{"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 Mark Knapp (Vermont)","slug":"the-murder-of-mark-knapp-vermont","published_at":"2026-01-29T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dark-downeast-1318293/the-murder-of-mark-knapp-vermont","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/5bac1d1b-4bb4-472b-ade7-e5b4d04c3ec5/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=95911e4a-09d8-4ef5-a9d0-8bbf08341312&awEpisodeId=5bac1d1b-4bb4-472b-ade7-e5b4d04c3ec5&feed=LqfhW4oK","summary":"When Mark Knapp’s routine commute home from work one February night in 1984 ended with his car abandoned and his body at the bottom of an old marble quarry, the shock rippled far beyond one family. What followed was not a straight line from crime to justice. Suspects were quickly identified and charged in connection with Mark’s death, but shifting narratives and fragile witnesses fractured the entire foundation of the case just as the truth came into view.","meta_description":"When Mark Knapp’s routine commute home from work one February night in 1984 ended with his car abandoned and his body at the bottom of an old marble quarr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2253,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dark-downeast-1318293/episodes/the-murder-of-mark-knapp-vermont/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-mark-knapp-vermont.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}