (Maine)
When Johnathan Walton hosted a wine and cheese night in his Los Angeles apartment in 2013, he couldn’t have known that the event would invite a shark into his inner circle. Flyers he hung up around th...
1 Aug 202226min
The Murders of Dominic Kirmil and Irvin Hilton (Massachusetts)
He committed his first murder at 15-years old, ending the life of an innocent shopkeeper as he and his buddies made their way around Lawrence, Massachusetts holding up convenience stories “for the thr...
18 Jul 202231min
The Murder of Kenneth Zernicke (Maine)
Jessica Zernicke Holmes left work on the night of September 24, 2015 to find her phone flooded with missed calls and messages. When she was finally able to call her family member back, they delivered ...
4 Jul 202221min
The Death of Elmer McCurdy (Maine)
Strung up in the corner of a roadside amusement park fun house was the figure of a man coated so many times with phosphorus paint that it glowed in the dimly lit space. It was alarmingly lifelike, and...
20 Jun 202232min
The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 3 (Connecticut)
ACTIVE CASE, PART 3: In October of 2016, about a month after he was plucked from a life raft after a week at sea, Nathan Carman walked into the private memorial service he’d organized to honor his mot...
6 Jun 202235min
