If you follow this case closely you may be aware of how frightening the trolls in the online community have become in recent weeks. In the last month, someone created a fake phone number to send journalist Maggie Freleng (and her family) threatening texts. Someone catfishing as a real UMass grad spoke to me over…
On Saturday, I received a message from a man named Michael, who claimed to have bumped into Maura Murray an hour prior to her disappearance, in Woodsville, in the company of two other women. He said he was passing through the area to meet up with his friend, whose birthday was that day. I reached…
Author’s note: This article was originally published on December 12, 2014. I am reposting now because I think it directly relates to new info that came in over the weekend. More to come. UPDATE: After a phone conversation, background check, etc. I am still unable to verify that the person who contacted me with this…
Holy moly! The police believed there may have been a tandem driver. A hockey bag of beer is missing – or was she collecting cans for deposit? Give it a listen!
In case you missed it, Maura Murray’s boyfriend, Billy Rausch, imploded on social media last night, attacking Missing Maura Murray podcasters and Maggie Freleng, the journalist from Oxygen’s The Disappearance of Maura Murray, putting them on blast until 5 a.m. Likely, this is the sort of thing that will come out in court when he…
If you haven’t already, give episode 4 of The Prosecutors podcast a listen. First, they discuss how a podcast promoted by the Murray family committed slander in the episodes featuring Guy Paradee (who threatened the life of an NPR reporter last week). But the real takeaway come toward the end of the episode, where host…
Patrick Hinds has a new podcast, Obsessed with Disappeared, in which he revisits some of the best episodes of the Disappeared series. On today’s episode he interviews Maura Murray’s sister, Julie. Hinds will also host a conversation with Julie Murray, live on Instagram, tomorrow night (June 25) at 6 pm ET. Tune in to submit…
There have been rumblings for some time that the New Hampshire Prosecutor’s Office is considering obstruction of justice charges against certain advocates who claim to represent the Murray family, though nothing has come of it to date. One person who works closely with the Murray’s – Erinn Larkin – has pushed the boundaries of interference…
Ahead of his trial on sex abuse charges, Bill Rausch has taken to social media again, promoting an interview with Kate Markopoulos (Maura Murray’s friend from UMass) and trolling people on Reddit. As he continues to grow louder, his victims remain quiet, waiting for the courts. It’s important to know what has already been said…
**UPDATED** Friends of the Murray family are concerned that they have been duped by a man with a magic machine and no one seems to know how much he’s been paid or if those funds came from the GoFundMe account that the public donated to. Apparently, a man named Dr. Arpad Vass has consulted on…