Crime&Stuff

<p>Mary Theresa Simpson was 12 when she disappeared while walking home in Elmira, New York, on March 15, 1964. When her body was found four days later, buried under heavy rocks, no one could predict that it would take more than six decades before there were answers to that city&#8217;s only unsolved murder. Rebecca presents.</p> <p>Also, Maureen gives an NNW review to the documentary &#8220;Earnhardt.&#8221;</p> <p>To check out Maureen’s Maine-based Bernadette &#8220;Bernie&#8221; O&#8217;Dea mystery novels, including the award-winning (seriously!) Dying for News, <strong><a href="https://www.maureenmilliken.com/">click here</a></strong>.</p> <p>Looking for a cool Crime &amp; Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, <strong><a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/rmilliken-fine-folk-art/">by clicking here</a></strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>It&#8217;s March. It&#8217;s cold [where we live], it&#8217;s ugly. We&#8217;re tired of it. So, to lighten the mood a little before we get back to our usual content, we have a cabin fever reliever!</p> <p>Updates on the Maine woman who buried her friend in the backyard and is now facing charges, Maine man Michael Colin Patrick Kelley finally arrested on charges her murdered Irish farmer Michael Gaine, Maine man Eliot Cutler who can&#8217;t stop porning despite the break he gets on the consequences, and Massachusetts man Brian Walshe convicted in the 2023 murder of his wife, Ana.</p> <p>We also have a Maine mini on the murder of Maine philanthropist Robert Fuller at his Maryland nursing home, a nice batch of &#8220;Am I the Asshole,&#8221; and a Negative Nelly Watching reviews on Netflix series &#8220;How to Get to Heaven from Belfast,&#8221; and Oxygen series &#8220;Buried in the Backyard.&#8221; A little something for everyone!</p> <p>To check out Maureen’s Maine-based Bernadette &#8220;Bernie&#8221; O&#8217;Dea mystery novels, including the award-winning (seriously!) Dying for News, <strong><a href="https://www.maureenmilliken.com/">click here</a></strong>.</p> <p>Looking for a cool Crime &amp; Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, <strong><a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/rmilliken-fine-folk-art/">by clicking here</a></strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Maine had 21 homicides in 2025, and we take a look at them. Guns and domestic violence continue to be the dominant themes, with mental health issues also a troubling contributing factor.</p> <p>From people who know each other all too well, to the bizarre seemingly random shooting of a guy on his motorcycle, there are 21 stories of lives lost that may resonate with you, no matter where you live.</p> <p>We also take a quick look at Maine&#8217;s biennial domestic violence homicide report, and what it says about how the public, police and the media perceive domestic homicide, and how that adds to the problem.</p> <p>To check out Maureen’s Maine-based Bernadette &#8220;Bernie&#8221; O&#8217;Dea mystery novels, including the award-winning (seriously!) Dying for News, <strong><a href="https://www.maureenmilliken.com/">click here</a></strong>.</p> <p>Looking for a cool Crime &amp; Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, <strong><a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/rmilliken-fine-folk-art/">by clicking here</a></strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>We wrap up our three-episode look at the Maine State Police Unsolved Homicide list, diving into the 1990s and beyond, looking at the cases of Lorna Brackett and Vincent White, Susan Hannah, Joseph Savitch and Louis Alexander, and Neil Salisbury, the most recent unsolved homicide on the list.</p> <p>We also look at the introduction of DNA as an investigative tool, how the Maine Unsolved Homicide List was created and some stuff about the state&#8217;s cold case squad.</p> <p>Even if you don&#8217;t live in, or care about, Maine, the issues related to unsolved homicides and how they were investigated are universal.</p> <p>If you’re interested in checking out Maureen’s Maine-based Bernadette &#8220;Bernie&#8221; O&#8217;Dea mystery novels, including the award-winning (seriously!) Dying for News, <strong><a href="https://www.maureenmilliken.com/">click here</a></strong>.</p> <p>Looking for a cool Crime &amp; Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, <strong><a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/rmilliken-fine-folk-art/">by clicking here</a></strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>We continue our look at Maine&#8217;s cold cases with a dive into the 1980s: Beverly Polchies, Theresa Duran, Vincent LaVopa, Brian Kowalczyk and Alice Hawkes. Would they have been solved if they happened today? Should they have been solved four decades ago? We discuss.</p> <p>If you’re interested in checking out Maureen’s Maine-based Bernadette &#8220;Bernie&#8221; O&#8217;Dea mystery novels, including the award-winning (seriously!) Dying for News, <strong><a href="https://www.maureenmilliken.com/">click here</a></strong>.</p> <p>Looking for a cool Crime &amp; Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, <strong><a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/rmilliken-fine-folk-art/">by clicking here</a></strong>.</p>