Homegrown Horror

It’s so bittersweet. We deeply appreciate all of you who have joined us and listened to this project and labor of love over the years. With over 140 episodes of Maine-based true crime, paranormal, and spooky stories (and 40+ bonus episodes!), we are proud of what we have accomplished and what we came here to create. 

We are closing down this project not because we have necessarily run out of stories to tell, but because our personal stories are changing. We have other projects on the horizon that we would like to venture toward and, while we will always have a sacred place in our hearts for Homegrown Horror, it is truly a labor of love, requiring hours upon hours of research, creativity, writing, recording, and editing. We felt it was time to let it go before we ran ourselves completely ragged trying to juggle it all.
We do also have a hope that maybe folks will come and find us “post mortem,” if you will, and listen to some of these stories, enjoy them, and share them. We will still be posting episode updates for the backlog of posts we didn’t get to at the time of sharing the weekly episodes and bonus episodes and are happy to respond to questions and community. 
Saying goodbye is never easy. But, you haven’t seen the last of the misadventures of B and Jackson, a cohost and a cohost. 

It’s not goodbye, just so long for now. 
With love - B & Jackson

We watched the 1976 and 2013 versions of Carrie, spoiler alert they end the same! Super fun movies, both well grounded in their unique time periods.

That's it. The last bonus episode. This is Jackson editing, and on behalf of B, Allegra, Emilie, Anna, Binx, and all our other friends who encouraged us along the way, thanks for listening. <3

What do you get when you mix a Captain, an old mad woman, and 18 children? An episode of some unusual haunts.

Haunt ME- The Mill Agent's House S2:E5, youtube.com

The Mill Agent House in Vassalboro is Haunted! b985.fm

Haunt ME paranormal investigators return to Vassalboro mill, newscentermaine.com

As HGH wraps up, B finally brings us the story that started her special interest in Mt. Katahdin - the 1963 Tragedy that changed how Baxter State Park handled safety and rescue.

Sources:

Report of Proceedings : Mt. Katahdin Tragedy Board of Review / Conducted Jointly by Baxter State Park Authority and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game

Desperate Steps: Life, Death, and Choices Made in the Mountains of the Northeast by Peter W. Kick

Wikipedia

HIKE KATAHDIN VIA THE CATHEDRAL TRAIL IN BAXTER STATE PARK, MAINE BY  DAREN WORCESTER for Northeasthikes.com

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We cover the sudden disappearance of Cathy Marie Moulton. In September of 1971 as Cathy is preparing for the nights dance she vanishes off the streets of Portland. The police called her a runaway, but it seems something more sinister had occurred.

We've got another history lesson with Professor B! How many forgotten stories does the state of Maine have? They never seem to end! B takes us back to 1711, the beginning of Patience Boston (aka Patience Samson)'s story - one that won't have a happy ending.

Sources:

“Faithful Narrative of the Wicked Life AND Remarkable Conversion of Patience Boston alias Samson” via Murderpedia

Patience Boston 1711-1735 by Vana Carmona for Atlantic Black Box

“The Minister’s Black Veil & Patience Boston” by Tom Burby of Stronge New England

York Maine's Haunted Gaol and the Ghost of Patience Boston by New England Folklore

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1842 was a hell of a time to be on the coast in Maine. Opportunity knocking on your door and the open sea beckoning with its call for adventure, that is unless you joined with the Isidore. Come join us as we uncover one of Maine's worst naval disasters.

You got almost one more month left to reach out to the duo at [email protected] or on instagram @homegrownhorrorpod

**Content warning: This episode does contain brief discussion around suicide. Listener discretion is advised.**

B's throwing it back to an old case she started to research earlier this year - it's now Hattie Whitten's time to shine! But, her story isn't all that it seems and *spoiler alert* Jackson isn't happy about the ending.

Sources: 

findagrave.com

A Mother’s Suicide: Caused by the Arrest for the Murder of Her Child from the New Haven Morning Journal and Courier (December 1, 1902)

For Killing Her Child With Poison from the St. Paul Globe (November 30, 1902) 

Goes from Grave to Jail from the New York Tribune (November 30, 1902)

The Shepherdstown Register (December 11, 1902)

Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction by Erick Trickey for the Smithsonian

Wikipedia

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We explore another one of East Loring Airforce Bases mysteries, the Vamp House! Secret lab for government experiments, or another monument to incompetence? Listen and find out!

Come say hi and ask your questions at [email protected] or visit our instagram @homegrownhorrorpod.

Sources:

North River Depot by John Gabrinski

centurymaine.blogspot.com

Library of Congress, Photos from Survey HAER ME-64-D

The "Vamp House"- East Loring Airforce Base, Cold War Films, youtube.com

Did you know that Maine could be the basis of it’s own X-Files episode? In part one of our examination of some of the mysteries of Loring Air Force Base, B digs into the weird happenings of October 1975 when an unidentified aircraft penetrated the weapons storage area of the base - famously home to a metric ton of nuclear weapons. Was it related to Russian surveillance in a Cold War espionage bid or a true case of a close encounter of the third kind? 

Sources:

The Mysterious Cold War Case Of Unidentified Aircraft Descending On Loring Air Force Base by Brett Tingley for The War Zone

Suit Seeks to Lift Secrecy Veil from Agency’s UFO Documents by Ward Sinclair for the Washington Post (November 3, 1981)

My Loring UFO story 1975 by Michael Wallace on YouTube

Clear Intent: The Government Coverup of the UFO Experience by Barry Greenwood and Lawrence Fawcett

Three Sightings of UFO Reported by The Lewiston Daily Sun (October 28th, 1975)

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