Dark Downeast Podcast
1) The Murder of Craig "Cooley" Jackman (Vermont)
On a winter night in 1981, a teenager stepped out of his Essex Junction home and never returned. His disappearance unsettled the quiet Vermont town, leaving his family searching for answers that never...Show More
2) The Murder of Deanna Cremin (Massachusetts)
It should have been a routine school night in Somerville, Massachusetts for 17-year-old Deanna Cremin. Homework, TV, and a walk home with her boyfriend before curfew. But by morning, Deanna was gone. ...Show More
3) The Disappearance of Wilfred "Butch" King III (Vermont)
After spending an early Friday evening hunting in the woods behind his home in Vermont, Wilfred “Butch” King III left his home on two crutches, driving off into the fall night never to be seen alive a...Show More
4) The Murders of Rosalie Miller & Mindy West (New Hampshire)
When two women known to spend time in Manchester, New Hampshire’s inner city both dropped out of contact with their families in the late 1990s, it wasn’t entirely out of character from the lives they ...Show More
5) The Disappearance of Attiin Rachmawati Shaw (Maine)
In early 2023, pleas for help reached the small Aroostook County town of Washburn, Maine from across the world in Indonesia. Family members and friends of Attiin Rachmawati Shaw hadn’t heard from her ...Show More
6) The Disappearance of Stefanie Damron (Maine)
Stefanie Damron’s parents say that their 13-year-old daughter walked out the door and into the woods one September afternoon in 2024, and she hasn’t been seen or heard from since. They have their own ...Show More
7) The Murder of Lena Bruce (Massachusetts)
Lena Bruce had a bright future ahead of her. She’d just graduated from a top university and landed a great job, and she was settling into a new apartment in the heart of Boston’s South End neighborhoo...Show More
8) UPDATE: The Murder of Charline Rosemond (Massachusetts)
When we first covered the case of Charline Rosemond on Dark Downeast back in January of 2025, her murder was still unsolved. But a few months after the release of the episode, that finally changed. A ...Show More
9) The Suspicious Death of Leslie Buck (Connecticut)
From the moment investigators stepped foot into the home of Leslie and Charlie Buck in the spring of 2002 following a 9-1-1 call, there was something off about the circumstances of Leslie’s untimely d...Show More
10) The Kidnapping of Leslie Buck (Connecticut)
In the spring of 2002, several urgent 9-1-1 calls came into the Stonington, Connecticut, police department from the same caller just two days apart. First, there was a report of a violent kidnapping, ...Show More