171 episodes

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!

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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!

    160. What made Stephen Marshall kill?

    160. What made Stephen Marshall kill?

    In the early morning hours of Easter in 2006, Joseph Gray was shot through the window of his living room in Milo, Maine. Several hours later, William Elliott was shot when he answered the door of his home in Corinth, Maine. What drove Stephen Marshall to kill two men he never met? The question spurred much bigger questions in Maine and beyond about the sex offender registry and more. Rebecca presents.

    Also, Maureen gives the NNW treatment to the Netflix doc How to Rob a Bank.

    Also, looking for a cool Crime & Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, by clicking here.

    If you’re interested in checking out Maureen’s Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea mystery novels, click here. [You can also ask your local book store or library to order them if that’s your preference – they’re available through Ingram as well].

    159. Lori Jane Kearsey mystery partially solved after 41 years

    159. Lori Jane Kearsey mystery partially solved after 41 years

    Many members of Lori Jane Kearsey’s family didn’t consider her lost, even though they hadn’t heard from her since November 1983. But the 21-year-old left behind a daughter when she “joined the witness protection program” eight months after marrying into the powerful Massachusetts Angiulo crime family. It turns out that there was much more to her going away than anyone realized. We discuss.

    Also, Rebecca gives the NNW treatment to the movie Poor Things.

    Also, looking for a cool Crime & Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, by clicking here.

    If you’re interested in checking out Maureen’s Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea mystery novels, click here. [You can also ask your local book store or library to order them if that’s your preference – they’re available through Ingram as well].

    • 1 hr 9 min
    158. Kenneth Eugene Smith: Troublesome justice

    158. Kenneth Eugene Smith: Troublesome justice

    There’s no doubt that Kenneth Eugene Smith, along with another man, killed Elizabeth Sennett in Alabama in 1988, a murder paid for by her husband, Charles Sennett. But the long road to Smith’s execution, which took place in January 2024 by a new method, nitrogen hypoxia, raises troubling questions about the death penalty, how it’s administered and what justice actually is. We discuss.

    Maureen does an NNW review of the book “Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System,” by M. Christopher Fabricant.

    Also, looking for a cool Crime & Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, by clicking here.

    If you’re interested in checking out Maureen’s Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea mystery novels, click here. [You can also ask your local book store or library to order them if that’s your preference – they’re available through Ingram as well].

    • 1 hr 53 min
    157. Who is really the a-hole?

    157. Who is really the a-hole?

    We explore the age-old question, “Am I the a*****e?” with situations curated by Rebecca from the sub-Reddit world.

    Maureen also does an NNW on the Max docuseries Onision In Real Life.

    Enjoy!

    • 1 hr 19 min
    156. Charles Terry, Shirley Coolen, and the Boston Strangler

    156. Charles Terry, Shirley Coolen, and the Boston Strangler

    Charles Terry wasn’t a good guy, especially when it came to women. He liked to beat, rape and strangle them. He was convicted for several attacks and just out of prison in 1951 when Shirley Coolen, a Brunswick, Maine, single mother was found dead, strangled in a yard on the town’s fancy Park Row. But did he do it? And how about the Boston Strangler murders? He was a suspect in those, too. We discuss.

    Rebecca gives the NNW treatment to the Kristin Hannah book “The Women.”

    • 1 hr 50 min
    155. ‘Justified’ injustice II: Katherine Hegarty, murdered by cops

    155. ‘Justified’ injustice II: Katherine Hegarty, murdered by cops

    In our third episode looking at the “justified” killings of Maine citizens by the state’s law enforcement agencies, we go back to one that spurred a lot of changes over the past decade, but also — spoiler! — not some of the things that really matter. Katherine Hegarty, shot in her remote Maine cabin by three officers from two different agencies on May 15, 1992. We’ll tell you what happened.

    Also, Rebecca gives an NNW review to the HBO series “True Detectives: Night Country.”

    • 2 hrs 20 min

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