Episodes

When we left off with my friend Cee’s story in Part 1, we heard how after decades of stress and anxiety caused by the four sexual assaults committed by Father Charles Sullivan — in 1981 — she decided to seek justice, and she retained the services of a law firm to deal with the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts. If you haven’t listened to (or read) Part One, I recommend you do before you listen to the rest of this episode.At the end of Part 1, it was September 2, 2020 and Cee had j...

This episode includes a disturbing account about a series of sexual assaults of a 12-year-old girl, in the year 1981, by a then-45-year-old Catholic priest from Springfield, Massachusetts named Charles Sullivan. This episode is not suitable for kids or the extremely sensitive.Episode 16 of Unholy Fathers features the voice of a woman I’m calling Cee to protect her anonymity. Cee is a very sweet person. She’s in her mid 50s, and has worked in the corrections sector in western Massachusetts ever...

This is the prelude to my upcoming new true crime podcast Fake Shaman about a con-witch who moved to Maine with dollar signs in her eyes and psychedelic mushrooms in her Coach bag. Be sure to sign up at fakeshaman.com for the latest news and notification when this 10-part series premieres in March.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hear a sad tale from "Sarah," the long-suffering wife of one of Richard Lavigne's victims. She tells us about her husband's abuse at the hands of the murderer-priest and the impact it had their family. And how it got worse after Lavigne died and the murderer-priest, once again, became the center of media attention. For more visit crashbarry.comHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the night of May 21, 2021, the unpunished murderer and former Catholic priest Richard Lavigne died at the age of 80 from COVID. The local district attorney claimed he was getting ready to arrest the former priest and charge him with Danny Croteau's murder, but since Lavigne was now dead, the DA now considers the case closed. On this episode of Unholy Fathers (originally aired June '21)Crash discusses the news of the death of this notorious child molester with the anonymous author of the Hell'...

In what was supposed to be the season finale of Unholy Fathers, we tie up some loose ends and visit the spot where Danny Croteau was murdered on April 14th, 1972. Since this episode first aired in Feb. 2020, there's been a couple major developments. Read more at crashbarry.com.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest episode of Unholy Fathers is much different than the previous 11, thanks to the calming presence of my high school classmate Cat, who is the youngest sister of Danny Croteau, the 13-year-old altar boy murdered by then-Rev. Richard Lavigne in April 1972, under a bridge on the banks of the Chicopee River in western Massachusetts.The interview for this episode was recorded during the summer of 2019. To say I’m thankful to Cat for her time, words and wisdom is an understatement. Cat is ...

A quick refresher on the sins and crimes of Richard Lavigne, the worst of all the bad priests in the Catholic diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts: In 1972, Lavigne murdered Danny Croteau, the sweet and innocent 13-year-old boy who the priest had been molesting for years. Also, we know that Lavigne sexually assaulted multiple dozens of others — mostly altar boys — during the 1970s, 80s and up until 1991. As I explained in the first three episodes (1 2 3) of Unholy Fathers, the Catholic diocese ...

There are only a handful of good priests in the Unholy Fathers saga of the sins and crimes committed by the child-raping clergy of Springfield, Massachusetts. From Bishop Thomas Dupre to Richard Lavigne to the scores of other “credibly accused,” most of the alleged holy men I’ve reported on are actual devils and dirtbags.In Episode 10, though, we hear the story of Rev. James Scahill, or “Father Jim,” as he was known to his adoring parishioners at St. Michael’s Parish in East Longmeadow. He was...

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Before discussing Part 4 of Father X’s story of sins and crimes from my Unholy Fathers podcast, here’s a New Year’s prediction: In early January, Donald Trump will doze off during an “Alien Disclosure” press conference after introducing the secret alliance of Ant-People, Venusians, Grays, Plejaren (aka Pleiadeans) and neo-Anunnaki, who are revealed to be the actual rulers of Planet Earth.At any other time in our country’s history, my prognostication would sound like a bizarre conspiracy theory...

Using the element of surprise, and a bottle of 100 proof bourbon, Crash gets Father X to tell his tale of woe.Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Father X — as of August 2025 — is dead. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, though, the now-deceased priest was alive and busy molesting altar boys while pretending to be a Holy Man. This episode of “Unholy Fathers” explains how X was eventually dismissed from the priesthood. Also, we learn how the frustration and sadness of his victims is eternal. Photo taken about 10 hours before I interviewed X about his life and crimes.Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on ...

This episode is the first of four featuring the very bad Catholic priest I call “Father X” who served at St. Matthew’s Church in Indian Orchard in the mid-1980s. Yesterday I googled him and discovered the former “holy man” died about a month ago at the age of 84.Spoiler alert: in “Father X, part 3 and part 4” you’ll hear a secretly recorded conversation between me and the now-dead priest. After tracking him down to his bed-bug infested subsidized housing and feeding him 100 proof bourbon, I ge...

Compared to the murderer Father Richard Lavigne, Father Charles Sullivan almost seems like a nice guy. But he wasn’t. This is the first of two episodes detailing the life and times of a priest who was arrested on his way to kill the Bishop, among other sins, and committed crimes against children.Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For decades after he brutally beat Danny Croteau to death, Father Richard Lavigne served as a Catholic priest while continuing to rape young boys. In this episode, Lavigne is arrested for molesting two brothers, but a Massachusetts judge gave him a slap on the wrist and no jail time. Despite the efforts by Danny’s family, the media and a handful of police officers, Lavigne was never punished for his crimes.Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See...

In this second episode of Season One of Devils and Dirtbags, we learn of a bizarre Catholic cult on the Connecticut and Massachusetts border that had some pretty weird sexual/spiritual practices. Also, “Mark Baxter,” who experienced years of abuse by Richard Lavigne, is a hero.Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Father Richard Lavigne was the lone suspect in the vicious killing of a 13-year-old altar boy on April 14, 1972 on the banks of the Chicopee River in western Massachusetts. Despite plenty of circumstantial evidence, there was no eyewitness. So the local DA, a devout Catholic and friend of the local Bishop, declined to pursue murder charges.Season One of Devils and Dirtbags is called Unholy Fathers and is a 15-part investigation of the child molesting priests of the Diocese of Springfield, Mass...

Tonight is the 20th annual lowering of a sardine from the roof of an art museum in Eastport, Maine’s easternmost city. (Lubec is the easternmost town.) A lot of people don’t know this, but the now-famous sardine lowering tradition was invented by me and first built in the sculptural form by my sweet wife, Sweetgrass and manifested as an annual event by my “bro,” the conceptual artist known as “Bang-Bangs” during a five-year stint of living and working on the watery U.S.-Canadian border.Now, fo...

Things are getting weird out there. in these days leading to the 2024 election, in Maine and across the country, hard right extremists are trying to destroy democracy. In this episode, we discuss strategies on how to fight the fash, starting with a conversation with author Mira Ptacin about the philosophical concept of “the paradox of tolerance” and how we should not tolerate intolerance. Then we speak to antifascist researcher Kate Ross about her work exposing chuds who try to hide behind masks...

CONTENT WARNING: In this episode of Disinfomaniacs, Crash and Andy discuss Maine millionaire and wannabe gov Eliot Cutler and his arrest and jail sentence for possessing child sex abuse material. Then Crash explains how a flawed assessment protocol was used in court to mitigate Cutler’s punishment. Also, they look at the treatment center for rich folk with “problematic sexual behavior” where Cutler was “treated” and assessed with the same flawed test. And Crash reveals the Harvard “prank” on Nat...

Crash takes a deep dive on why the fishy tale by GOP leader of the Maine House of Representatives of a rogue wave, angels and God is scientifically impossible. Also, Crash discusses the sternman's serious injuries due to Billy Bob Faulkingham acting like a fool while taking pics of breaking waves for social media. And how the media, his fellow politicians and his MAGA base swallowed Faulkingham's sea story, hook, line and sinker. Soundbites from WABI, WMTW, WGME, Newscenter 6 and clips from inte...

CW: This episode deals with allegations of sexual abuse, as well as domestic violence, grooming and discusses of heroin addiction. Listener be warned. You'll hear Justin Whynot, the vice-chair of the local Moms for Liberty chapter (and candidate for school board) tell the RSU 14 (Windham and Raymond, Maine) school board on 11/1/2023 that he'd been falsely accused of bad things by his daughter's maternal grandmother and that the allegations were being used against him as a political attack. We sp...

In this episode we cover Hammer-the-chud-cult leader's recent decision about his land in Springfield, Maine and Shawn McB (the creepy dude from Trans-Panic in Maine, Parts 1 and 2) and his run for town council in Hampden Maine. But most importantly, we discuss the Lewiston Massacre, the mass shooting in Maine's second largest city last week. Andy O'Brien explains what was happening on the ground in L/A and Nathan Bernard reports on the on-line coverage and instant disinfo surrounding the tragedy...