A Civil War veteran who claimed he could photograph the dead. Bainbridge P. Brown, a former Company D soldier, rose to fame as a spirit photographer, using his "charmed" camera to convince grieving families that their lost loved ones had returned from beyond the grave. But two photography experts exposed his deception and destroyed his reputation. Episode 19, “The Ghost Photographer,” follows Brown from Civil War hospitals to Boston's photography studios, and finally to a mysterious death in the Maine woods.

Bainbridge P. Brown deserted from Company D of the Third Maine, yet somehow secured a medical discharge. He may have been gay in an era when such relationships were kept secret. He built a successful career as a studio photographer in Bath and Boston before turning to spirit photography, claiming his charmed camera could capture images of the dead. Then his world caved in. The full episode, "The Ghost Photographer," drops on October 28.

Did former corporal Albert S. Merry kill his wife? In our second Company D Noir episode, we investigate a bitter marriage. While Albert spent most of his time living at the Old Soldiers' Home in Togus, Maine, his wife, Nancy, lived nearby in poverty. They fought over his military pension. They accused each other of physical and mental abuse. And then, on the coldest night of 1907, Nancy was found dead in her woodshed.

A dead wife. A bitter marriage. A husband with motive and opportunity. In 1907, former Company D corporal Albert S. Merry found his estranged wife, Nancy, frozen to death in her woodshed. Authorities ruled her death as a heart attack. But Nancy had accused Albert of violence, threats, and infidelity, and her daughter believed her mother was the victim of foul play. Did Albert kill his wife? Episode 18, The Merry Affair, arrives October 14.

Three brothers went to war, but not on the same side. James and Charles Couillard fought for the Union, while their brother John worked on a Louisiana slave plantation and joined the Confederate Army. At Fredericksburg, their divided paths converged on the same battlefield. Episode 17 follows the Couillard brothers from Bath, Maine, through slavery, war, capture, and a family divide that would never fully heal.

Three Maine brothers. Loyalties divided between the Union and the Confederacy. One battlefield. James and Charles Couillard fought for the Third Maine. Their brother John worked on a slave plantation and joined the Sixth Louisiana. At Fredericksburg, they clashed head-to-head, with consequences that would widen their divide forever. Episode 17, Union Brothers, Slaver Brother, arrives September 30.

Born into one of Bath, Maine’s wealthiest families, James H. Tallman enlisted in the Union Army as a private and quickly rose to major. But money and connections couldn’t protect him from his own reckless behavior. Episode 16 traces Tallman’s remarkable rise and fall through two court-martials, scandal, dismissal, and an early death that brought one of Maine’s most prominent families crashing back to earth.

Born into wealth and privilege, James H. Tallman enlisted as a private in Company D of the Third Maine and quickly rose through the ranks to become a major in the Union Army. But Tallman’s confidence became recklessness and led to not one court-martial, but two in less than two years. Episode 16, The Poor Little Rich Boy, arrives September 16.