Is the TV Show Widow’s Bay Actually Set in Maine?

I recently had the opportunity to get three months of Apple TV for just ten bucks, which, in this day and age, is a steal. So naturally, I went for it. After all, there WAS a new season of Ted Lasso that I couldn’t miss.

Then, when the Emmy Awards were held a few weeks back, all I kept hearing about was the deafening buzz surrounding a quirky little dark comedy/horror show that seemed to be winning a ton of awards. Not wanting to be left out of the pop-culture conversation, I decided to check it out.

That show was Widow's Bay

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The show is about a small island town that seems pretty normal at first, but there’s a lot of creepy stuff hiding underneath. The town is trying to bring in tourists and make some money, while the locals know there’s a dark history to the island and a whole bunch of strange legends surrounding it. As more weird things start happening, it becomes pretty clear that maybe those stories aren’t just stories after all.

It’s basically small-town drama mixed with mystery, creepy secrets, and a little supernatural chaos.

About five episodes in, though, I started thinking something else: Is Widow’s Bay basically a fictional Maine town?

They never actually say the show is set in Maine, but there are plenty of Bar Harbor references, the isolated island setting, and that very specific New England creepiness that Mainers will probably recognize immediately.

And then there’s the Stephen King influence, which makes the Maine connection even harder to ignore. The whole thing feels like a mashup of a Stephen King novel, Jaws, Dark Shadows, and a little New England tourist-town weirdness.

It’s not literally a Stephen King town, and the show may never officially call itself Maine. But if you’re from Maine, I have a feeling you’re going to recognize the vibe.

So, if you’re a Mainer who keeps hearing about Widow’s Bay but hasn’t watched it yet, you might want to give it a shot. Even if you don’t get hooked on the mystery, half the fun is watching it and thinking, “Yep… that looks suspiciously like Maine.”