The Tangled Mystery of Shirley McAvoy

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

1990 - Pittsfield, Maine. Shirley McAvoy had been missing for over a month when her estranged husband showed up to winterize her mobile home in Pittsfield, Maine in October of 1990. When he opened the door, he had no idea of the horrifying crime scene awaiting him inside. Shirley was last seen with a mystery man who called himself "Jerry", and the day she went missing, this mystery man was seen driving her red 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme alone. When Shirley's body is discovered, police know they have a murder on their hands, and a person of interest to find. Tune in to this tangled mystery of the murder of Shirley McAvoy, an unsolved case that travels all the way to the bottom of the eastern seaboard. Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast and on Facebook Support the show here If you know anything about the murder of Shirley McAvoy, I urge you to leave a tip with the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England, and small town USA.
0:18.4	I'm your host, Kristen Zeevy.
0:20.6	You can connect with me and suggest your hometown crime at MurderSheTold.com and follow me on Instagram
0:26.7	at MurderSheTold podcast.
0:34.7	Brian McAvoy hadn't seen or heard from his estranged wife Shirley in almost two months.
0:40.7	He had reported her missing a little over a month ago in August.
0:44.6	And last he heard, there was a man staying with her just before her disappearance.
0:49.8	He may have suspected that they went on a long trip together, but this seemed a little
0:54.4	too long.
0:55.9	Her red 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, which was actually registered to him, hadn't
1:01.4	been seen at her home or in town since, nor had her two dogs.
1:06.5	It was now the 3rd of October, and if nobody was going to be living inside her house
1:11.0	in Pittsfield, Maine, the pipes would need to be drained as the cold weather settled
1:15.3	in.
1:16.3	He decided to stop by the mobile home he used to share with her on Berry Road and winterize
1:21.2	it.
1:22.2	As the pipe burst from freezing, he suspected that he would be stuck paying for the repairs.
1:29.2	The house was strangely dark.
1:32.0	Curtains from the kitchen had been moved into the living room, blocking any light from
1:36.3	the windows that faced the road.
1:38.8	Brian wasn't as familiar with the new furniture Shirley had bought herself after they separated
1:44.1	to get rid of the reminders of her old life, but he knew that there was something strange.
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