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Massachusetts and New England true crime stories and local history podcast - the things that happen here - with empathy for victims and families involved. 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. Online at CrimeoftheTruestKind.com and everywhere you listen to podcasts. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/crimeofthetruestkindFollow @crimeofthetruestkind#massachusetts #newengland #truecrime #crime #society #storytelling #empathy #advocacy #crimestories #history #podcast #newenglandtruecrime #massachusettstruecrime

Crime of the Truest Kind Anngelle Wood Media

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Massachusetts and New England true crime stories and local history podcast - the things that happen here - with empathy for victims and families involved. 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. Online at CrimeoftheTruestKind.com and everywhere you listen to podcasts. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/crimeofthetruestkindFollow @crimeofthetruestkind#massachusetts #newengland #truecrime #crime #society #storytelling #empathy #advocacy #crimestories #history #podcast #newenglandtruecrime #massachusettstruecrime

    EP 60 | UNSOLVED New England Crime Cases with Emily Sweeney of the Boston Globe (recorded live at Faces Brewing, Malden, Mass)

    EP 60 | UNSOLVED New England Crime Cases with Emily Sweeney of the Boston Globe (recorded live at Faces Brewing, Malden, Mass)

    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 cases, covered in Emily's reporting and on this podcast. 

    Unsolved: The 1996 as of Marcie Fusillo Martini, first believed to be accidental but later ruled as homicide, in Walpole, Mass

    Unidentified and unsolved: The 1973 case of the burned body of a Black man found in Westford, Mass

    Unidentified and unsolved: In 2005 the body of a woman - Dorchester Jane Doe - was found entombed in an apartment building chimney in Dorchester

    Missing: In 2020, Mitchel Iviquel disappeared and little is known about her. She was reported missing in 2021, nearly one full after she was last seen in the Somerville area.

    Unsolved cases
    Missing and unsolved: Debra Melo of Taunton, 2000
    Unsolved: Charline Rosemond from Everett, found murdered in Somerville, 2009
    Missing and unsolved: Maura Murray - from Hanson, missing from Haverhill, NH, 2004
    Unsolved: Rita Hester - found dead in Allston, 1998
    The Charlestown 99 Murders, 1995
    Whitney Bulger's reign of terror in Boston 


    Crime of the Truest Kind
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    • 1 hr 58 min
    EP 59 | Stranger Than Fiction: The Truth About The Crimes of Daniel LaPlante, Townsend, Massachusetts, with author Joe Turner

    EP 59 | Stranger Than Fiction: The Truth About The Crimes of Daniel LaPlante, Townsend, Massachusetts, with author Joe Turner

    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 more to the story, more information to find, to dig into to tell the story properly. When I started to read about the Gustafson family murders in 1987, then what happened to the Bowens of Pepperell the year before, I realized that little about the person responsible and the case - particularly the Bowen case - was factual. It is all made up rubbish.

    It has taken me some time to sort it all out, the case of Daniel LaPlante, the teenage boy whose crimes went from outlandish to unspeakable. The boy in the wall graduated to murder.

    In this episode, episode 59, we discuss graphic topics of murder, sexual assault, stalking, and something we now call phrogging. But in 1986, a teenage boy was hiding in a crawl space in someone's house for months.

    I speak to writer Joe Turner about the case he's been researching for years for his book about the case, The Boy In The Walls, and we go over quite a few pieces of erroneous information about the life and times of Daniel LaPlante, teenage tyrant and murderer, whose run lasted from 1986-1987 in Townsend and Pepperell, Massachusetts - two small towns on the New Hampshire border, where I have heard people say “outside Boston” when referring to the towns and their locations. Outside, yes, by about 50 miles.
    Joe Turner has spoken to the Bowen girls, now women, Tina, Kathy and Karen, members of the Laplante family, friends from Townsend, all of whom never discussed Daniel or these cases before.

    I learned about Daniel’s paternity and dark things about the man he called his father, about Daniel’s reported sexual abuse (and what we have blame for his very bad behavior), what really happened in the walls of the Bowen home over the course of several months in 1986, and what connection Andrew Gustafson had to Daniel Laplante before the murders of his family in 1987.  


    Uncover the nightmarish tale of Daniel LaPlante, as we go back  three decades of misinformation, through the depths of Daniel's troubled childhood, the psychological terror he inflicted on the Bowen family, and his grim connection to the Gustafson family's demise. The dark heart of New England's history beats within this narrative, as we confront the complex reality of murder, sexual assault, and the unnerving 'phrogging' phenomenon.  We dissect the dangers of sensationalism & confront the myths. 


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    • 1 hr 26 min
    Replay | EP 46 with Julie Murray, sister of Maura Murray & Advocating for Humanity in the True Crime Narrative

    Replay | EP 46 with Julie Murray, sister of Maura Murray & Advocating for Humanity in the True Crime Narrative

    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 Massachusetts and New England crime, regional history, about the people, places, and things that happen here.

    Maura Murray is still missing. She was last seen on February 9, 2004 on a snowy back road in Haverhill, New Hampshire. Her story is a crime classic, a greatest hit in the gold catalog. I say that because of the nature of Maura’s case and the myths and mystery surrounding her disappearance, she has become like a character in a work of fiction. Her story has been “deep dived” and rehashed over and over again by the true crime coterie of content creators, podcasters, crime networks, reporters, show hosts, youtubers, tik tokies,  and those among this cabal who don’t bother to take any time to really provide much research to do her case justice. I believe we can use true crime for good. We can do better.

    Julie Murray has been on the frontlines of  her sister's case, working to keep her story in the public eye. After 19 years, Maura is still missing. Never give up hope.

    The Murray family's official site:
    MauraMurrayMissing.org
    Julie Murray on Tik Tok @mauramurraymissing

    Updated show notes at https://bit.ly/3pPb1KC

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    • 57 min
    Crime of the Truest Kind Live!

    Crime of the Truest Kind Live!

    Two opportunities to attend a Crime of the Truest Kind live show this winter.
    Thursday, February 15 and Thursday, March 7

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    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 Stories Live: Missing Persons and Advocacy in the true crime space
    March 7 at Off Cabot in Beverly, Massachusetts
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    Dug McCormack's Math Ghosts
    Shredding by Andrew King

    • 1 min
    EP 58 | The Pepperell Prequel & The True Story of The Bowen Family Nightmare, Pepperell, Massachusetts

    EP 58 | The Pepperell Prequel & The True Story of The Bowen Family Nightmare, Pepperell, Massachusetts

    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 and was caught after a 24 hour manhunt, he was already the stuff of legend, "the boy in the wall." That is what the quiet drone of the years has done; because everybody loves a good boogeyman story, right?
    A creepy low budget fright. It is so much more than that.

    What led to the events of that day when the a family was ambushed in their home, and a mother and two children brutally killed. Well, this is truly the story of nightmares.

    This episode is about stalking, child abuse and child sexual abuse, mental illness, personality disorder, SA, violent crime against women and children. This is about one child destroying a family and almost destroying another. A broken boy or was he always going to be this way?

    The Bowens of Pepperell were scared out of their home by a menacing presence. Months passed before they learned someone had been living in a narrow space in their wall, and was watching them. Due to the nature of all involved being minors at the time, there is no documentation available to the public about the Bowen's actual nightmare living situation. 

    Daniel LaPlante suffered from a childhood marred by the worst kind of abuse, by the people he should have been able to trust. We go back to the beginning, before his gruesome crimes to see the making of a monster. How he developed hobbies of crime, hobbies that grew into a practice - break ins, haunting people in their homes, to stalking to stealing guns and money, to kidnapping and murder.  His crimes robbed  the community of its peace, while many wanted to forget, others could never get it out of their minds.

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    • 58 min
    EP 57 | Gustafson Family & the Unsolved Mysteries of Judith Vieweg and Deborah Quimby, Townsend, Massachusetts

    EP 57 | Gustafson Family & the Unsolved Mysteries of Judith Vieweg and Deborah Quimby, Townsend, Massachusetts

    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 they were expecting. He fought through unimaginable grief to find joy & purpose. We remember Priscilla, Abigail, and William.

    Through these narratives, we honor victims, remind one another of our vulnerability, our humanity, and our need for empathy.

    We learn about two unsolved Townsend cases dating back to the 1970s, the mysteries that surround the murder of 31-year-old artist and teacher Judith Vieweg in 1973, and the disappearance of 13-year-old Deborah Quimby in 1977. 

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    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
112 Ratings

112 Ratings

Tryingtoremainafan ,

Newport RI cold case

Diane Drake murdered and left on one of Newport’s famous beaches in the 1980s. A sweet family oriented girl from a huge family that still has no answers. The police used hypnosis of witnesses and psychics to help with the case (to no avail) Each year the family gathers at the same beach on the anniversary and asks the public to remember her case —aside from the tourism it’s a pretty small county/community—and I know there’s locals out there who know what happened. Please consider covering this case—only one other person has featured it.

bassgrrl ,

Listen to this show

Anngelle Wood is one of the best voices out of Boston, with a long list of radio credits. This show is very sensitive to the victims, and advocates for them.

Thank you for covering the Karina Holmer case and bringing attention back to it. At the time of the case, I was going to school across the street from the building where she was found and will never forget it. Her killer is still out there.

Case suggestion: the Robin Benedict case from March 1983 involving former Tufts professor William Douglas.

MPM1! ,

Witty and well-researched

I enjoy the scene setting storytelling aspect of the show. The sensitivity to survivors and families and, especially, the candor and dark humor. We all need to laugh sometimes and, often, in our darkest moments.

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