In Chapter 2, Crash moves into his room in Captain Donald’s fishhouse. Also, he goes for a motorcycle ride. And we meet Deputy Jerold Day, the first cop to ever live on Matinicus, Maine's most remote inhabited island.

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After getting out of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1991, Crash moves to Matinicus, Maine's most remote inhabited island to work as a sternman aboard a lobster boat, The Dotted Eye. And he meets his new boss, Captain Donald, and his wife, Mary-Margaret. She was 100 percent gray. Her short hair. Her sunken eyes. Her skin. All the color of cigarette ash. Clothes. Aura. Minivan. All the same dismal hue.

 

 

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Here's a little taste of Crash Barry's new podcast Tough Island, Maine retelling the story of the only police officer ever to live on Matinicus, Maine's most remote inhabited island. And Knox County Sheriff's Deputy Jerold Day was NOT a good cop. Subscribe to Tough Island wherever you get your podcasts. Or visit crashbarry.com for links to all his podcasts and books.

We hear a sad tale from "Sarah," the long-suffering wife of one of Richard Lavigne's victims. She tells us about her husband's abuse at the hands of the murderer priest and the impact it had their family.

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On the night of May 21, 2021, the suspected murderer Richard Lavigne died at the age of 80 from COVID complications. The local DA claimed he was getting ready to arrest the former priest and charge him with Danny Croteau's murder, but since Lavigne was dead, he now considers the case closed. On this episode of Devils and Dirtbags, Crash discusses the news of the death of this notorious child molester with the author of the Hells Acres blog as they listen to never-before-heard audio of Lavigne. 

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In the season finale of Devils and Dirtbags, we tie up some loose ends and visit the spot where Danny Croteau was murdered on April 14th, 1972.

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We hear from Danny Croteau's youngest sister, an inspirational woman named Cat, on how the 1972 murder of her brother impacted her entire family. 

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Crash knocks on the door of Richard Lavigne and the child molesting ex-priest has a lot to say.

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Both Father James Scahill and reporter Bill Zajac knew Bishop Thomas Dupre was evil. How could they stop him?

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How could men like Richard Lavigne, Father X and Charles Sullivan, plus dozens of other Springfield priests, get away with such evil criminal behavior?

Well, when the person in charge of a group is depraved, then, usually, the whole damn organization is rotten. For over 25 years, Thomas Dupre held a leadership role in the Springfield Diocese. And Thomas Dupre was a dirty lying rapist. 

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