Forever Fourteen: The Murder of Christopher Rines

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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1991 - Pittsfield, Maine. 14-year-old Christopher Rines wasn't a bad kid. He skipped school a lot and snuck out at night, but he wasn't a bad kid. In April of 1991, after a night out with friends gone wrong, Christopher disappeared. And the local police department in Pittsfield, Maine wrote him off as a teenage runaway. But the weeks passed with no sign of Christopher... until his jacket showed up in the water of Mill Pond in the center of town, and everyone begins fearing the worst. This month marks the 30th anniversary since Christopher's murder. His case still remains unsolved. If you know anything about the murder of Christopher Rines, I urge you to leave a tip to the Maine State Major Crimes Unit Central. Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast Support the show here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is murder she told.
0:04.0	True crime story. This is Murder She Told. True Crime Stories from Maine, New England, and small town
0:17.4	USA. I'm your host Kristen Sevy. You can connect with me and suggest your
0:22.3	hometown crime at Murder She Told.com and follow me on
0:25.8	Instagram at Murder She Told Podcast. In the late 80s and early 90s, one of the most popular video games in the world was Mike Tyson's punch out for Nintendo NES Home System.
0:50.0	Gen X Boys would embody the spirit of Little Mac, the underdog hero fighter through their controller,
0:57.0	fighting their way through the ranks to the finale, the dream fight, where they would take on the one and only heavyweight champion of the world
1:05.6	from the comfort of their living room Mike Tyson with his lightning fast
1:11.4	punches and quick reflexes that resembled his real life fighting style,
1:15.8	Mike Tyson was a difficult opponent and beating him gave you serious bragging rights amongst your friends.
1:23.2	But it was no simple task.
1:25.3	You had to memorize the fighting patterns,
1:27.7	maybe even write it down,
1:29.3	so you wouldn't forget in hopes that today
1:31.8	would be the day that you finally beat Mike Tyson.
1:35.0	Fourteen-year-old Christopher Rines held those bragging rights,
1:40.0	proud that he was one of the only ones amongst his friends who knew the secret to beating the game.
1:46.0	And if you got lucky enough, he might just show you how to beat it too.
1:50.0	A group of young teen boys huddled in front of the television while Chris showed them the results of his hard work.
1:58.0	I grew up about a 10 minute drive from where Christopher lived.
2:02.0	I imagine the tiny town of Pittsfield, Maine in
2:05.3	1991 looked almost exactly the same as it does today. The $3 cheap seats movie theater and Rennies, a main adventure, were staples of the town center.
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