About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "A Private Matter, Episode 5" from Bear Brook covers the search for answers about a man named Jay's disappearance, with the investigation turning to the one person left who might know what happened: his wife, Patty. The episode frames her as the final remaining source for the truth behind his vanishing.
Hosts and release
Jason Moon hosts Bear Brook, a true crime podcast produced by New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) that investigates the Bear Brook murders in New Hampshire through the lens of cold case work and genetic genealogy. The show runs for one season of six episodes, having first been released on October 3, 2018, with new episodes published weekly. It is available on NHPR.org, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms.
This fifth installment, titled Private Matter, runs 47 minutes and centers the narrative on Jay's wife as the investigation narrows its focus. As with the rest of the series, the episode is produced by the Document team at New Hampshire Public Radio, continuing the show's approach of pairing dogged reporting with modern forensic genealogy techniques to chase down answers that have otherwise gone cold.
