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The Aliens Are Back

DUDE, NO! — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:07:46 +0000

The fact that a Chinese spy balloon was able to basically travel all the way across the nation rattled a lot of Americans. Why did we not shoot it down earlier? What if it was transmitting important and valuable defense information the entire time it was in the air? How did it even get in...

The Ghost Ship of Portland Harbor

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:35:46 +0000

Ghost ships have been reported throughout the ages, even as recent as the mid-2000’s. Most of these stories involve vessels located by other boats in the water with no crew on board and no records or evidence of any wrongdoing or catastrophic events. The story we will hear today is about a real ghost ship....

The Horrifying Purple Fire Snowstorm Of Bar Harbor Maine and Other Weirdness

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:34:03 +0000

This podcast we’re going to talk about our town’s purple fire snowstorm about 170 years ago and other weird things that happened in 1853, showcased in just one newspaper on one day. It was February 170 years ago that a lightning storm hit Mount Desert Island, striking dozens of people and creating a weather mystery...

Just The Facts: Who Gets Murdered and Why Don't We Know More

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 20:01:30 +0000

This episode we talk facts about homicide. And Iceland. Carrie talks Iceland. Come hang out with us for a bit while we talk about homicide stats from the U.S. and the globe. And Iceland. Always Iceland. So many sources!

X Files Style: Two Deaths, Same Place, Same Age, Same Suspect Last Name, 100 Years Apart

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:29:39 +0000

Sometimes life doesn’t make a lot of sense and that’s the case in this podcast about the deaths of two young woman brutally sexually assaulted and murdered in the UK. Trigger warnings for murder, sexual assault RESOURCES https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/12/05/two-eerily-similar-murders-157-years-apart/76829428/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-eerie-coincidences-of_b_8682392?utm_hp_ref=crime&ir=Crime https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/chilling-links-between-two-brutal-10504871

The Eastern Roswell?

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:22:42 +0000

You guessed it, we’re talking all about one state, one tiny state, on the Eastern seaboard and how it’s been a hotspot for UFO sightings. It’s so fun. Come hang out with us. THE AMAZING BOOK WE REFERENCE It’s Taryn Plumb’s New England UFOs. You can buy it! We weren’t paid to say that, but...

Werewolves and Dogmen in Maine. Oh Yeah, Bring it.

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:48:51 +0000

This episode we talk not just about the infamous tale of five werewolves in Palmyra, Maine, but delve a bit more deeply into Maine’s current outbreak of cryptoids of the canine type. Join us! SOURCES https://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/82/werewolf-sighting-maine https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2022/05/bipedal-wolf-pack-stalked-family-in.html https://www.unsettlingthings.com/dogman-sightings-in-maine-4-true-stories/

Did a Spirit Possess a Woman To Solve Her Own Murder?

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 19:14:34 +0000

Sometimes you have circumstantial evidence. Sometimes you have physical evidence. And sometime you have paranormal evidence? Join us as we delve into the murder of Teresita Basa. LINKS WE REFERENCE https://history4610.rssing.com/chan-52547626/all_p2.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/436984238/?terms=%22Teresita%20Basa%22&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/858475406/?terms=%22Alan%20Showery%22&match=1 https://history4610.rssing.com/chan-52547626/all_p2.html

Four Shots Nobody Heard and the Jim Jones Connection

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:43:17 +0000

Last week my opening dialogue spoke of the need for both physical and circumstantial evidence for a successful prosecution of crime. This week, we’ll be discussing multiple murders that are very much related but may not have been carried out by the same entities. You be the judge as we delve into the murders of...

Four Shots Nobody Heard and the Jim Jones Connection

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:34:12 +0000

Sometimes Murder Evidence Is Fickle, A Former Cop's Point of View Into A Virginia Murder

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:06:32 +0000

Today we are once again talking about murder: the taking of a human life by another person without a provable and justifiable self-defense argument. Today, most people probably get their knowledge of crime fighting and police work from television and movies: A world where either time, technology and storyline is more advanced than in reality...

No One Stopped To Save Her The Story of A Murdered Oregon College Student

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:38:27 +0000

When I was in ninth grade, my mom had a man she’d been flirting with move into our house while he “got back on his feet.” He travelled all the way from Oregon to our house, carrying a couple gifts. A Oregon mascot that was green and vaguely cute. Stiff furred. A jersey again with...

One Car. One Man. No Answers.

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:07:08 +0000

The world of stamp collecting doesn’t seem like a world of intrigue and crime, a place where people end up dead in a car in Maine. But some people think that’s exactly what happened to Massachusetts man James Arlington Cassidy Stamp collecting has been a hobby since 1840, which is when the first pre-paid stamp,...

The Man Who Killed His Families Over and Over Again

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:56:00 +0000

I’m just going to put it out there: crime is stupid and murder? That’s beyond stupid. And if you’re murdering kids or women or people who are marginalized or oppressed? I am just not good with you. I have not achieved the enlightened state that allows me to still love people who terrorize other people....

Serial Killer Sasquatch

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:59:38 +0000

Giant, furry cryptids tromping around our world? Uncaptured? Not discovered by scientists? Maybe? Maybe not? But how about the story of Portlock, Alaska, a whole town that allegedly up and moved after a serial killing Bigfoot’s terrorizing murder spree? So creepy. Today we explore Portlock and Bigfoot. SOURCES Dolezal, R. “Portlock: Home of a Sasquatch?” Anchorage...

When A Town Protects a Murderer, Part Two

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:29:27 +0000

Last week we talked about Danny Paquette, a NH man who obviously had his share of troubles and how he was murdered by a single shot fired at great range one Saturday when he was working in his birthday. There are a lot of Paquettes in New Hampshire, but this one poor family had more...

When A Town Protects A Murderer Part One

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:33:33 +0000

Last week, we talked about a murder that hit a little close to home for my family. It was the murder of Pamela Mason, a kid who was killed by Edward Coolidge. This week, we go into a New Hampshire family that was truly haunted by deaths and murders. The Paquettes. And we talk about...

When Murder Comes Close The Story of My Mom and A NH Murderer

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:10:00 +0000

It’s 1963, winter, and snowing lightly, and my mom is in a parking lot in her car. It’s an industrial parking lot where her husband’s uncle’s trucking company is located. It was once the largest trucking company in New England and my dad worked there as a mechanic and eventually a truck driver. My mom’s...

First Time Hitchhiking Solo and Leslie Spellman Never Made It Back Home Part Two

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:18:59 +0000

Last week we started our two-part series about Leslie Spellman, a young woman on a hiking adventure whose body was found in a garden on the island where we live in Maine back in the 1970s and this week we continue that story with a little more detail. This is the story of Leslie E....

Cold Case in Acadia National Park Leslie Spellman Part One

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:37:00 +0000

There’s something so alluring about national parks, alluring and sometimes dangerous. The big vistas of nature tend to lend themselves to both mishaps and murder. Join us as we talk about the death of 27-year-old yoga instructor, Leslie Spellman. We’re going to have a part two next week where we clean up some of the...

The Bigfoot of Bear Brook State Park and Did Carrie See Him

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:03:55 +0000

Is Bigfoot real or not? That’s the first question of this episode. A lot of people have been pondering this question for decades. And in other centuries and other cultures, there was no question. It was just an assertion. By whatever name and whatever language, Bigfoot was real to them. This week on the podcast,...

Maine Man Becomes a Mummy The Life and Death of Elmer McCurdy

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:25:00 +0000

Sometimes you can’t catch any breaks. Sometimes you might have the worst train robbery in history with the smallest take ever. And sometimes you die and become an amusement park dummy. It sounds like an episode of Supernatural or the X-Files, but it’s actually true. Join us at Dude, No as we hear about the...

The Accountant Who Went Missing In Maine

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:57:00 +0000

How many people go missing every year in the United States? According to National Missing and Unidentified Persons (NamUS) database, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 600,000. In Maine this year so far there are 108 people missing. Right now there are a couple of men missing in our area and...

DUDE NO PREVIEW - THE MAN WHO WENT MISSING AND NOBODY NOTICED

DUDE, NO! — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 16:39:00 +0000

This is a local case that Shaun (co-podcaster of awesome) helped break a few years ago. It’s his birthday week so he needs a little extra love. We hope you’ll listen. It comes out Tuesday.

What Really Happened to Mary Catherine?

DUDE, NO! — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:14:00 +0000

This is our first episode, and honestly? It kind of hurts. Join us as we delve into the cold case of Mary Catherine Olenchuk. The death of this sweet thirteen-year-old girl at a small coastal Maine town spurned many a conspiracy theory, but no arrests.

What Happened to Mary Catherine Trailer

DUDE, NO! — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 20:06:00 +0000

Mary Olenchuk was only thirteen years old when she was abducted from a resort town on the coast of Maine. Her dad was an army major general, and when she went missing in the early 1970s, there were all sorts of suspects, but no arrests. This is the trailer for our first episode about one...

Dude No Begins

DUDE, NO! — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 19:04:38 +0000

It’s Dude, No! Our first full episode is September 6, but listen to find out what we’re all about. Hosts Shaun Farrar and Carrie Jone have been friends for years and years now, and they even got married. They met while Shaun was a cop and Carrie was a reporter, and bonded over their love...