Episode
The Murder of Abraham Levine and Trial of Eleanor Johnson (Maine)
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- Dark Downeast
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- Mar 5, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2442
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Summary
On a quiet Saturday night in 1931, a 19-year-old cattle dealer sat at his desk to write a check that he never got the chance to finish signing. Investigators were left with more questions than answers – a missing revolver, a name on a check no one could trace, and a household already tangled in rumor and tension. What followed was a shifting investigation, a contested admission, and a trial that forced a small New England city to confront issues of race, reputation, and reasonable doubt.