{"podcast":{"title":"Dark Downeast","slug":"dark-downeast-1318293","podcast_index_feed_id":1318293,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/LqfhW4oK","website_url":"simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7d68c467-d3d7-41c3-b7c0-92218b530432/fff54d98-91fb-42da-8847-75e4ee6c7579/3000x3000/dark-downeast-show-art-3000px-1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Audiochuck","episode_count":271,"summary":"Dark Downeast: Maine and New England's True Crime Podcast digs into the decades-old and modern day cases that prickle the history of Vacationland and beyond – the unsolved homicides, undetermined deaths, unexplained disappearances and other dark stories of New England. Investigative journalist and storyteller Kylie Low gets straight to the story with a mix of narrated episodes and documentary style production featuring interviews with surviving family and friends and insight on the investigations from detectives and sources who know these cases best. This is heart-centered, ethical true crime, bringing light to stories you’re not hearing on other podcasts. It is Dark Downeast's mission to honor the legacy of the humans at the heart of each story and bring new attention to the cases still awaiting justice.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dark-downeast-1318293"},"episode":{"title":"The Murder of Debra Stone (Rhode Island)","slug":"the-murder-of-debra-stone-rhode-island","published_at":"2026-02-12T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dark-downeast-1318293/the-murder-of-debra-stone-rhode-island","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dark-downeast-1318293","url":"https://darkdowneast.com/","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/fxUKVg2nSMaPSHLeKNKH/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rsv.simplecastaudio.com/95911e4a-09d8-4ef5-a9d0-8bbf08341312/episodes/55c89d41-1501-48e1-af0b-3ff6bf9b9cc3/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=95911e4a-09d8-4ef5-a9d0-8bbf08341312&awEpisodeId=55c89d41-1501-48e1-af0b-3ff6bf9b9cc3&feed=LqfhW4oK","summary":"For more than forty years, Debra Stone’s murder lingered in the uneasy space between knowing and proving. An informant came forward early on with a story that, in hindsight, mapped almost every detail of what happened to her, yet the case drifted through the decades, weighed down by doubt, fear, and a single failed polygraph that stalled momentum. When investigators finally reopened the file in the 21st century, it wasn’t modern DNA science that brought clarity. The evidence had already been there. What the case needed was the will to look again and confront the truth that should have been acted on long ago.","meta_description":"For more than forty years, Debra Stone’s murder lingered in the uneasy space between knowing and proving. An informant came forward early on with a story…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2403,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dark-downeast-1318293/episodes/the-murder-of-debra-stone-rhode-island/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dark-downeast-1318293/the-murder-of-debra-stone-rhode-island.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}