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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 in plain sight.

This is the story of the Michigan Murders: how a summer of love turned into a season of terror, and how one woman’s death finally gave voice to all the others.

Recorded in Bismarck, ND at the historic Belle Mehus Auditorium.

Episode Title submitted by: Emma F.

Location: Michigan

Victims: Karen Sue Beineman. Mary Fleszar. Joan Schell. Maralynn Skelton. Dawn Basom. Alice Kalom. Roxie Phillips

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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: Emma Koetz

Correction note from Dawn (SPOILER ALERT!):

I misspoke regarding the timeline the day of the murder. The killer was not waiting for Cynthia's son to leave for school; he was only waiting for John to go back to work after lunch.

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