Douglas J. Parent: The Most Important Man in Waldoboro

Dark Downeast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

WALDOBORO, MAINE 1983: Who killed well-known Waldoboro figure Douglas J. Parent? And why? His case has been on the Maine Unsolved Homicide list for decades, and one rumor about what happened the night of October 2, 1983 has circulated nearly as long. In this special episode of Dark Downeast, you’ll get to know Doug Parent through his own words and voice and we’ll dig into the whispered theory that even some inside the law enforcement community believe could hold pieces of the truth, if only they could prove it.

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0:00.0	This is side one of the case that tape with the interview with Douglas J. Parent in the
0:08.2	only side.
0:10.7	It was a Sunday afternoon in April of 1977.
0:16.2	University of Maine student Richard Petrovets sat down at the table with his subject and
0:21.0	hit record on the cassette player.
0:23.1	This is Sunday April 24th and having an interview with Douglas J. Parent who owns the Walde
0:29.0	Burrow News stand in Walde Burrow, Maine.
0:32.2	My name is Richard Petrovets and I'm also from Walde Burrow.
0:36.9	The interview was part of the coursework for COM 101, speaker audience communication at
0:42.6	the University of Maine, Agasta.
0:46.1	Students were documenting the stories of Maine in a collection of oral history, and 58-year-old
0:51.8	Douglas J. Parent had stories to tell.
0:55.3	Okay, my name is Douglas J. Parent, but I'm known as DJ.
1:00.7	I am a native state of Maine, born in Waterville, March 24th, 1919.
1:09.2	Doug talked about his time in the Army, his career, his decision to strike out on his own
1:15.4	and open Walde Burrow News stand.
1:18.8	Richard asked Doug about life in Lincoln County in the mid 20th century.
1:22.9	How things had changed since he first came to Walde Burrow and what hadn't.
1:28.8	And then Richard asked Doug, this.
1:32.6	What do you think about any of the crime around here?
1:36.7	Was there any bad crimes that you could never remember?
1:40.2	Well, I mean, that's a test you said, no, there's no never been a major crime committed
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