The Murder of Charlotte A. Dunn (Maine)

Dark Downeast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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MAINE, 1971: The quiet of a dark late spring evening in Bangor, Maine was interrupted by frightened screams inside an Otis Street Apartment building. Though several residents would later report hearing the sounds of a woman in distress, no one called for help, no one picked up the phone to dial the police, and no one checked in on their downstairs neighbor, 84-year old Charlotte Dunn, until the next morning when help would be a lost cause. Police had a prime suspect for Charlotte Dunn’s murder from the very first day of the investigation, but they’d need to pull some crafty police work to secure the hard evidence against him. Crafty, or maybe questionable police work, depending on who you asked at the time. A rampant rumor mill, contentious evidence, and a slippery suspect made for a complicated investigation as Bangor Police worked jointly with the Maine State Police Homicide division on a case for the very first time. Charlotte Dunn would see justice, but not without a fight.

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0:00.0	On Monday, May 31st, 1971, the quiet of a dark late spring evening in Bangor,
0:08.8	Maine was interrupted by frightened screams inside an Otis Strait apartment building.
0:14.8	Though several residents would later report hearing the sounds of a woman in distress,
0:19.7	no one called for help.
0:21.3	No one picked up the phone to dial the police and no one
0:24.3	checked in on their downstairs neighbor 84-year-old Charlotte Dunn until the next
0:29.1	morning when help would be a lost cause.
0:33.0	Police had a prime suspect for Charlotte Dunn's murder
0:35.9	the very first day of the investigation,
0:39.0	but they'd need to pull some crafty police work
0:41.3	to secure the hard evidence against him. Crafty or maybe questionable
0:46.7	police work, depending on who you asked at the time. A rampant rumor mill evidence, and a slippery suspect made for a complicated investigation as Bangor police worked jointly with the main State Police homicide division on a case for the first time.
1:03.0	Charlotte Dunn would see justice, but not without a fight.
1:07.0	I'm Kylie Lowe, and this is the case of Charlotte Dunn, on Dark Down East. On Dark Down East.
1:13.0	On the night of May 31st, 1971,
1:15.0	a young mother's ears picked up an unusual sound.
1:28.1	She was accustomed to the wimpers and cries of her infant.
1:31.4	She even learned to interpret a hungry cry from a pained or tired one,
1:35.2	but the noise she heard wasn't any of those sounds and they weren't coming from
1:40.3	her baby. She later described what she heard to Bangor Daily News writer
1:45.0	John Day. First she heard screams with a loud banging and then quote,
1:50.8	low growling sounds like an animal or some kind of wild dog, end quote.
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