Beneath the Roots: The Murder of Mary Ann Frauzel Mailman

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Episode 365: On a humid August morning in 1873, the quiet, tight-knit community of Baker’s Settlement outside of Bridgewater in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, was shattered by a crime so shocking that it would echo for generations. This is the story of Mary Ann Frauzel Mailman—a woman described by her contemporaries as strikingly beautiful, and by all accounts, a devoted mother—whose life ended violently at the hands of her husband, Peter Mailman. The murder and its aftermath would become one of the most infamous cases in the province’s history, both for its brutality and for the chilling window it offered into the darkness that can lurk behind closed doors. Sources: ⁠cihm_09620⁠⁠The trial of Peter Mailman for the murder of hi...⁠⁠Mary Ann Frauzel Mailman (1826-1873) - Find a...⁠⁠Bloodshed among the berries - 1873 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia⁠⁠Large Fierce Mammal: The Trial of Peter Mailman⁠⁠Capital case, Peter Mailman tried before [Minister of] Justice DesBarnes at Lunenburg⁠⁠Hamilton Spectator -- Deaths, 1873⁠⁠Dec 30, 1873, page 1 - The New York Times at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Dec 10, 1873, page 3 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Dec 05, 1873, page 2 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Nov 27, 1873, page 2 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Oct 24, 1873, page 3 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Oct 21, 1873, page 3 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 26, 1873, page 1 - The Rutland Daily Globe at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 25, 1873, page 2 - The Spirit of Democracy at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 22, 1873, page 1 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 22, 1873, page 3 - Hartford Courant at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 19, 1873, page 3 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Mike here. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.
0:19.1	Welcome back to Dark Putine.
0:21.3	I am Mike Brown here in Langley, British Columbia.
0:26.0	Beautiful Langley, I have voted.
0:28.3	By the time this is released, we will know the results of the election.
0:35.3	Matthew, how are you today?
0:36.9	I'm good. I'm just figuring out, there we go. You were really loud in my ears, Michael.
0:42.3	Oh.
0:43.3	Trying to figure out how to turn down my, my earphones a little bit. I'm good. I just had some
0:49.3	pizza with Jamie Parker, who's a listener and in the yard with her son and her son's girlfriend.
0:57.2	Yep.
0:58.0	Well, that's very nice.
0:59.4	So you're out with Jamie Parker and her son?
1:02.0	Yep.
1:02.6	And his girlfriend.
1:04.0	And yeah, we kind of met sort of via the show.
1:06.4	And she lives Ontario.
1:07.7	She comes out to see him and we meet up to have lunch usually.
1:11.4	Well, let's get on with this one.
1:12.8	This one happens in my hometown, near my hometown, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
1:16.9	So onward and upward.
1:18.0	The views, information, and opinions expressed during the Dark Petin podcast are solely those of the producer and do not necessarily represent those of curious cast.
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