Midwest Murder

Jonah Lantto & Dawn Palumbo with the Good Talk Network

We’ve all heard the phrase ‘that kind of thing doesn’t happen in our town’, but here on Midwest Murder, we will shatter that false reality. In fact, it happens more often than we know, and sometimes the details of the most horrific crimes that happen in our neighborhoods are lost in the back pages of newspapers, forgotten on our news channels, and eventually erased over time.

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Today · 30 min
Maybe Plan C Will Work: One Voice E2
No Banter. No live audience. Just one host, in studio with a microphone. This is Midwest Murder: One Voice. Maybe Plan C Will Work A husband, after multiple affairs and swindling women and businesses, comes up with a few different plans for his girlfriend to kill his wife. Victim: Barbara McDowell Location: Tea, SD
November 2 · 1 hr 3 min
A Mother Erased E157
A message from beyond the grave casts suspicion on the untimely death of a loving mother. What follows is a nearly 25 year effort to convict the person behind it all. Recorded live with a fantastic audience at the Icon Lounge in Sioux Falls, SD. Episode title submitted by: Kayci H. Location: WI Victim: Julie Jensen
October 26 · 49 min
The Surprise Vacation: One Voice E1
No Banter. No live audience. Just one host, in studio with a microphone. The Surprise Vacation In the last week of July 1993, five people walked out of their lives in Northern Iowa and did not come back. A single mom, her two little girls, and two men who knew too much. On paper, they hadn't been murdered. It would take seven years and one of the most prolific informants in Iowa history to uncover the truth. Victims: Lori Duncan, Kandace, Amber, Greg Nicholson, Terry DeGeus The solo side of
October 19 · 59 min
Alice in Murderland E156
A woman sends her mother the same simple message every morning, the one that means she’s okay. On December 21, 2020, it arrives right on time, and then she is never heard from again. Her house is locked, her car hasn’t moved, and the man living in her basement says he hasn’t seen her in days.
October 5 · 1 hr 22 min
The Should've Used Autocorrect Killer E155
A globally recognized religious figure comes under public scrutiny, they suddenly start to receive menacing emails, the emails then become physical letters with escalating threats, but there's just one strange thing about it all: the threats are directed at the family of one of her employees. Recorded with a pajama party packed house at 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in Newtown, ND. Episode title submitted by: Alexis W. Location: Illinois Victims: Sheri, Garret, Gavin Coleman
September 21 · 1 hr 2 min
Trial by Fire E154
For years the beatings didn't stop, the police wouldn't help, and the courts looked the other way. Then one night something broke, and she set the bedroom on fire while he slept, then drove straight to the sheriff's office to confess. It's the story of the marriage, the night it ended, and the trial that helped change how the country treats domestic violence. Victim: James “Mickey” Hughes Location: Dansville, MI
September 7 · 1 hr 5 min
The Home Depot Creepo E153
When first responders arrive to the scene of a terrible accident to find a man crushed and burned by his own truck, the tragedy seems to explain itself, but questions arise when the coroner can't identify the body. Recorded with a packed house at Phat Fish Brewing in Dickinson, ND. Episode title submitted by: Emily H. Location: Illinois Victim: Justin Newman
August 24 · 1 hr 4 min
The Only Witness E152
In November 1973, five teenagers rode out to Gitchie Manitou to sit around a fire. Only one came back, and at first, no one believed what she said had happened out there. It’s the story of the night at the park, the three brothers behind it, and a motive that never once added up. Victims: Roger Essem, Stewart Baade, Dana Baade, Michael Hadrath Location: Gitchie Manitou State Park, Iowa
August 10 · 1 hr 19 min
Find the Helpers E151
**Added Content Advisory** On a quiet spring morning in 1927, a small Michigan farm town became the site of the deadliest attack ever carried out on an American school and almost nobody has heard of it. For over a year, one of the town's own trusted neighbors moved through his community completely unnoticed, right up until the moment everything changed forever.
July 27 · 1 hr 1 min
Half a Mile From Home E150
In July of 2016, a twenty-year-old woman went for a bike ride home in rural Ohio and never made it. Investigators found her bike in a cornfield within hours, but it would take three days and a chance conversation with a neighbor to uncover the truth about what happened to her. And the man responsible had done something almost identical twenty-six years earlier.
July 13 · 1 hr 16 min
Music City Ides of March E149
After falling in love while attending college in the Midwest, a promising young couple relocates to Nashville to live happily ever after. It doesn't take long for the relationship to start crumbling, and when it does, the wife suddenly leaves for an impromptu vacation.
June 29 · 56 min
Not the One They Thought E148
In 1986, a thirty-eight year old woman was found murdered in a small Minnesota town. For decades the prime suspect was the man closest to her. It would be thirty-three years before anyone in law enforcement knew who actually killed her.
June 15 · 1 hr 42 min
Something Was Very Wrong E147
Behind the facade of a family man, church leader, soccer coach, and respected member of the community hides a vile, cruel, and sadistic serial killer.
June 1 · 57 min
Favorite Spot in the Yard E146
A young pregnant woman is shot in her bed before sunrise in rural Iowa. Her husband says he was in the shower when it happened, and he has a name ready for who he thinks did it. But nothing about this case ends up being as simple as it first appears.
May 18 · 1 hr 4 min
Eye Care About You E145
A woman dies alone in her recliner, surrounded by pills, with no signs of struggle and no obvious suspects. What investigators find in her bloodstream months later changes everything. The story of Lynn Hernan is about poison, a quarter million dollars, and the specific kind of trust that takes a lifetime to build and one person to weaponize.
May 4 · 58 min
Failure to Launch E144
A Wisconsin couple leaves for a holiday weekend and never comes home. Their son has all the answers, except the truth. And by the time investigators figure out why, it’s already too late.
April 20 · 57 min
Fundraising for Murder E143
A beloved pregnant teacher is found shot dead in her St. Louis apartment — no forced entry, no gunshot heard, and a strange residue splattered across the bedroom walls. Her boyfriend, a school principal, called 911, but that's not the only call he made.
April 6 · 56 min
Hello, My Name is Eric E142
A man pulls over on a bridge in Detroit and reports finding a body in the river below. At first, he’s just a witness. But as more victims are discovered and survivors come forward, investigators begin to realize they may have already met the man they’re looking for.
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March 23 · 1 hr 6 min
To Love is to Kill E141
A late-night pickup turns into a nightmare in a Green Bay basement. What followed was a confession so disturbing it left no mystery; only the question of how chaos, drugs, and violence collided so completely. Location: Wisconsin Victim: Shad Thyrion
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March 9 · 50 min
E140: Know Your Friends
FAN MAIL TEXT HOTLINE On a walking trail near an abandoned mine pit in northern Minnesota, investigators discovered a burned body with a broken knife blade still lodged in the chest. What began as a grim scene in the woods quickly led detectives back to a small apartment in Hibbing, where bloodstains conflicting stories, and a recliner told a far more complicated story. Sponsored in part by https://www.lilaclanemedia.com/ Support the show https://linktr.ee/midwestmurderpod

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