Episodes

  • E141: To Love is to Kill
    Mar 23 2026

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    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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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • E140: Know Your Friends
    Mar 9 2026

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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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    52 mins
  • E139: The House Always Wins
    Feb 23 2026

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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.


    Recorded at the legendary Anne Nicole Nelson Hall in support of the Minot Symphony Orchestra, into music performed live by Erik, Diana, and Erik Mychal Anderson/

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    Episode title submitted by: Katrina, Jake P, Rhonda, Len G,

    Location: Chicago, IL

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • E138: Pulp Non-Fiction
    Feb 9 2026

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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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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • E137: Shady Sharon
    Jan 26 2026

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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 Jones, Francisco Paredes Ordoñez

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • E136: Secrets Don't Exist
    Jan 12 2026

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    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

    This episode was recorded before a great live audience in the fabulous Hook & Ladder Theatre in Minneapolis, MN.

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • E135: Homeplace Horror
    Dec 29 2025

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    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.

    Location: Iowa

    Victims: Les, Jorjean, Julie, and Jeff Mark.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • E134: Doom & Bloom
    Dec 15 2025

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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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    1 hr and 2 mins