Midwest Murder
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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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.
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In Prohibition-era Chicago, beer meant power, and power meant enemies. When a high-profile kidnapping shakes the city, Roger “The Terrible” Touhy becomes the perfect villain. What follows is a decades-long battle through courtrooms, prison walls, and a justice system that may not have been looking for the truth at all.
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An employee at a paper mill in Wisconsin was murdered and found inside a pulp vat. What followed was a case shaped by fear, investigative failures, and ended with six people on trial, and even more questions.
Recorded with a fabulous crowd at the Sanctuary Events Center in Fargo, ND.
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A young mother says her toddler pulled the trigger. Months later, another woman disappears. What begins as a domestic tragedy in 1960 Missouri quietly grows into one of the most baffling and enduring mysteries in Midwest crime.
Recorded with a nearly sold out crowd at the Dickens Festival in Garrison, ND
Location: Missouri, Mexico
Victims: James Kinne, Patricia Jo...
What began as the horrendous murder of a beloved elderly woman in Beatrice, Nebraska turned into a case defined by pressure, false confessions, and irreversible consequences. The eventual truth raised troubling questions about how just is pursued and who pays the price when it goes wrong.
Victim: Helen Wilson
Location: Beatrice, Nebraska
Episode title submitted by Michelle Kiefer
On Halloween night, 1975, a young farm family in rural Iowa went to bed and never woke up. What followed was one of the most controversial murder cases in state history; built on a highway timeline, forensic science that no longer exists, and a conviction still debated nearly fifty years later.
Episode title submitted by: Kelly C and Bekah
Recorded live with a fabulous audience at Rhythm City Casino.
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When a Minnesota woman is promoted, thanks to her hard work at a major corporation, a coworker feels he deserves it more and begins bullying her at work. Would he have anything to do with her disappearance and eventual murder?
Victim: Sharon Bloom
Location: Woodbury, MN
Episode title submitted by: Katie Jackson
This episode was recorded at the 109 Club in Lignite, ND
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A woman doctor, a dead daughter-in-law, evidence that doesn't add up, and a confession written on no sleep. In a house full of secrets, the biggest one may have walked free.
Recorded with a fabulous crowd at the Roughrider Center in Watford City, ND.
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A father dies in an accidental shooting while teaching his son gun safety, but the manipulation, gaslighting, and deceit uncovered prove it’s much darker than that.
This episode was recorded at the historic Maddock Opera House in Maddock, ND.
Victim: Robert Breininger
Location: Mark Center, OH
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A quiet Midwestern boy once did the unthinkable. Decades later, in the Florida Keys, that same man built a life so ordinary no one saw the darkness beneath it, until it finally came roaring back.
Recorded in Jamestown, ND in support of Safe Shelter.
Episode title submitted by: Alyssa T.
Location: Indiana, Florida
Victims: Isle Brandt, Michelle Jones, Teresa Helfrich, Sherry Perisho, Darlene Toler
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In 1926, a young woman planned to elope with her beloved to hide a secret pregnancy. But when she never returned home, whispers of romance turned to rumors of murder, and the truth was darker than anyone imagined.
Victim: Clara Olson
Location: Prairie du Chien, WI
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When young female college students start turning up brutally murdered around Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan, fear spreads faster than the investigation. Law enforcement can’t connect the killings. Angry parents turn on the university. A self-proclaimed psychic steps into the spotlight, claiming he can see what police can’t. And while headlines chase hysteria, the real killer moves quietly among them, hiding...
A single mother was brutally murdered in her own home while her children slept upstairs. For years, the case remained unsolved, until a shocking tip revealed a hidden, one-sided rivalry that turned deadly.
Victim: Patti Wolzen
Location: Hastings, NE
***Heads up! The next Midwest Murder episode (episode 129) will release October 6th instead of September 29th.***
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When two healthy retirees die weeks apart of so-called natural causes, their neighbors refuse to buy it. What starts as suspicion in a Midwest retirement village sparks an investigation that unearths arsenic, greed, and a serial killer hiding at the family table.
Victims: Mary Lambert, Marion Mueller, Michael Albanese Sr.
Location: Illinois
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What started as a welfare check in suburban Rochester ended with a chilling crime scene, and an investigation no one saw coming.
This episode was recorded at Oak Park Theatre in Minot, ND.
Title submitted by: so many
Victims: Bernard, Paulette, Diane, Ricky Brom
Location: Rochester, MN
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A small town community is devastated by the sudden, inexplicable murder of a beloved 12 year old girl. As investigators work the case, a grieving mother becomes a catalyst for change.
Recorded at Phat Fish Brewing
Episode title submitted by: Jessica Taecker
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When two sudden deaths strike the same Missouri family, illness is blamed… until a third family member is hospitalized. What began as a quiet string of tragedies unravels into a chilling plot rooted in manipulation, control, and cold calculation.
Victims: Mark & Shawn Staudte
Location: Springfield, MO
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When Dewayne Barrentine started asking questions about his girlfriend's past, her strange and inconsistent answers pushed him to dig deeper. He never expected the effort would help solve a murder.
Location: Missouri
Victim: Mitchell Kemp
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A woman is murdered in a quiet Iowa town, leaving the community stunned and suspicion quickly falls on someone close to her. But as the investigation unfolded, one question lingered: were the clues leading detectives down the right path?
This episode was recorded before a wonderful crowd at the Rhythm City Casino in Davenport, IA.
Victim: Cynthia Borton
Location: Shenandoah, IA
Episode title submitted by: Em...
A sudden, tragic murder in an affluent Spokane, Washington neighborhood is linked to the disappearance of an oilfield worker in North Dakota. At the center of it all; a charismatic, flashy, and devious couple hellbent on screwing over every person they come in contact with.
Recorded live with a packed house at the Sanctuary Events Center in Fargo, ND.
Episode title submitted by: Jazmyn H
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