The Murder of Jon Pownall (Maine)
Dark Downeast25 Sep 2023

The Murder of Jon Pownall (Maine)

MAINE, 1973: Just months into production of a new and exciting project, film director Jon Pownall was found dead at his Monument Square office in Portland, Maine. Why would anyone want to kill him? As the investigation into his murder began, a motive for his death emerged, but the question of who was behind it all is one that still hasn’t been answered with a conviction 50 years later.

Lynda Pownall-Carlson was only 16-years old when her father was killed. She’s on Dark Downeast to share her father’s story – all the complex and layered and shocking pieces of it – but most of all, she’s here to tell you the parts that were left out of the narrative back in 1973, the stories and memories that she holds onto all these years later.

View source material and photos for this episode at darkdowneast.com/jonpownall

Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.


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