It’s so bittersweet. We deeply appreciate all of you who have joined us and listened to this project and labor of love over the years. With over 140 episodes of Maine-based true crime, paranormal, and spooky stories (and 40+ bonus episodes!), we are proud of what we have accomplished and what we came here to create.
We are closing down this project not because we have necessarily run out of stories to tell, but because our personal stories are changing. We have other projects on the horizon that we would like to venture toward and, while we will always have a sacred place in our hearts for Homegrown Horror, it is truly a labor of love, requiring hours upon hours of research, creativity, writing, recording, and editing. We felt it was time to let it go before we ran ourselves completely ragged trying to juggle it all.
We do also have a hope that maybe folks will come and find us “post mortem,” if you will, and listen to some of these stories, enjoy them, and share them. We will still be posting episode updates for the backlog of posts we didn’t get to at the time of sharing the weekly episodes and bonus episodes and are happy to respond to questions and community.
Saying goodbye is never easy. But, you haven’t seen the last of the misadventures of B and Jackson, a cohost and a cohost.
It’s not goodbye, just so long for now.
With love - B & Jackson
We watched the 1976 and 2013 versions of Carrie, spoiler alert they end the same! Super fun movies, both well grounded in their unique time periods.
That's it. The last bonus episode. This is Jackson editing, and on behalf of B, Allegra, Emilie, Anna, Binx, and all our other friends who encouraged us along the way, thanks for listening. <3
What do you get when you mix a Captain, an old mad woman, and 18 children? An episode of some unusual haunts.
Haunt ME- The Mill Agent's House S2:E5, youtube.com
The Mill Agent House in Vassalboro is Haunted! b985.fm
Haunt ME paranormal investigators return to Vassalboro mill, newscentermaine.com
As HGH wraps up, B finally brings us the story that started her special interest in Mt. Katahdin - the 1963 Tragedy that changed how Baxter State Park handled safety and rescue.
Sources:
Report of Proceedings : Mt. Katahdin Tragedy Board of Review / Conducted Jointly by Baxter State Park Authority and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Desperate Steps: Life, Death, and Choices Made in the Mountains of the Northeast by Peter W. Kick
Wikipedia
HIKE KATAHDIN VIA THE CATHEDRAL TRAIL IN BAXTER STATE PARK, MAINE BY DAREN WORCESTER for Northeasthikes.com
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We cover the sudden disappearance of Cathy Marie Moulton. In September of 1971 as Cathy is preparing for the nights dance she vanishes off the streets of Portland. The police called her a runaway, but it seems something more sinister had occurred.
We've got another history lesson with Professor B! How many forgotten stories does the state of Maine have? They never seem to end! B takes us back to 1711, the beginning of Patience Boston (aka Patience Samson)'s story - one that won't have a happy ending.
Sources:
“Faithful Narrative of the Wicked Life AND Remarkable Conversion of Patience Boston alias Samson” via Murderpedia
Patience Boston 1711-1735 by Vana Carmona for Atlantic Black Box
“The Minister’s Black Veil & Patience Boston” by Tom Burby of Stronge New England
York Maine's Haunted Gaol and the Ghost of Patience Boston by New England Folklore
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1842 was a hell of a time to be on the coast in Maine. Opportunity knocking on your door and the open sea beckoning with its call for adventure, that is unless you joined with the Isidore. Come join us as we uncover one of Maine's worst naval disasters.
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**Content warning: This episode does contain brief discussion around suicide. Listener discretion is advised.**
B's throwing it back to an old case she started to research earlier this year - it's now Hattie Whitten's time to shine! But, her story isn't all that it seems and *spoiler alert* Jackson isn't happy about the ending.
Sources:
findagrave.com
A Mother’s Suicide: Caused by the Arrest for the Murder of Her Child from the New Haven Morning Journal and Courier (December 1, 1902)
For Killing Her Child With Poison from the St. Paul Globe (November 30, 1902)
Goes from Grave to Jail from the New York Tribune (November 30, 1902)
The Shepherdstown Register (December 11, 1902)
Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction by Erick Trickey for the Smithsonian
Wikipedia
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We explore another one of East Loring Airforce Bases mysteries, the Vamp House! Secret lab for government experiments, or another monument to incompetence? Listen and find out!
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Sources:
North River Depot by John Gabrinski
centurymaine.blogspot.com
Library of Congress, Photos from Survey HAER ME-64-D
The "Vamp House"- East Loring Airforce Base, Cold War Films, youtube.com
Did you know that Maine could be the basis of it’s own X-Files episode? In part one of our examination of some of the mysteries of Loring Air Force Base, B digs into the weird happenings of October 1975 when an unidentified aircraft penetrated the weapons storage area of the base - famously home to a metric ton of nuclear weapons. Was it related to Russian surveillance in a Cold War espionage bid or a true case of a close encounter of the third kind?
Sources:
The Mysterious Cold War Case Of Unidentified Aircraft Descending On Loring Air Force Base by Brett Tingley for The War Zone
Suit Seeks to Lift Secrecy Veil from Agency’s UFO Documents by Ward Sinclair for the Washington Post (November 3, 1981)
My Loring UFO story 1975 by Michael Wallace on YouTube
Clear Intent: The Government Coverup of the UFO Experience by Barry Greenwood and Lawrence Fawcett
Three Sightings of UFO Reported by The Lewiston Daily Sun (October 28th, 1975)
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In August of 1992, Anthony Bear left the Tobique Reservation in New Brunswick Canada, in just five weeks their remains were discovered across the border in Fairfield, Maine. What happened to Anthony Bear, and what can witnesses tell us?
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As we welcome back our co-host Papa Jackson, we decided it was a good time to help him brush up on his storytelling skills for future bedtime tales! Our hosts have dug up some fascinating Maine myths for your listening pleasure!
Sources:
Haunted Maine: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Pine Tree State by Charles A. Stansfield Jr.
https://www.native-languages.org/penobscotstory2.htm
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In 1979, a Sandra Flick was attacked and murdered by her estranged husband. Unfortunately, her death is only the begining of this story. Come along as B digs into the multiple attacks perpetrated by one Albert Flick and the continued failure to bring him to justice.
Sources:
Justia - 425 A.2d 167 (1981), STATE of Maine v. Albert Lee FLICK.
“Woman Slain, Husband Held,” Bangor Daily News Feb 1, 1979
"Portland Man Found Guilty in stabbing death,” Lewiston Evening Journal Aug 10, 1979
A judge decided Albert Flick was too old to pose a threat. At 76, he’s now charged with murder by Matt Byrne for the Portland Press Herald
He was deemed too old to be dangerous. Now, at 77, he’s been convicted of another murder by Antonia Noori Farzan for the Washington Post
Auburn man who murdered wife in 1979 charged with fatal Lewiston stabbing by Staff Reporter for the Lewiston Sun Journal
Auburn man accused of fatally stabbing Lewiston woman killed his wife in 1979 for the Lewsiton Sun Journal
This was so preventable': Convicted killer who judge said would 'age out' of violence kills again by David Charns for WMTWWoman who witnessed Albert Flick kill her mother in 1979 questions his release from prison by David Charns & Tyler Cadorette for WMTW
Albert Flick sentenced to life in prison for murder of Kim Dobbie BY JUDITH MEYER for the Portland Press Herald
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On February 22, 1878 John Wilson Barron, teller for the Dexter Savings Bank, was found bound gagged and dead in front of the bank vault. It would take nearly ten years for any movement to develop in the case, but are we too quick to point fingers?
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Alright, let's pull out the lore for this one! As Paramount+ has attempted to resurrect the Pet Semetary franchise with a prequel to the 2019 remake, B & Jackson have a bunch of bones to pick with this new outing. Sometimes, dead certainly is better.
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Brithday girl B has something fun in store for us this month! We know you like horror. We know you love to laugh at bad horror movies. But, B's got some of her favorite horror comedies locked and loaded for your listening pleasure - Ready or Not (2019), Renfield (2023), and What We Do in the Shadows (2014)!
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One stormy night, the fate of twenty people were changed forever as the schooner Charles crashed upon the rocks on Watts Ledge off the coast of Cape Elizabeth. The most enduring story is that of bride-to-be Lydia Carver, a young woman who would never make her way to the alter. Join B and Jackson for a fascinating ghost story!
Source:
Unraveling the mystery of Maine’s most famous drowned ghost bride by Troy R. Bennett for the Bangor Daily News
Lydia Carver the Ghost Bride of Richmond Island for the Courier-Gazette
The Ghost Bride of Crescent Beach By Roxie Zwicker, Beach Combers
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The duo take you on a trip to visit three mini haunts across the state of Maine. We hit up Congress street in Portland, then jaunt up to Freeport for a drink, before begging for forgiveness at the church in Bath. Are these places haunted or is the wiring just bad?
You can say hi to us and ask questions at homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com or hit us up on instagram @homegrownhorrorpod.
Sources:
Special Report: Take a walking tour of 'Haunted Portland', WMTW.com, May 14, 2012.
Get spooked at Maine's Haunted places, Sun Journal, May 23, 2019.
Jameson Tavern, History, jamesontavern.com.
Jameson Tavern, Spooky History, jamesontavern.com
Don't you just love Maine? It's so nice and peaceful - but B is going to ruin that for us all again as she dives into the deaths of Harry Staples, Richard Mace, Lorenzo D. Troyer, Lewis & Francis Gephart, and Russell Bailey in a multi-state, multi-year murder spree of one Richard Steeves.
Sources:
Aged Beaten Man, 83, Dies Of Injuries by C.Scott Hoar for the Evening Express on June 28, 1965
Officials Term Augusta Man's Death Murder for the Evening Express on August 16, 1965
Richard Steeves: A 'Golden Boy' Gone Bad by Bob Hohler for The Concord Monitor on July 5th, 1985
383 A.2d 1379 (1978), STATE of Maine v. Richard STEEVES via Justia US Law
Ex-Maine Man Ordered Held For Court In Slaying from the Bangor Daily News on January 7th, 1966
Officials did not think Steeves would be released from The Tribune on May 8th, 1985
Murder suspect moved to state prison from The Sun-Journal on August 28th, 1985
Steeves sought for questioning in death from the Kennebec Journal on April 26th, 1985
Retrial sought in murder case from The Sun Journal on January 22nd, 1987
Sentenced to life, a killer of 6 wants to go free (again) by Bob Hohler for The Boston Globe on March 18, 2017
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We are talking about the strange happenings at the Greater Rumford Community Center of Rumford, ME. Join Jackson as he regales B with the mysterious haunts occurring at the GRCC, completed in 1911 as a recreation center for Mill works, the GRCC may have a mysterious past that helps explain some of the strange voices, full body apparitions, and spirits that inhabit the winding halls of the center.
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Sources:
The ghosts of Rumford... don't like Lee Goldberg by Amanda Hill, News Center Maine, March 17, 2017.
Investigating the MOST HAUNTED Place in Maine: Talking to Ghosts, by Seth Borden, youtube.com
Greater Rumford Community Center, haunt-me.com/grcc/
The Greater Rumford Community Center (GRCC) - Haunt ME - S3:E1, by Haunt ME, youtube.com
The Greater Rumford Community Center (GRCC) - Haunt ME - S3:E2 (Part 2), by Haunt ME, youtube.com