Crime of the Truest Kind
Massachusetts and New England true crime, local history, advocacy-focused podcast - the things that happen here. Created and hosted by Boston radio personality, Anngelle Wood (WFNX, WBCN, WZLX); each episode walks you through a local crime story and the people and places involved. Episodes are released every other Friday. See site for live event dates. Online at CrimeoftheTruestKind.com and everywhere you listen to podcasts. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/crimeofthetruestkind Follow @crimeofthetruestkind #massachusetts #newengland #truecrime #crime #society #storytelling #empathy #advocacy #crimestories #history #podcast #newenglandtruecrime #massachusettstruecrime
Episodes
Coming September 2024, the eight-part investigative podcast that picks up where the Emmy Award-winning documentary, Have You Seen Andy?, leaves off.
Hosted by Melanie Perkins McLaughlin, whose decades-long investigation about her missing childhood friend, Andy Puglisi, who went missing in 1976 from the public pool in Lawrence, Massachusetts, includes hundreds of interviews, multiple searches, and many ...
In 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 abo...
Late 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 stor...
EP 66 | A Fifty-Year-Old Cold Case Is Solved & The Dark History Of Murder in Bedford, Massachusetts
Five 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...
EP 65 | Brace For Impact: Juvenile Lifers, Parole Hearings, & The Families' New Fight
Massachusetts 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 ...
A 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...
Episode 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 mis...
Case 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, an...
Revisiting 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 2...
For 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 ...
We 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, Malden
With Emily Sweeney of the Boston Globe Cold Case Files (subscribe here)
We break down a number of New England ...
This 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 ...
Today 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.
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This is about Massach...
Two opportunities to attend a Crime of the Truest Kind live show this winter.
Thursday, February 15 and Thursday, March 7
crimeofthetruestkind.com
These are the only two live shows until the summer (or fall maybe).
UNSOLVED New England Crime Cases on Feb 15 at Faces Brewing in Malden, Massachusetts, with guest Emily Sweeney of the Boston Globe
New England Crime St...
This 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 an...
Crime 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...
Is 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 jus...
With 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&...
Crime 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 footb...
Chanelle 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 m...
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