The Murder of Kathy Frost (Maine)

Dark Downeast

Audiochuck

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

MAINE MURDER, 1987: 26-year old Kathy Frost scanned the pages of her Bangor Daily News, concluding with a careful assessment of the personals. One ad caught her eye. An active outdoorsman searching for a lasting relationship. Kathy circled the address. Three weeks later, Kathy married the man from the ad. And 21 days after they said "I Do", Kathy Frost Larson died in an apparent accidental fall from Otter Cliff in Acadia National Park. But Mr. Larson's story wasn't adding up.

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0:00.0	26 year old
0:05.0	old Kathy Frost delicately turned the pages of her Bangor Daily News.
0:10.0	It was her morning ritual of scanning local stories and national headlines that then concluded with a careful assessment of the personal ads.
0:20.0	The year was 1987, decades before the online dating and matchmaking app advancements that we know today.
0:27.5	Kathy was lonely. She longed for a partner, a companion.
0:32.0	The other half of herself that movies told her she was
0:34.8	supposed to find by this point in her life. She owned her own home and she had a
0:40.0	good job as a nurse's aide in the Dexter nursing home, but despite all that Kathy had going for her, she was deeply insecure.
0:49.0	She scanned the short column reading each new posting,
0:54.0	Farm-oriented male seeking mature, attractive, honest, and fun-loving female companion
1:01.0	25 to 40 years old, likes children, quiet weeknights at home, and exciting
1:06.6	weekends out.
1:08.8	Sinceer Man 30s, humorous, attractive, positive, professional seeks a sincere, trim, interesting, uncomplicated woman.
1:18.0	Discrete introductions in your area, successful since 1972.
1:24.0	I should note they spelled discrete wrong.
1:27.0	And then the next listing.
1:30.0	Construction worker 37, 5 pounds, active outdoorsman,
1:38.0	seeks compatible childless lady, 20 to 35 years old for lasting relationship.
1:45.0	Lasting relationship.
1:47.0	More than quiet weeknights and exciting weekends,
1:50.0	more than a humorous 30-something searching for his uncomplicated match,
1:55.0	and definitely more than a misspelled discrete introduction.
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