Murder, She Told - Cape Breton Three: The Boys on the Tracks

Cape Breton Three: The Boys on the Tracks

09/07/21 • 49 min

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Murder, She Told

1970 - Smyrna Mills, Maine.

In the early morning hours of July 10th, 1970, a freight train struck and killed three Canadian boys on the Bangor and Aroostook Railway Line in the wilderness of Smyrna Mils, Maine. Within hours, the Sheriff determined the incident was a tragic accident—that they were sleeping on the train tracks, for reasons that can't be explained—and completely dismissed the possibility of foul play.

But not everything seems to add up, and 50 years after the mysterious incident, the family, friends, and community of Sydney, Cape Breton in Nova Scotia are asking the questions their community didn't ask in 1970, and reviving this tragic story that's seemingly been lost with time.

This is the story of the Cape Breton Three—Kenny Novak, Terry Burt, and David Burrows.

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1970 - Smyrna Mills, Maine.

This is the story of the Cape Breton Three—Kenny Novak, Terry Burt, and David Burrows.

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Trish Haynes: Tragedy in Rural New Hampshire

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2018 - Grafton, New Hampshire.

The family of a New Hampshire missing person, Trish Haynes, was asked to keep a large secret. 25-year-old Trish was no longer missing. They'd found her... months ago. But New Hampshire police wanted them to keep this under wraps. They weren't allowed to tell anyone their beloved Trishie's remains had been found. To the public, she was still a missing person...

Six months later, Trish's Great Aunt Valorie had had enough, and she went public to the media that Trish had not only been murdered, she'd been dismembered and dumped in the pond while her killers still walked free.

When the family started peeling back the layers of Trish's final days, they quickly realized the people responsible may be closer to home than they thought, hiding in plain sight.

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When Teenager Sandra Knowlton Killed Officer Paul Simard

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1958 - Lewiston, Maine.

In July of 1958, ten police officers in Lewiston, Maine found themselves in a 30-minute standoff with an armed shooter in the woods just off a road in nearby Sabattus. Trying to de-escalate the situation, Police Officer Paul J. Simard stepped forward, talking with the shooter to drop their weapon.

But the shooter didn't back down. And a shot rang out, hitting Officer Simard and killing him.

When the standoff finally came to a head, the shooter agreed to surrender... and out from the behind a bush stepped the deadly shooter... a 14-year-old girl named Sandra Knowlton.

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