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The Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksRobert SchmidtIn which we discuss the December 1989 murder of Robert Schmidt. Includes discussion of a very bad Santa.
2021-11-2218 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksDannemoraWe explore the 2015 escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY.
2021-11-2227 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksThat Remy KidTonight on The Low Bar we discuss the murder of Jennifer Martel by her partner, Jared Remy in Waltham, MA.
2021-11-0831 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksKitty GenoveseOn March 13, Kitty Genovese was murdered on her way home from a friend’s house. Since then, her name has become synonymous for the Bystander Effect. What actually happened?
2021-11-0139 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksThe Pickwick ClubOn July 4, 1925, a nightclub in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood collapsed and took 44 lives with it. What were some of the factors at play, and who was responsible?
2021-10-2530 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksThe Trim MurdersIn October 1876, the Trim family was slaughtered in Bucksport, Maine. At the Low Bar, we discuss what happened and why it sticks out in the local imagination today.
2021-10-1829 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksThe Brookline Clinic KillingsOn December 30, 1994, a gunman walked into two women’s health clinics in Brookline, MA, and opened fire. We’ll get into the reasons behind it tonight. Warnings for non-graphic discussion of abortion and mention of rape.
2021-10-1126 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksThe Vampire MurdersIn November of 1996, Naomi Queen and Richard Wendorf were murdered in their home. The killers weren’t hard to find. Their lifestyle brought them immortality.
2021-10-0447 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksConnecticut River Valley KillerDuring the mid-1980s, residents on either side of the Connecticut River Valley were stalked by a sadistic killer whose identity remains unknown to this day.
2021-09-2741 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksWaltham 2011 Triple HomicideOn September 11, 2011, three men were murdered in an apartment in Waltham, MA. The case went cold for a year and a half - until it was linked to a devastating act of terror.
2021-09-2035 minThe Low Bar: True Crime and DrinksThe Boston StranglerYour bartender discusses the Boston Strangler case. We get into some theories about why he was the way he was and how he operated.
2021-09-1324 min
New England GothicE20: snow town and hardscrabbleTwo race riots in Providence, RI.
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2020-12-2422 minNew England GothicEpisode 19 - The Boston StranglerToday we examine the Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo. We look at his crimes, his background, and some of the controversy surrounding his identification as the Boston Strangler.
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2020-12-1734 minNew England GothicEpisode 18 - The Trim Triple HomicideOn October 12-13, 1876, three members of the Trim family were murdered on their farm in Bucksport, Maine. What happened?
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2020-12-1032 minNew England GothicEpisode 17 - Haunted Hampton, NHWhile modern Hampton is known for its beach and entertainment venues, stories of the devil’s involvement there go back to the town’s very foundations. Here we examine three well-known hauntings in this New Hampshire town.
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2020-12-0300 minNew England GothicE16 - GlastenburyThis mountain in Vermont has it all - two ghost towns, a Bigfoot, and a cursed rock that eats people. What more could you want on your Thanksgiving Day?
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2020-11-2600 minNew England GothicEpisode 15 - The Black Dog of the Hanging HillsThe first time you see this adorable little dog, you feel euphoria. The second, existential dread. No one knows what you feel the third time. No one has lived to tell the tale.
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2020-11-1900 minNew England GothicEpisode 14 - Providence City HallWe take a trip down to Providence City Hall, where a former mayor apparently haunts the building he championed.
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2020-11-1200 minNew England GothicE13 - The Pickwick Club DisasterOn July 4, 1925, the building housing popular speakeasy The Pickwick Club collapsed, killing 44 people. Initial reports blamed the Charleston, but dancing didn’t make the building collapse.
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2020-10-2900 minNew England GothicEpisode 12: Maine State PrisonIn this episode, we visit Maine State Prison. Originally built in Thomaston, Maine, equipment from the original prison was transferred to a new building in Warren when the Thomaston building was decommissioned. Were spirits of former inmates brought with the old equipment?
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2020-10-0800 minNew England GothicEpisode 11 - Cocheco MillsThe Cocheco Mills fire in 1907 killed 7 workers and caused a million dollars in damage. It also caused a haunting- but aspects of the haunting might predate this industrial tragedy.
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2020-10-0144 minNew England GothicEpisode 10: Police AcademyIn Episode 10, we take a trip to the Vermont Police Academy in Pittsford, VT - a repurposed TB hospital where some of the nurses have apparently stayed on even after death.
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2020-09-2430 minNew England GothicEpisode 9 - The Richmond Switch Train WreckA train wreck in Richmond, RI, in 1873 kills at least 11. The same area is the site of a later nuclear accident that kills 1.
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2020-09-1733 minNew England GothicEpisode 8: Little People’s Village, Waterbury, CTIn Waterbury, CT, an abandoned village of dollhouse-sized buildings sits abandoned in the woods.
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2020-09-1029 minNew England GothicOr leans, MAThe Orleans Inn in Orleans, MA has a well established history of hauntings.
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2020-09-0328 minNew England GothicEpisode 6: The Purrington Axe MurdersCW for family violence and graphic descriptions of torture. We take a trip up to Augusta, Maine, to examine Captain Captain James Purrington’s slaughter of his family in 1806.
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2020-08-2736 minNew England GothicDeath ValleyA discussion of the Connecticut River Valley Killer, active in Vermont and New Hampshire in the mid 1980s. These cases remain unsolved. Content warning for non-graphic mentions of sexual assault.
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2020-08-2051 min2020-08-1300 minNew England GothicEpisode 4: Vampires of New EnglandIn this episode, we traipse (yes, traipse) around New England in search of the New England Vampire “Panic.” This phenomenon, which was really a last-ditch effort to save community members from an incurable illness, gave rise to some delightfully creepy folklore.
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2020-08-1335 minNew England GothicEpisode 3:Enfield, CtWe take a trip to Enfield, CT, and explore a demon house, a river, an exploding gunpowder factory, and peanut butter. No, really.
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2020-08-0634 minNew England GothicEpisode 2: Onset and Wareham, MAWe visit the towns of Onset and Wareham, home of Spiritualists, ghosts, bog iron, and a super creepy unsolved murder from before my mom was born.
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2020-07-3036 minNew England GothicEpisode 1: Sacco and Vanzetti, Braintree MAJaye talks about the Sacco and Vanzetti murder case.
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