Al Brady was the FBI's most wanted criminal when he was shot and killed in Bangor, Maine on October 12, 1937. But what led this evil man from Indianapolis to his death in Maine's Queen City? Welcome to the Jumping Frenchmen Podcast

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Music by Daniel Carlton from Pixabay

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-brady-gang

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1999/09/in-praise-of-movie-ticket-prices.html#:~:text=Observe%20that%20in%20constant%20dollars,constant%20dollars%2C%20during%20the%201970s.

https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/31604

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2010/05/31/news/bangor/students-eager-to-share-local-history/

Scee, Trudy Irene. Public Enemy Number One: The True Story of the Brady Gang. Down East Books, 2015.

The Countdown continues as Joe Visits Lincoln county

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Maine

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/maine/creepy-haunted-theater-me/

https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/exploring-folklore-legends-and-ghosts-jeff-belanger/22032

Latimer, Greg. Ghosts of the Boothbay Region. Haunted America, 2015.

https://wcyy.com/a-remote-island-in-maine-may-be-home-to-ancient-buried-treasure/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/maine/fort-haunted-ghost-me/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemaquid_Point_Light

https://www.nelights.com/blog/haunted-pemaquid-light-and-strange-coincidence-of-shipwrecks/#gsc.tab=0

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The fourth episode of Jumping Frenchman Podcast’s Haunted County Countdown ( I regret this title every time I type it)  is here and it’s all about Sagadahoc county. We talk about a Witch’s curse on a haunted cemetery, a haunted church and the grizzly murder caused by a lighthouse keeper gone MAD.

If you have any stories you want Joe to tell, contact the show at Neatmooseproductions@gmail.com or on the official Jumping Frenchman Podcast facebook page. You can also follow the show on twitter (Even though Joe Rarely posts there)

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagadahoc_County,_Maine

https://wcyy.com/this-haunted-maine-lighthouse-holds-a-dark-and-chilling-secret/

https://www.pressherald.com/2017/10/24/ghosts-of-seguin-island-light/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seguin_Light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowdoin,_Maine

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/north-bowdoin-cemetery-cemetery-in-the-pit/

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/wp-content/uploads/242166-1.jpeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K62-JIVnEE

https://www.pressherald.com/2014/03/21/old_church_paranormal_tour_takes_in_old_haunts__/

Haunted County Countdown Week 3 features 4 stories from Androscoggin county:

Riverside Cemetery

Auburn Public Library

Route 26

Poland Spring Resort

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androscoggin_County,_Maine

Souliere, Michelle. Strange Maine: TRUE Tales from the Pine Tree State. History Press, 2010.

http://www.libbyfamily.org/Spring2014JLFANews.pdf

https://www.sunjournal.com/2012/10/25/ghost-hunter-haunted-auburn-library/

https://www.sunjournal.com/2009/08/06/spectral-lady-hitches-ride-vanishes/

https://www.hauntedbarguide.com/the-poland-spring-inn-poland-maine/

Buy Michelle Souliere's book here:  https://greenhandbookshop.com/collections/maine-books/products/strange-maine-true-tales-from-the-pine-tree-state-signed

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On this episode of the Jumping Frenchmen podcast, Joe takes a look at some of the many haunted places in Cumberland County as the Haunted County Countdown continues.

Sources:

http://www.jamesontavern.com/about-us/spooky-history

http://www.jamesontavern.com/about-us/history

http://www.harpswellhistorical.org/students/book/deadship.htm

https://wcyy.com/some-believe-that-an-old-ghost-ship-still-haunts-casco-bay-in-maine/

http://hauntedhouses.com/maine/mclellan-sweat-house/

http://hauntedhouses.com/maine/charles-q-clapp-house/

Sound effects from Freesound

https://freesound.org/people/hackerb9/sounds/555246/

https://freesound.org/people/yfjesse/sounds/424150/

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Joe counts down 16 weeks and 16 Counties until Halloween. This week, York County

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Sources:

https://www.nelights.com/blog/hauntings-at-boon-island-lighthouse-in-maine/#gsc.tab=0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_County,_Maine

https://z1073.com/32-haunted-places-of-maine/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogunquit_Playhouse

https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20081029/LIFE/810290331

Zwicker, Roxie J. Haunted York County: Mystery and Lore from Maine's Oldest Towns. Haunted America, 2010.

The show returns from a hiatus with a new energy and happy outlook as Joe talks about the upcoming 16 Haunted County Countdown starting Next week on July 17th 

If YOU have a spooky ghost story you want to hear on the podcast, contact the show, at Neatmooseproductions@gmail.com or on the Jumping Frenchmen Podcast Facebook page

In this very special episode for LGBT+ Pride Month, Joe tells the story of Charlie Howard, an openly gay man who was murdered in Bangor Maine in 1984

Trigger warning from 06:45 -8:45

Sources:

https://www.fosters.com/news/20190701/portsmouth-to-honor-life-and-legacy-of-charlie-howard

https://www.fosters.com/news/20190707/celebrating-life-of-charlie-howard

https://worldqueerstory.org/tag/interweave/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/10/Gay-community-unites-in-aftermath-of-homosexual-slaying/5914458280000/

https://web.archive.org/web/20090809135800/http://geocities.com/katsuyo_chan04/roseforcharlie.html

http://external.bangordailynews.com/projects/2014/06/charlie/#.YLbLY_lKjIV

https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20190701/portsmouth-to-honor-life-and-legacy-of-charlie-howard

Many thanks to the folks at Seacoast NH LGBT History Project, you can find them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Portsnh/ as well as Sarah Cornell and Bob Lister. I honestly couldn’t have done this without you.

Please consider donating to one or more of these LGBT organizations and charities:

Maine Health and Equity Alliance: https://heal.salsalabs.org/donate/index.html

Equality Maine: https://equalitymaine.org/donate

Out Maine: https://outmaine.org/support/donate/

Seacoast Outright: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/OutrightPRIDE

GLAD: https://donate.glad.org/give/123741/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=webheader

The Human Rights Campaign :https://give.hrc.org/page/62714/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=or_gnr_hrc_homepage2020

The Trevor Project :https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/330001/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=pride2021&c_src2=headerDonate

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