Send a message to the showIn remembrance of Holly, on the 31st anniversary of her disappearance.Holly's abduction and murder remain unresolved. .. .. .. Thirty years ago today, 10-year-old Holly Piirainen was enjoying a lazy summer day with her family at their vacation cottage in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. What should have been an innocent visit with a litter of puppies nearby turned into a decades-long nightmare for her family.Holly disappeared. The only trace of her was one red sneake...
Send a message to the showIn this bonus episode, recorded live at Faces Brewing Co. in Malden, Mass, we explore local cold cases. With journalist Emily Sweeney, we uncover the intricate details behind some of the state's most perplexing unsolved crimes. We mark the anniversary of Debra Melo's mysterious disappearance. The case of 30-year-old Taunton mother who went missing in 2000 continues to pose questions about the people closest to her. We call for the public's involvement to keep her mem...
Send a message to the showLate Release!Coming in hot with the history on this one with the Corpse Flower, The Tot Finder, a Nine-Alarm Fire, and The Wizard of Oz/Darkside of The Moon, The Beaneaters, and the Great Molasses Flood of 1919. The Molassacre. A Molasstrophe. That's what happens when 2 million gallons of molasses explodes onto the narrow streets of the North End, in a bizarre and unbelievable story of Boston's dark wave of history. On January 15, 1919, a 26 million pound d...
Send a message to the showEP 66 | A Fifty-Year-Old Cold Case Is Solved & The Dark History Of Murder in Bedford, MassachusettsFive murders in as many decades. How does a seemingly tranquil town like Bedford, Massachusetts, become the backdrop for some of the most chilling crimes in New England history? Travel back in time as we recount this small town's dark past. In 1970, Emily Morris, a woman suffering from debilitating pain, was killed by her own husband for what he called a mercy killi...
Send a message to the showEP 65 | Brace For Impact: Juvenile Lifers, Parole Hearings, & The Families' New FightMassachusetts families of murdered loved ones are now faced with the prospect of their killers being released. Explore how landmark rulings Miller vs. Alabama and Diatchenko vs The Commonwealth have reshaped juvenile sentencing and removed every promise made to families that their juvenile killer would be behind bars for life. The families of Amy Carnevale, Shaun Ouillette,...
Send a message to the showA few things to remember: John O’Keefe is dead. His family hasn’t been able to properly mourn (nor has Karen Read) and this is a horrible place for a family to be.There are kids involved. John O’Keefe was the guardian and main caregiver to his niece and nephew that in no way asked for or deserved to be at the center of this nightmare. There is a lot of scrutiny surrounding the John O'Keefe murder trial.Karen Read is not a stupid woman. She's a member of the facu...
Send a message to the showEpisode 63 is a walk through the frenzy that is called "The Canton Cover-up" by some, others see it as a national spectacle. Canton, the small town 20 miles outside Boston, is no stranger to tragedy. Over three decades ago, sweet, trusting 14-year-old Shawn Ouillette was lured into the woods, beaten, and left for dead. His 14-year-old schoolmate and eventual killer said no one would miss him. He wanted to know what it felt like to kill. That was 1986. Shawn is still ...
Send a message to the showCase Update: Beth Brodie's story. Beth's killer is up for parole in May. CALL TO ACTION below....I first shared Beth's story in the spring of 2021 in episode 16. I am from the small town of Groveland, Massachusetts, Beth and I went to the same school, walked those same halls. What happened to her stayed with me. I think of her every time I drive through my old hometown, about her family, and how they had to drive by the house where she took her last breath...
Send a message to the showRevisiting the story of Beth Brodie, Crime of the Hometown Kind, Groveland, Massachusetts, with Beth's brother, Sean Aylward. First released on May 5, 2021. Sean, Beth's brother, and I plan a follow-up to get the status of her case this week.Expect episode 62 soon. Her killer is up for parole! CALL TO ACTION below.... I first shared her story in the spring of 2021. I am from the small town of Groveland, Massachusetts, went to the same schools as Beth did, ...
Send a message to the showFor the record, her name is Attiin (pronounced AhTeen) Rachmawati Shaw.Uncover the unsettling case of Attiin Rachmawati Shaw, missing from Washburn, Maine. Dive into the mysteries and complexities in Episode 61. This is a make good on our promise to cover Attiin's case after we first spoke about her at the live show on March 7 at Off Cabot in Beverly. I didn't know much about her case but we are peeling that all back now. I will work on a follow up to this case...
Send a message to the showWe mark the 60th episode of Crime of the Truest Kind with the Unsolved show recorded live at Faces Brewing in Malden. It's another long one! It's a live show afterall. UNSOLVED New England Crime Cases Recorded live on Thursday, February 15 at Faces Brewing, MaldenWith Emily Sweeney of the Boston Globe Cold Case Files (subscribe here)We break down a number of New England cases, covered in Emily's reporting and on this podcast. Unsolved: The 1996 as of Marci...
Send a message to the showThis is the follow-up to the last two episodes. When I say "stranger than fiction" I mean it's so weird that you cannot make this shit up, yet lots of info shared online is just that, made up. He's the boy in the walls. That's part of the story. But what is the story? Like most cases I research for the show, it's never what it appears on the surface. There is always more to the story, more information to find, to dig into to tell the story properly. When I started to...
Send a message to the showToday is the 20th anniversary of Maura Murray's disappearance. In July, I spoke with Julie Murray, Maura's sister and dedicated advocate for her sister and the Murray family. Think of Maura and the Murray family today.Julie launched a podcast this month - Media Pressure - about Maura and her case.It is recommended listening. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. This is about Massachusetts and New England crime, regional history, about the people, places, and things that happen ...
Send a message to the showThis is a bizarre case, not only for what happened to a Massachusetts family in the privacy of their home, but also how their story was reshaped and retold by urban legend and lore. This is the prequel: The Gustafson family story (EP 57) is far less known than that of the person responsible. That's part of the problem. Before Daniel LaPlante, a disturbed kid from Townsend, went on the run and was caught after a 24 hour manhunt, he was already the stuff of legend, "th...
Send a message to the showCrime of the Truest Kind is about New England crime stories and history. The Things that happen here. Crime is history and sometimes history is crime. This episode contains descriptions of violent crime against women and children. Listen with care. Episode 57📍Townsend, Massachusetts |On December 1, 1987, Andrew Gustafson lost his entire family, his wife, two children, and the baby they were expecting. He fought through unimaginable grief to find joy & purpose. We...
Send a message to the showIs Debra Melo in Taunton? So many of you are interested in Debra's story. Debra Melo is missing. This year marks 24 years that she disappeared. This is an important story to tell. She did not just leave. There was no reason to walk away from her family, her daughter, her son. This is part two of Debra’s story, with Steve Demoura, Debra's brother-in-law and dedicated advocate to get justice for Debra and her family.In this episode I talk about domestic violence ...
Send a message to the showWith Steve Demoura, Debra's brother-in-law and dedicated advocate to get justice for Debra and her family. In June 2000, Debra Melo was a young mother trying to navigate the end of the only relationship she knew. She'd gotten married at 16, had two kids, and found that life was very different by age 30. She was making her way out and finally taking steps to get away from the person who'd been suffocating her for so long, a controlling and domineering man. But she dis...
Send a message to the showCrime is history and sometimes history is crime. One single event changed the course of history. In 1942, the world was in the throes of the Second World War. The Great Depression created a kind of desperation Americans hadn’t seen and men and boys were shipping out by the droves.Two historic events intersected on Saturday, November 28, 1942, Holy Cross and Boston College played before 41,000 college football fans at Fenway Park. Underdogs Holy Cross destroyed any ho...
Send a message to the showChanelle Pickett and Rita Hester were murdered three years apart. Chantelle in 1995 in Watertown, Mass, and Rita Hester in 1998 in Allston. Both were brutal crimes. Neither of them got justice. The attitudes and the language around gay and transgender lifestyles were very different back then. How the media covered violence against transgender people was cruel, if they covered them all. As a result of the mistreatment they got even in death, their deaths were instrume...
Send a message to the show[Bonus] This episode is about gun violence, mental health, mass murder, a terrorized community, and trauma. Listen with care. In episode 52, we go to Lewiston, Maine where a local man known to the community opened fire on two businesses in the largest mass casualty event in Maine’s history that left 18 dead, 13 injured and an entire region at a loss.In the second part of this episode, I speak to Bernadette, host of the Murderfic podcast, who lives in the area of Sout...
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As a New Englander, and a fan of true crime, I thoroughly enjoy Anngelle's story telling and respect for those involved. Her recanting of local stories is on point from her buildup in the first couple minutes of the podcast including a roundup of trivia from the city where the event happened. Every story told has been researched and doublechecked and rechecked to be sure the victims' stories are being told with care and respect. The guests which appear in the show are relevant to every story and offer a great amount of "behind the scene" information which you cannot get even with the massive amount of research that Anngelle has collected. Her "radio-ness" shines keeping her talking from becoming uninteresting or boring. In the sea of local true crime pods, this one is one of the best available.