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Dark Downeast

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Dark Downeast: Maine and New England's True Crime Podcast digs into the decades-old and modern day cases that prickle the history of Vacationland and beyond – the unsolved homicides, undetermined deaths, unexplained disappearances and other dark stories of New England. Investigative journalist and storyteller Kylie Low gets straight to the story with a mix of narrated episodes and documentary style production featuring interviews with surviving family and friends and insight on the investigations from detectives and sources who know these cases best. This is heart-centered, ethical true crime, bringing light to stories you’re not hearing on other podcasts. It is Dark Downeast's mission to honor the legacy of the humans at the heart of each story and bring new attention to the cases still awaiting justice.

Latest episodes

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The Suspicious Death of Kasha Blount (Massachusetts)

#25 trending · True Crime

On a Saturday morning in 1990, the body of a teenager was found on a dead-end street in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The scene raised immediate c

Oct 1
50 min

The Murder of Nancy Ann Frenier (Rhode Island)

A young mother disappears just days before Christmas. More than a year later, another woman is murdered across state lines. The cases seem separate – different cities, di

Sep 24
40 min

INTRODUCING: The Truth About Natalie

Host Sean Kipe investigates the 2020 disappearance of 27-year-old Georgia mother Natalie Jones, who vanished after a July 4th lake party. Her car and remains were found 9

Sep 18
39 min

The Murders of Gloria Gough & Evelyn "Penny" Deans (Maine and South Carolina)

In August of 1972, 44-year-old Gloria Gough left her home in Gardiner, Maine after a late-night phone call and vanished. Two days later, more than a thousand miles away i

Sep 17
37 min

The Suspicious Death of Nicole Parsons-Bucki (Rhode Island)

On a morning when the country’s attention was fixed on unimaginable tragedy, a Rhode Island family was learning that someone they loved was gone. In the hours before Nic

Sep 10
39 min

The Murder of Michael Cochran (Maine)

On an ordinary winter night in 1981, danger was moving through the Bangor, Maine area in three different directions at once. A barroom dispute was followed by a deadly bl

Sep 3
50 min

The Disappearance of Melanie Melanson (Massachusetts)

In a small New England city, a teenager disappeared after a night in the woods, and almost immediately, the story of what happened fractured.The last people known to be w

Aug 27
53 min

The Murder of Judith Whitney (New Hampshire)

There are cases that frustrate you because the evidence is thin. And then there are cases where the warning signs seem to be everywhere, but the system still can’t quite

Aug 20
40 min

The Disappearance of Edward Sprenkle Dubbs Jr. (Connecticut)

Some people disappear from a place you can picture right away: a house, a road, a parking lot, a stretch of woods. But in the case of Edward Sprenkle Dubbs Jr., he seems

Aug 13
45 min

The Disappearance of Dr. Margaret Kilcoyne (Massachusetts)

Sometimes, on an island, the only witness is the water. In January of 1980, a brilliant Columbia doctor went to her home on Nantucket’s remote east end carrying the weig

Aug 6
57 min

UNSOLVED: The Disappearance of Ryan Blagojevic (Maine)

When someone has been missing for more than thirteen years, it can start to feel from the outside like the story has stopped moving. Like whatever answers existed back th

Jul 30
45 min

The Murder of Victoria Cushman (Rhode Island)

Victoria Cushman was just 29 years old when she was found murdered inside her Warwick, Rhode Island apartment, just steps from the sporting goods store where she worked.

Jul 23
41 min

The Murder of Trish Haynes (New Hampshire)

In the summer of 2018, Trish Haynes disappeared from New Hampshire. Or at least, that’s what the public knew. Investigators searched a rural property, then quietly recove

Jul 16
41 min

The Murder of Valerie Tieman (Maine)

In 2016, the disappearance of Valerie Tieman became one of the most talked-about cases in Maine in the last decade. At first, there was room for hope, and maybe even a ve

Jul 9
43 min

The Murder of Martha Brailsford (Massachusetts)

On a Friday afternoon in July of 1991, Martha Brailsford told friends she was going sailing. In coastal Massachusetts at what is often the peak of summer heat and humidi

Jul 2
36 min

The Murder of Estella Brantley (Connecticut)

Estella Brantley’s murder should have been urgent from the beginning. She was found in one of Bridgeport’s most visible public places, around witnesses who may have hear

Jun 25
38 min

The Murder of Rose Marie Moniz (Massachusetts)

Sometimes, a case can have evidence, a suspect, and a theory investigators believe explains what happened yet a family is still left without the ending they waited decade

Jun 18
36 min

The Murder of Pamela Brown (Vermont)

On a summer weekend in 1982, Barre, Vermont was crowded with music, traffic, and thousands of people moving through town for an annual festival. Somewhere in that noise,

Jun 11
36 min

The Murder of Kathleen Flynn (Connecticut)

For nearly 40 years, Kathleen Flynn’s murder has haunted Norwalk, Connecticut. She was 11 years old, newly in middle school, walking home on a familiar path when she was

Jun 4
46 min

INTRODUCING: CounterClock Season 8

In February 2008, six women were held hostage in a women’s clothing store in Tinley Park, Illinois.. Rhoda McFarland, Carrie Hudek Chiuso, Connie Woolfolk, Sarah Szafrans

May 28
4 min

Chart trend

Position in the overall Apple Podcasts chart (US), last 90 days.

#88
all-time peak
2
days in the top 100 since Dec 2024

Chart positions

Where Dark Downeast ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 5, 2026).

#180 ▼ 14 All Podcasts US
#31 ▼ 1 True Crime US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Kylie is my favorite audiochuck narrator. Dark Downeast is different than so many other podcasts that lean too heavily into the sensationalism and dehumanization of true crime. Kylie tells the stories of real people with real families and real lives. her platform is earnest, and she does a great job of keeping the lives of the people who experience violence at the center of the episode, rather than the violence itself

rileyzabel · Sep 2026

Kylie’s voice is very calm yet holds that tone of firmness that allows the listener to feel the weight of the darkness in each show without sounding aggressive. I love her story telling. Putting this lobster emoji as she said after finishing the episode on Virginia Pictou Noyes 🦞

marieclarisse · Jul 2026

This is a very good podcast I love listening to it while working on my marine biology journal or bedazzling. It keeps you hooked and wanting to hear what happens next. I started listening bc I grew up in New England so it’s cool to hear local stories but very good podcast 🦞🌲

Norahhhh ✨🩷 · Jul 2026

I appreciate your podcast for the addition of local information and history. Your voice is soothing yet expressive. Episode 3/14/24 gave me a chuckle when you mentioned Art Vandelay.

shelmarclar · May 2026

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