New England crime, memory, and accountability.
The gist
Crime of the Truest Kind focuses on missing, murdered, unsolved, and long-remembered cases across Massachusetts and New England. Its strongest episodes stay close to families, neighborhoods, timelines, and the hard afterlife of public attention.
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About Crime of the Truest Kind
Crime of the Truest Kind works from a specific map: Massachusetts, New England, and the stories that refuse to stay buried there. Its cases include the missing, the murdered, the unsolved, and the newly developing, but the series is less interested in mystery as entertainment than in what happens to families after the headlines fade. The Charlene Rosemond episodes show that mission clearly. They follow her disappearance, the discovery of her body in Somerville, her family’s long wait, and the later report of an arrest after years without resolution. Rose Rosemond’s presence gives those episodes their emotional weight, especially in the discussion of family memory, frustration, and the limits of what public attention can do. Other episodes widen the frame. Jill Kloppenburg’s case moves through Tyngsboro streets, a specific house, a garage floor, and the terrible discovery beneath concrete. Maura Murray’s disappearance becomes a conversation about empathy, exposure, and the way online true-crime culture can wound the people closest to a case. The Lizzie Borden collaboration brings the same regional fixation to an older Massachusetts crime, treating notoriety as part of the story rather than the whole point. The show’s pace is conversational and sometimes jagged, moving from research to personal aside to case detail without sanding off the voice. It can be funny around the edges. It is not casual about harm. The recurring emphasis is that these stories are borrowed from people who lived them, and that attention should come with responsibility. Localisms, town names, older malls, neighborhoods, court language, cold-case units, and family campaigns all matter. The result is a true-crime show with a strong sense of place and a sharper-than-usual conscience. It is best for listeners who want the human cost kept visible and the regional context treated as evidence, not scenery.
Made for: For true-crime listeners who prefer victim-centered storytelling, regional texture, and family impact over sensational twists. It especially fits anyone interested in Massachusetts cases, missing-person advocacy, cold cases, and local history.
What sets it apart: The series stands out by tying case work to New England places and by repeatedly returning attention to families, advocacy, and accountability. Its voice is direct and personal without turning victims into background material.
In their own words
True Crime meets Hometown History. Crime of the Truest Kind is dedicated to the things that happen here — the missing, the murdered, the unsolved, and the unforgotten cases rooted in Massachusetts and New England. Each episode explores the people, the places, and the pasts behind the headlines. Created and hosted by Boston radio personality and advocate Anngelle Wood (WFNX, WBCN, WZLX), the show brings a salty, sharply informed perspective to regional crime stories and long‑held mysteries. Massachusetts and New England Crime Stories. History. Advocacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episodes
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Replay | The Murder of Charline Rosemond, Somerville, Mass (part one)
Hidden gemAngele Wood frames this Crime of the Truest Kind episode around the unsolved murder of Charlene Rosemond, a 23-year-old Somerville woman whose sister Rose says she had $4,000 cash and planned to buy a car after work.
Apr 13, 2026·53m·3 clips - 2
Replay | The Murder of Charline Rosemond, Somerville, Mass (part two)
Hidden gemCrime of the Truest Kind replays part two of the Charlene Rosemond case, centered on the 2009 Somerville murder and the family's 15-year push for answers.
Apr 13, 2026·41m·2 clips - 3
Replay | An Arrest! Justice for Charline Rosemond
A true crime podcast host announces a major arrest in the unsolved murder case of Charline Rosemond.
Apr 13, 2026·16m - 4
Found: Jill Kloppenburg, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts
Hidden gem["Crime of the Truest Kind follows Jill Kloppenberg's disappearance from Tingsborough, Massachusetts, and the March 2026 recovery of her remains under a garage floor.", "Angelle Wood says NAMUS listed 228 missing people from Massachusetts, then frames Jill's case through public reaction, missing-person databases, and online speculation.", "Friends Laura and Sherry describe Jill's shelter life, sobriety work, cosmetology training, and the February 26, 2025 missing-person report filed with Tewksbury Police.", "A March 10, 2026 tip led Nashua police to Sean Sullivan's alleged confession, and investigators later recovered Jill before the episode turns to Jason Thomas and Leonard Mercury."]
Apr 3, 2026·34m·3 clips - 5
Love Story Lost At Sea: John, Carolyn & Lauren
Hidden gemCrime of the Truest Kind episode 100 uses the July 1999 missing flight off Martha's Vineyard to revisit the Kennedy family's long public history in Massachusetts.
Mar 12, 2026·1h 8m·4 clips - 6
Finding Melanie Melanson: The 1989 Missing Child Case in Woburn, Massachusetts
Feb 17, 2026·1h 3m - 7
Maura Murray Is Missing with Julie Murray On Empathy, The Lasting Impact Of Maura’s Disappearance & The Soul Sucking Reality Of True Crime
Crime of the Truest Kind examines Maura Murray’s 2004 disappearance and the impact of prolonged uncertainty on her family, with host Angelle Wood interviewing Maura’s sister Julie Murray.
Feb 9, 2026·58m·4 clips - 8
Justice for Ana Walshe: The Trial of Brian Walshe
Dec 31, 2025·41m - 9
What Happened To Amy Sher? Billerica, Mass (part two)
Dec 1, 2025·38m - 10
Where Is Amy Sher? Billerica, Mass (part one)
Nov 21, 2025·43m - 11
Bonus: Q+A from Crimes of Camberville at The Burren in Somerville, Mass
Nov 3, 2025·23m - 12
Crimes of Camberville - Recorded Live at The Burren, Somerville, Mass
Nov 3, 2025·1h 10m - 13
Unsafe: The Murder of Jennifer Martel, Waltham, Massachusetts
Oct 20, 2025·49m - 14
Cold Case Update: Who Killed Henry Bedard, Jr, Swampscott, Mass
Oct 3, 2025·1h 10m - 15
North Shore Unsolved: Recorded Live at Off Cabot, Beverly, Massachusetts
Sep 19, 2025·1h 25m - 16
BONUS! Live Show Q+A, North Shore Unsolved
Sep 19, 2025·51m - 17
Unsolved: Denise Robert, 10 Years Later, Manchester, NH
Aug 29, 2025·50m - 18
Who is the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer? New Bedford, Mass (part two)
Aug 18, 2025·56m - 19
The Lost Women of the New Bedford Highway Murders (part one)
Aug 1, 2025·47m - 20
REPLAY | EP 56 | Where Is Debra Melo (part two) & Deadly Massachusetts Domestic Violence Cases
Jun 20, 2025·54m - 21
REPLAY | EP 55 | The Suspicious Disappearance of Debra Melo, Taunton, Mass (part one)
Jun 20, 2025·51m - 22
The Mystery of the Boston Strangler Murders
Jun 13, 2025·44m - 23
The Strange Case of Jolly Jane Toppan, Lowell, Mass
May 30, 2025·40m - 24
New England's Unsolved & Serial Killer Hysteria, with Bob Ward of Boston 25 News
May 9, 2025·1h 14m - 25
EP 85 | A Missing Mother: Sandra Crispo, Hanson, Mass, with her daughter Laina McMahon
Apr 25, 2025·1h 1m - 26
Case Update: An Arrest! Justice for Charline Rosemond
Apr 11, 2025·16m - 27
EP 83 | True Crime North Shore, Recorded Live at Off Cabot in Beverly, Mass plus Q+A (part two)
Apr 4, 2025·39m - 28
EP 82 | True Crime North Shore, Recorded Live at Off Cabot in Beverly, Mass (part one)
Apr 4, 2025·1h 15m - 29
EP 81 | More Than The Black Dahlia: The Last Days of Elizabeth Short (part two)
Mar 28, 2025·45m - 30
EP 80 | Elizabeth Short: Separating Fact From Fiction In The Black Dahlia Unsolved Murder Case (part one)
Mar 7, 2025·27m - 31
EP 79 | Missing: Reina Carolina Morales Rojas, East Boston, Mass with Marcela García (Boston Globe)
Feb 21, 2025·56m - 32
EP 78 | Andy Puglisi & The Failed Children of Massachusetts, with Melanie Perkins McLaughlin (part two)
Feb 3, 2025·1h 27m - 33
EP 77 | New Discoveries In The Unsolved Case of Andy Puglisi, Lawrence, Mass with Melanie Perkins McLaughlin, host of Open Investigation
Jan 24, 2025·1h 2m - 34
REPLAY | EP 44 | What Happened To Andy Puglisi? Lawrence, Mass & The Suspects In His Disppearance
Jan 22, 2025·1h 3m - 35
REPLAY | EP43 | What Happened To Andy Puglisi? Lawrence, Mass & The Dark History of 1970s Child Abductions
Jan 22, 2025·49m - 36
EP 76 | Missing In Maine: Attiin Shaw, Stefanie Damron, Erik Foote & The Role DNA Plays In Crime Cases
Dec 11, 2024·53m - 37
EP 75 | Tammy Belanger, Exeter, NH & New Hampshire's Missing Children
Nov 22, 2024·55m - 38
Bonus: Q+A from North Shore Crime Cases Live Show
Nov 7, 2024·51m - 39
EP 74 | North Shore Crime Cases Live - Recorded at Off Cabot, Beverly, Mass
Nov 7, 2024·1h 1m - 40
EP 73 | Missing Person Stories, Scams & Support with Nina Innsted of Already Gone podcast
Oct 23, 2024·1h 5m - 41
Bonus! The Retrial of Lizzie Borden, Fall River, Massachusetts with The Red Rabbit Hole Podcast
A bonus episode where the host teams up with the Red Rabbit Hole podcast to re-examine the Lizzie Borden case as a mock trial.
Oct 17, 2024·39m - 42
EP 72 | Unsolved: The Murder of Charline Rosemond, Somerville, Massachusetts | Part Two
Oct 9, 2024·41m - 43
EP 71 | Unsolved: Charline Rosemond, Somerville, Massachusetts (part one) with Rose Rosemond
Part one of an unsolved missing person case featuring Charline Rosemond from Somerville, Massachusetts, with her mother Rose Rosemond.
Oct 2, 2024·53m - 44
EP 70 | Justice For Sandra Birchmore, Stoughton, Massachusetts | Part Two with Susanne Cleveland
Angelle Wood continues her conversation with advocate Susanne Cleveland about the Sandra Birchmore case in Stoughton, Massachusetts.
Sep 18, 2024·1h 14m - 45
EP 69 | Justice For Sandra Birchmore, Stoughton, Massachusetts | Part One with advocate, Susanne Cleveland
Angelle Wood introduces season four of Crime of the Truest Kind, discussing the Sandra Birchmore case in Stoughton, Massachusetts, with advocate Susanne Cleveland.
Sep 11, 2024·1h 23m - 46
REPLAY | EP 47 Unresolved: Holly Piirainen's Story, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Aug 5, 2024·1h 4m - 47
EP 68 | Massachusetts Cold Cases with Emily Sweeney of the Boston Globe's Cold Case Files (Live from Faces Brewing, Malden 6/20/2024)
Angelle Wood introduces a live episode featuring Emily Sweeney of the Boston Globe discussing Massachusetts cold cases.
Jul 5, 2024·1h 21m - 48
EP 67 | Molassacre, The Great Molasses Flood of 1919, Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 29, 2024·44m - 49
EP 66 | A Fifty-Year-Old Cold Case Is Solved & The Dark History Of Murder in Bedford, Massachusetts
Jun 14, 2024·46m