{"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":291,"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":"2026-09-18T14:24:58.556943+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dark-downeast-1318293"},"episode":{"title":"The Murder of Martha Brailsford (Massachusetts)","slug":"the-murder-of-martha-brailsford-massachusetts","published_at":"2026-07-02T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dark-downeast-1318293/the-murder-of-martha-brailsford-massachusetts","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/63da50fc-e593-400d-9411-27e308c0ed53/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=95911e4a-09d8-4ef5-a9d0-8bbf08341312&awEpisodeId=63da50fc-e593-400d-9411-27e308c0ed53&feed=LqfhW4oK","summary":"On a Friday afternoon in July of 1991, Martha Brailsford told friends she was going sailing. In coastal Massachusetts at what is often the peak of summer heat and humidity, that wasn’t unusual. Martha knew the water, and in Salem Willows, boats were part of the everyday landscape. There was no reason to think a simple afternoon sail would become anything else. But when Martha didn’t come home that night, the search for her would expose a man whose stories kept changing, a familiar coastline that suddenly felt unknowable, and a truth hidden somewhere beyond the shoreline.","meta_description":"On a Friday afternoon in July of 1991, Martha Brailsford told friends she was going sailing. In coastal Massachusetts at what is often the peak of summer…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2174,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dark-downeast-1318293/episodes/the-murder-of-martha-brailsford-massachusetts/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-martha-brailsford-massachusetts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}