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...
25 Sep 202359min
UPDATE: The Murders of David Nixon & Steven Ray Johnson (Maine)
A special update to this week’s episode, Murder on Goose Rocks Beach, covering the cases of David J. Nixon and Steven Ray Johnson. View source material and photos for this episode at darkdowneast.com/...
23 Sep 20232min
The Murders of David Nixon & Steven Ray Johnson (Maine)
MAINE, 1987: On the night of June 8, 1987, David Nixon had just hung up the phone with his father. He called back home to let his folks know that he was staying over at their family beach house in Ken...
18 Sep 202338min
The Murder of Jimmy Stone (Connecticut)
CONNECTICUT, 2018: On the night of May 18, 2018, 36-year old James “Jimmy” Stone Jr. was loading up his belongings from the trailer where he once lived on the Golden Hill Paugussett Reservation in Col...
11 Sep 202333min
The Murder of Patricia Moreno (Massachusetts)
MASSACHUSETTS, 1991: On July 20th, 1991, 17-year-old Patricia Moreno sat on the fire escape at her foster family’s apartment building. She often used the fire escape for solace – the apartment was cro...
28 Aug 202333min
The Disappearance of Ralph Jean-Marie (Vermont)
VERMONT, 2020: On April 15, 2020, 38-year old Ralph “Rizz” Jean-Marie was reported missing from a motel where he was living in Barre, Vermont. The story was that he up and left after an argument, leav...
21 Aug 202348min
The Victims of the Last Call Killer (New York)
NEW YORK CITY, 1990s: On May 28, 2001, after an eight year long investigation spanning three states, New York police officers finally closed in on their target: a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital. Advanc...
14 Aug 202338min
The Murder of Frederic Alan Spencer (Maine)
MAINE, 1973: In April of 1973, the vibrant college town of Orono, Maine was shattered by a shocking murder that sent tremors through the University of Maine community. The victim was Frederic Alan Spe...
7 Aug 202327min
