Judy Nilan and Jon Baker had the perfect marriage, a happy family, and plans to open a daycare in the near future. When Judy did not return home from her daily run, Jon knew immediately that something was wrong -- Judy would never disappear. As the police began to search for the missing woman, they soon found a suspicious receipt and trail of blood near Judy's running route. Even stranger were the two names printed on the paper; was a career criminal living just down the road from Judy and Jon this whole time?

Sources:

Murder, New England by M. Williams Phelps

https://www.telegram.com/article/20070310/NEWS/703100359

Laura Cutler, heiress to the Cutler farm, quickly won the affection of both her farmhands. When she finally chose a man to marry, she was a widow less than twenty-four hours later. The town jumped to support her, but were her eyes full of crocodile tears?

Sources:

Montpelier Chronicles: Historic Stories of the Capital City by Paul Heller

https://vtdigger.org/2021/05/09/then-again-a-shotgun-blast-started-one-of-vermonts-strangest-murder-cases

In the 1970s, hitchhiking was an economical and common way to get from point A to point B. Soon though, young women in the Boston area began disappearing and were found, days later, strangled in random places. Was one person acting alone or was a group out to hurt female college students?

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2015/08/09/430079847/thumbs-up-then-and-now-hitchhiking-stories-from-the-road

Commonwealth vs. Anthony J. Jackson

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/13/archives/massachusetts-man-indicted-in-slaying.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/05/archives/body-of-coed-is-found-near-boston.html

The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume Two, E–L By Susan Hall

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1973/2/14/the-hitchhike-murders-pbbebllen-reichb-was/

In 1960 & 1964, two young women disappeared and were discovered dead under similar circumstances; could it be the same killer? When the one person who claims to know what happened is found murdered, the story reveals to be even darker than it was initially thought to be.

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/self-immolation-can-be-a-form-of-protest-or-a-cry-for-help-are-we-listening/2019/05/30/49e145e8-82fc-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html

https://law.jrank.org/pages/23996/Coolidge-v-New-Hampshire-Investigation-Particularly-Brutal-Murder-Trial-that-Followed.html

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sandra_Valade

https://law.justia.com/cases/new-hampshire/supreme-court/1969/5514-0.html

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52400468/pamela-masonsandra-valade-murders/

https://www.sunjournal.com/2005/12/19/mysterious-deaths-shake-family/

https://law.jrank.org/pages/23997/Coolidge-v-New-Hampshire-Improper-Use-Warrant.html

https://www.concordmonitor.com/After-15-years-Windhurst-walks-36924375

https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/a-family-surrounded-by-murder-and-unanswered-questions-true-crime-40051a6ad373

When he was just twenty years old, Christopher T. Knight wandered into the woods of Maine leaving no clues as to why he left. It was not until nearly three decades later that Knight was found at a local camp. After so many years in isolation, Christopher has made history as one of the last true hermits, leading many to wonder how he was able to remove himself from society for so long.

Sources:

https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit

**The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-imprinted-brain/201804/the-autism-asceticism-and-the-genius-the-monasteries

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48968502

https://www.pressherald.com/2013/04/13/hermit-was-quiet-smart-former-classmates-recall-2013-04-13/

https://bangordailynews.com/2020/04/14/arts-culture/7-years-after-his-capture-north-pond-hermit-documentary-now-streaming-for-free-online/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/north-pond-hermit-maine-knight-stranger-woods-finkel

Over two hundred years after the Salem Witch Trials, New England experienced a second wave of hysteria: vampires. When families became ill with tuberculosis, the only explanation could be the blood thirsty creatures. Desperate for answers, the locals would do anything (even exhume bodies!) to prove it was the work of a sinister force.

Sources: 

https://www.scoopwhoop.com/women/story-of-mercy-brown-the-first-female-vampire/

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/09/01/two-ri-teens-killed-in-crash-after-visiting-vampire-grave/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/?c=y&page=3

https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/new-england-vampire-history/

New Sweden, Maine, named for its community of Swedish settlers, was a quiet farming community in the early 2000s. Everyone knew everyone in the town of six-hundred people. When a mysterious illness breaks out one morning after church, it seems too suspicious to purely be coincidence.

Sources:

https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/2623/slideshow/1624/display?format=list&prev_object_id=4227&prev_object=page

https://wgme.com/news/local/special-report-new-sweden-arsenic-poisonings

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-19-na-arsenic19-story.html

https://wgme.com/news/local/special-report-new-sweden-arsenic-poisonings

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/05/18/odorless-colorless-senseless/07b97f5d-3bcb-4637-b456-28302da8a09c/

https://bangordailynews.com/2014/04/25/news/this-light-bulb-went-on-nurse-recalls-identifying-arsenic-as-poison-in-new-sweden-case-11-years-later/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96750&page=1

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/memorable-true-crime-stories.html?.?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&gclid=CjwKCAjwos-HBhB3EiwAe4xM99YolUCXuW0cgIup83FuZ6QWyB1ZyRYlDzXfoZrcycCLDY9uk9O13xoCVwQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

In 2012, Lizzi Marriott started the fall semester at UNH, eager to pursue her passion for marine biology. When she met a local young woman and her boyfriend, Lizzi was excited to have friends in the new place. The couple, though, had a different agenda. 

Dating & Domestic Violence Resources: 

https://www.thehotline.org

https://youth.gov/youth-topics/teen-dating-violence/resources

The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or 1.800.787.3224

Marriott Family Activism:

https://rememberlizzi.org/scholarship.html

Sources:

https://www.vnews.com/Archives/2013/05/b1studentdeath-cf-vn-052613

https://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20140530/NEWS/140539853

https://www.courts.state.nh.us/caseinfo/pdf/mazzaglia/2016/01112016mazzaglia-brief.pdf

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/06/04/eyewitness-to-lizzi-marriotts-death-to-resume-testifying/

https://apnews.com/article/ddc1488a33414c208d326c309778ceec

https://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20140811/NEWS/140819615

https://wtop.com/news/2014/08/transcript-convicted-murderers-jail-call/

https://www.bostonherald.com/2016/12/13/nh-supreme-court-affirms-rape-murder-conviction-of-seth-mazzaglia-for-2012-strangulation-of-westboro-teen-elizabeth-lizzi-marriott/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/06/12/murder-mass-student-leads-new-law/nKU96ewJIf0fRmujOrKRiL/story.html

https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20160921/murder-victim-lizzi-marriotts-sexual-privacy-case-hits-supreme-court

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-dangerous-games-the-death-of-lizzi-marriott/

In this exclusive episode, we talk with Joe Turner (resident expert on all things Danny LaPlante) to learn the full truth about what actually happened during Danny LaPlante's crime spree. Was he really in a wedding dress? Did he actually write messages in blood? Tune in to find out the answers to all this and more!

A HUGE special thank you to Joe Turner for sharing all their knowledge with us! 

Please explore Joe Turner's website below and keep an eye out for his book coming next year (2022):

https://www.joeturnerbooks.com/post/daniel-laplante 

John Joubert seemed like a normal kid growing up: a little shy, but strong in school and involved in extracurricular activities. Little did anyone know that he had the insatiable desire to kill. After failing out of college, John begins acting on his feelings, leaving a trail of clues for police to find.

Sources:

https://www.kcra.com/article/dispatches-from-the-middle-john-joubert-boy-scout-serial-killer/31403368

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-13-year-olds-dead-body-turns-up

https://law.justia.com/cases/nebraska/supreme-court/1986/843-8.html

https://tntcrimes.com/john-joubert/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/serial-killer-john-joubert-days-slaying-kids-article-1.3501029+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl

Inside the Minds of Sexual Predators by Katherine Ramsland, Patrick N. McGrain

https://suzukisthoughts.blogspot.com/2018/12/born-evil-story-of-john-joubert-and.html