Crime of the Truest Kind

Anngelle Wood Media

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Massachusetts and New England true crime stories, history, advocacy-focused podcast. The things that happen here. 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.
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What is Crime of the Truest Kind about?

Traversing the towns and cities, back roads and interstates of New England, Crime of the Truest Kind is like taking a deep dive into classic crime novels, but with an audio twist. Each episode unfolds like the turn of a mystery novel page, unraveling the ominous world of true crime in the region. Hosted by the enigmatic Anngelle Wood, she canvasses unsolved mysteries, infamous criminals, and the darkest hours of history with a honeyed voice that draws you into each chilling tale. Imagine swapping campfire ghost stories, but the ghosts are real, and they're lurking in your hometown.

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EP 42 | Chaos On The Streets of Boston with Dave Wedge, author and journalist, on the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing

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05/16/23 • 77 min

Monday, April 15, 2013 stands as the most chaotic time in Boston's modern history and was the beginning of a traumatic four-day manhunt that shutdown the city.
Two home-made pressure cooker bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon twelve seconds apart, filled with enough nails and ball bearings to cause maximum damage. Three people were killed as a direct result of the explosions on Boylston Street that afternoon: 29-year-old restaurant manager, Krystle Campbell, 23-year-old Chinese student Lingzi Lu, and the youngest of the victims, 8-year-old Dorchester boy Martin Richard; 264 others were injured, some lost limbs from the blasts.
In the days that followed, MIT Police Officer Sean Collier would be ambushed and murdered by the wanted men, a civilian carjacked and terrified for their life, another officer would nearly die, and one more would succumb to injuries from the shootout a year later.
Journalist and Boston Strong co-author Dave Wedge joins me to talk about the 10th anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombings and the events that followed in Cambridge and Watertown.
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Recommendation List:
Listen: Saint Sinners and Serial Killers podcast, hosted by Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman

Listen: Media Circus with Kim Goldman: Boston Marathon Bombing with Marc Fucarile, survivor

Read: Boston Strong: A City's Triumph over Tragedy by Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman

Read: Stronger by Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter
Watch: Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg

Watch: Stronger starring Jake Gyllenhaal
Read: Mayhem: Unanswered Questions about the Tsarnaev Brothers, the US Government, and the Boston Marathon Bombing, by Michele McPhee

Watch: Hulu series, Murders Before The Marathon

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EP 53 | Rita Hester & The Murder That Started A Movement, Allston, Massachusetts

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11/17/23 • 71 min

Chanelle Pickett and Rita Hester were murdered three years apart. Chantelle in 1995 in Watertown, Mass, and Rita Hester in 1998 in Allston. Both were brutal crimes. Neither of them got justice. The attitudes and the language around gay and transgender lifestyles were very different back then. How the media covered violence against transgender people was cruel, if they covered them all. As a result of the mistreatment they got even in death, their deaths were instrumental in the creation of the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th.
Chanelle's murderer was prosecuted and used the Trans Panic Defense.
Rita Hester's murder is still unsolved.
Mallery Jenna Robinson, transgender and HIV advocate and host of A Hateful Homicide podcast, joins me to talk about the violence transgender women face - then and now. We talk about the fight for justice for transgender victims, the urgent need for laws to protect the transgender community from hate crimes and the critical role empathy and compassion play in our society.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance is Nov 20
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EP24 | Laura Jane Rosenthal: Things Are Never What They Seem, Framingham, Massachusetts

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08/05/21 • 44 min

On the outside, they were a successful and loving couple but what was going on behind closed doors finally came to a head on an August night in 1995. The murder of Laura Jane Rosenthal in her Framingham, Massachusetts home was so brutal and so savage that no one would believe the killer could be sane. The crime was so salacious media outlets dubbed it "The Burnt Ziti Murder" but it had so little to do with pasta and everything to do with a cold, controlling, and obsessive husband.

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EP13 | After The Fire, West Warwick, Rhode Island with John Laurenti from WHJY Providence (part three)

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03/05/21 • 115 min

Part three of three. Over the course of this series of episodes, I wanted to peel back the layers of what a mess The Station Fire truly was, how we are still looking for answers, and how we are still clearing the debris of misinformation.
The Station Fire was 18 years ago. The fire killed 100 people, hundred of others were injured physically, countless others were damaged emotionally.

In this bonus sized episode I speak to friend and colleague, John Laurenti. We worked together at WZLX in Boston and, as you will hear, we have a long history and strong connections to New England radio. John has worked at WAAF, WBOS, WODS, WHEB, WGIR, and was at WHJY in Providence for 17 years.
He was friends with Mike Gonsalves, the WHJY DJ known as Doctor Metal, who was one of 100 who died at the Station. We talk about his memories of Doc, the venue, the fire, the impact on the community, the part live radio plays in times of disaster, the evolution of rock, and we name check about 20 radio people throughout. We spoke on the weekend of the 18th anniversary. This is our conversation, our long conversation. It was even longer. I edited for time.
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I reference this book - Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth By Scott James - ScottJamesWriter.com
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EP33 | A Fool's Game: The Murder of Gregg Smart, Derry, New Hampshire (part two)

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10/04/22 • 47 min

Part two in the series about Gregg Smart's murder and those who planned and carried out this plot to kill him. It's ridiculous to imagine anyone going through with such a ridiculous plan. Yet four teenagers from Seabrook, NH did at the behest of a 22 year old high school media coordinator. It is a sensational story and mesmerized the region for the better part of a year in 1990-91.
Gregg Smart is the forgotten victim in the crime of the century - as it has been called over and over given its history of firsts. Gregg was murdered on May 1, 1990. The 24-year-old insurance broker was shot dead in his home six days before his first wedding anniversary.
At first, it looked like he'd interrupted a burglary, because that's what the killers were told to make it look like. As the investigation wore on, it uncovered a plot rife with salacious headlines by a mastermind who was first tried in the media before they were tried in court. The Smart case was a spectacle, the original crime of the century. The first televised trial.
WMUR Channel 9 in Manchester, New Hampshire preempted its daily programming to televise the two-week trial. People stood in line at 2am to get a seat in the courtroom. The pretrial coverage was frenzied. I often cover stories that affected me. This is one of those. I lived in Southern New Hampshire in the late 80s/early 90s. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing the name Pamela Smart.
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EP 50 | Lizzi Marriot: A Life So Bright, Dover, New Hampshire

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10/20/23 • 42 min

This is a true crime, local history, and storytelling podcast. I write about crimes, I set the scene, connect story themes, I talk about the things that happen here, in Massachusetts and New England.

This episode is about sexuality, consent, sexual violence, murder, and defending a loved one’s privacy in death. Listen with care.
Episode 50, Lizzi Marriott: A Life So Bright, Dover, New Hampshire
Lizzi Marriott would have celebrated her 30th birthday on June 10 this year. She will be forever 19. Returned to the earth and sea that she loved so much.

Growing up in Westborough, Massachusetts, she went to Westborough High School, Class of 2011. Lizzi Marriott set her sights on becoming a marine biologist. She had a special love for the ocean and all of its creatures. Her college essay was about her desire to protect marine life, a passion that was sparked during a weeklong marine biology camp in ninth grade. Lizzi was passionate about a future in the field of marine science. Her love flourished as a volunteer at the New England Aquarium in Boston. She was often seen saving wildlife, whether it was a frog or a turtle, something crawling or slippery, she loved everything about it. The University of New Hampshire in Durham was her dream school So it is no surprise that Lizzi was ecstatic when she got into the marine biology program. She began her sophomore year in the fall of 2012.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, started out pretty ordinarily for Lizzi. She was a few weeks into her first year at UNH, loving her studies in marine science. She was working, making new friends. She told her aunt and uncle she'd be going out after class that night and would be home later. Lizzi went to her chemistry lab until 9:00. At 8:55 pm she sent a text saying she was going to visit a new friend, someone she met at her retail job. She had recently made friends with an 18-year-old who worked at Target, a woman named Kathryn McDonaugh who went by Kat. The two traded text messages and made a plan to meet at her Dover apartment to watch a movie. Lizzi would make the short drive from Durham to Dover, the fastest route would take 13 minutes. Lizzi did not made it back to her aunt and uncle in Chester where she lived. While it did make them nervous, they tried to pass it off as a teenager enjoying a new friendship and staying up too late. They figured she’d just crashed at the friend’s place. But when there was no sign of Lizzi on Thursday, everyone knew something was very wrong.
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EP9 | Neil Entwistle: Happy Family Murder, Hopkinton, Massachusetts (part 1/2)

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01/22/21 • 43 min

EP6 | Leeann Millius and Kim Farrah: Murder at Hedgehog Pond, Salem, NH

Crime of the Truest Kind

12/10/20 • 30 min

EP6 | Leeann Millius and Kim Farrah: Murder at Hedgehog Pond, Salem, New Hampshire

Crime of the Truest Kind

12/10/20 • 30 min

In the early morning hours of September 13, 1997, the bodies of Leeann Millius and Kim Farrah were discovered by a woman walking her dog at Hedgehog Pond Park, a popular summer hangout spot for residents in and around Salem, New Hampshire . The lives of two young women were cut short by a group of supposed friends with a sinister plan...

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