We’re two Maine sisters fascinated by crime who like a good story. Maureen, a long-time journalist, is a mystery novelist. Rebecca is an artist, kitchen designer and mom. We live in Maine, and often focus on our home state (how can we not?), but also tell stories from all over. Some topics may be familiar, but we're research hounds with distinct points of view, and the stories are uniquely ours. Sure, we're not professional broadcasters -- we're more fun. It's like popping a beer or pouring a glass of wine, settling on our couch, and listening to a good yarn. It's the podcast you’d do if you had nothing better to do!
One of New Hampshire’s longest-standing mysteries — the discovery of the remains of a woman and three children in Bear Brook State Park — was solved (kind of) when a young woman searching for her bi…
A special road trip episode as we talk in the car ride home from Washington DC about the Women’s March and other stuff. Fun fun fun with one million others! What’s the deal with the crowd count? The…
What happens when the details of a tragedy become the foundation of internet legend? We discuss the Massachusetts nursing student’s disappearance on a dark New Hampshire road as the 12-year mark ap…
Maine has one of the lowest murder rates in the country. For the past couple of decades, there have been between 20 to 25 homicides a year in the state. In 2016, there were 16.
Yet, the types of murd…
It’s been 20 years since the body of JonBenet Ramsey was found in the basement of her parents’ Boulder, Colorado home. She’d be…
On the morning of December 17, 2011, Justin DiPietro called the Waterville, Maine, police to report his 20-month-old daughter, Ayla Reynolds, missing…
Todd Kohlhepp, charged with killing seven people in South Carolina, is not a good boy. No matter what his mother says.
Kohlhepp, a popular and successful realtor, was arrested in early November afte…
Ann and Alison Dadow were as close as two sisters could be. Or closer. They did everything together. They changed their names together, to Anastasia an…