198. ‘Unsolveable’ Alice Hawkes murder solved

About this episode

The episode revisits the Alice Hawkes murder case after an arrest was made, providing new insights and updates.

When we featured Alice Hawkes’ 1987 homicide in Episode 191 as one of our Maine Cold Cases of the 1980s, Maureen declared that it would never be “solved,” though there was s definite suspect. Well, she was wrong! Maine State Police announced an arrest May 8. We revisit the case with many of our questions from February answered and some new information. Rebecca gives the Netflix show “Worst Ex Ever” an NNW review. To check out Maureen’s Maine-based Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea mystery novels, including the award-winning (seriously!) Dying for News, click here . Looking for a cool Crime & Stuff T-Shirt, or another cool shirt designed by Rebecca? Check out her Bonfire shirt site, by clicking here .

People in this episode

Host: Crime&Stuff gals

Topics covered

• cold cases
• true crime
• murder investigation
• law enforcement
• podcast review

Keywords

• Alice Hawkes
• murder
• Maine State Police
• cold case
• true crime podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Maine State Police

Books & works: Dying for News, Worst Ex Ever

Places: Maine

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