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Vermont is known for the beauty of its woods and mountains, but the cost of that beauty is often forgotten. For much of our history, Vermonters endured unimaginable hardship and poverty that limited opportunities for growth and preserved, as if unchanged, the landscape of today. Their suffering is always with us, written on the land, inscribed in cellar-holes and graveyards and orchards gone to wild. Welcome to These Dark Mountains.
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Episodes
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Almon and Emeline (Alice Meaker, Part 3)
Mar 13, 2020·48m - 2
Atherton and Almon (Alice Meaker, Part 2)
Hidden gemFrank Atherton finds Alice Meeker's body in a muckhole near the Little River settlement.
Mar 13, 2020·33m·1 clip - 3
Alice and Emeline (Alice Meaker, Part 1)
Hidden gemEmmeline Meeker says, "I have worked outdoors a good deal ever since I was married."
Mar 13, 2020·30m·1 clip - 4
Agnes Willis: The Cherry Court Murder
Hidden gemEva Karasaw finds Agnes Willis with her throat slashed open at 18 Cherry Street, and the apartment is still lit by an oil lamp.
Dec 19, 2019·32m·2 clips - 5
In the Barn: Luman & Alma Smith
Hidden gemThe barn shooting is reconstructed from three conflicting accounts, including Lumen Smith's dying declaration.
Nov 1, 2019·36m·2 clips - 6
The Suncook Town Tragedy (Marietta Ball, Part 2)
Hidden gemThese Dark Mountains examines the 1875 murder of 17-year-old Josie Langmaid near Suncook, New Hampshire, and its connection to Marietta Ball’s 1874 killing in St.
Oct 8, 2019·40m·2 clips - 7
The East Hill Murder (Marietta Ball, Part 1)
Sep 23, 2019·32m - 8
The Murder of Perry Russell
A narrative history podcast exploring the hardships and dark stories of Vermont's past, beginning with a 1868 home invasion.
Sep 4, 2019·29m - 9
The Starch Box Mystery
A historical true crime episode recounting the discovery of a newborn's body in a box at a Vermont paper mill in 1895 and the subsequent cover-up.
Aug 13, 2019·29m - 10
The Disappearance of Victory Ploof
The episode recounts the 1877 disappearance of three-year-old Victory Plouffe in Vermont, blending historical context with a true crime mystery.
Jul 30, 2019·23m - 11
Clarence Adams
The episode introduces Clarence Adams, a Vermont farmer who dreamed of becoming a detective and stumbled into a real crime story in 1902.
Jul 13, 2019·28m - 12
The McCaffrey Murders
Jun 27, 2019·36m