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.

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Recorded with a sold out audience at Phat Fish Brewing in Dickinson, ND.

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Location: Missouri
Victims: Jocelyn Peters, Micah Leigh

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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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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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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.

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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Location: Chicago, IL

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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.



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Location: Missouri, Mexico

Victims: James Kinne, Patricia Jones, Francisco Paredes Ordoñez

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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

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