The Maine Bed & Breakfast Killer // 230

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🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In September of 2006, a grisly murder scene was uncovered in a picturesque farmhouse bed & breakfast in rural Maine. Four people, including the innkeeper and her daughter, were murdered and dismembered by the young cook who lived there, shocking the small town and the entire region. This is the story Julie Bullard, Selby Bullard, Cynthia Beatson, and Jimmy Whitehurst, and it’s also the story of the Maine Bed & Breakfast Killer. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. WJBQ: https://wjbq.com/do-you-remember-the-maine-bed-breakfast-serial-killer/ 2. NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/us/06maine.html#:~:text=On%20Sunday%2C%20Mr.,up%20unexpectedly%20at%20the%20inn. 3. Portland Press Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/850596284/?terms=julie%20bullard&match=1 4. Zillow: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/829-Sunday-River-Rd-Newry-ME-04261/2136561112_zpid/?fbclid=IwAR2uHvIqH3PW0nvmRNx8y3dKZf2KKJ-veOA-3L35YZZMWbIIhGal_sjbRPY 5. Died in House: https://www.facebook.com/diedinhouse/posts/former-black-bear-bed-and-breakfast-mass-murder-and-dismemberment-829-sunday-riv/1871789262979432/ 6. The Boston Globe: http://archive.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/09/07/rent_dispute_may_have_preceded_maine_deaths/?__goto=loginpage 7. Portland Press Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/850596256 8. State of Maine v. Christian Nielsen: https://murderpedia.org/male.N/images/nielsen-christian/maine-v-nielsen.pdf 9. Sun Journal: https://www.sunjournal.com/2006/09/16/troubled-childhood/ 10. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105419041/james-william-whitehurst 11. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105424165/julie-attebury-bullard 12. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15916100/cynthia-ellen-beatson 13. Sea Coast Online: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/portsmouth-herald/2007/05/04/murder-suspect-loses-55-lbs/52908665007/ 14. Mainebiz: https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/inns-grisly-connection-prompts-conversion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on to crime fans? I'm your host T. Aina, I'm your host Daphne, and you're listening to Going West.
0:20.7	Welcome, welcome everybody. Thank you for tuning in to Going West today. Hope you're all having a splendid end of your week.
0:28.0	As you guys know by now I really like covering new England cases. Oh yes we do know.
0:32.9	And you know, and they did a very random Google search at some point this year and found this case that we're talking about today.
0:38.8	And it's a shocking one. It's very shocking and it's also kind of has to do with Liberty Weekend, which is cool as well.
0:46.4	It does, and here we are. And here we are. And here we are. And we're closing in on Liberty Weekend. That's right.
0:50.4	Well do we have anything else to report?
0:52.8	Oh not so much to report this week. We are excited to go camping. I'm really excited. Yeah we're going to go camping this week and I'm so excited.
1:00.4	We're going to spend time with family, eat like a billion hot dogs and drink about a billion beers. That's what we do. That's what we do.
1:07.6	Alright guys, this is episode 230 of Going West. So let's get into it.
1:26.4	In September of 2006, a grizzly murder scene was uncovered in a picturesque farmhouse bed and breakfast in rural Maine.
1:45.2	Four people, including the inkeeper and her daughter, were murdered and dismembered by the young cook who lived there, shocking the small town and the entire region.
1:58.0	This is the story of Julie Bullard, Selby Bullard, Cynthia Beatson and Jimmy Whitehurst. And it's also the story of the main bed and breakfast killer.
2:28.0	The black bear bed and breakfast was opened in a sprawling farmhouse built in 1830 in Newri Maine.
2:35.6	Newri is a quaint ski resort town that only hosts about 400 full-time residents sitting about an hour and a half west of the coast.
2:44.8	And speaking of ski resorts, the town is known for the Sunday River Ski Resort, which is one of Maine's largest and most popular ski hills.
2:53.2	Newri is just about 30 minutes from the border of the state of New Hampshire and also about an hour and a half northwest of Maine's capital city of Augusta.
3:04.0	The bed and breakfast had a prime location situated right on the banks of the ski resort's name-sake, the Sunday River.
3:11.2	You guys should really go look at a photo of this bed and breakfast because it's beautiful and we definitely post it photos everywhere.
3:18.4	Yeah, it looks like a gorgeous place and kind of like just like a picturesque vacation spot.
3:23.4	Yeah, it's super quaint. So the rustic six-bedroom, six-bathroom property at 829 Sunday River Road,
3:31.7	boasted over 4,600 square feet and was renovated to make plenty of room for guests.
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