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In 1918, around a hundred waiters were arrested in Chicago after authorities uncovered a mass poisoning plot. Or was something more complicated afoot? This week, the Murder Sheet investigates the twisty story behind that oft-cited historical fact. Follow the Murder Sheet on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram And send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com. The Murder Sheet is a production o...

Police recently conducted another search in connection with the Delphi murders. Here's one episode where we get into details around the Kline family: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/45e8b4f6-0f82-43ac-8736-30b74ed8f3ca If you have information on the Delphi murders, send your confidential tip to abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com or call 844-459-5786, 800-382-7537 or 765-564-2413....

We will delve into the results of several records requests around Kegan Kline's experience in Miami County Jail. This episode will also contain information from one woman who corresponded with Kline. Here is the link that talks about Amish romance novels: https://blog.harlequin.com/2020/08/an-introduction-to-amish-romance/ Follow the Murder Sheet on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagr...

We get asked a lot about how we put together the Murder Sheet. How do we report on cases without harming them? How do we vet sources? We feel our audience has a right to transparency. So we decided to write down all of the relevant processes — and ethical considerations — that go into our show. View the Murder Sheet's "Declaration of Principles: here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Back in the fall of last year, we did an episode presenting some of our research on cases involving two young people being killed in a public place. Now we present the second part where we discuss a few more such cases. Sponsor: Best Fiends Download your new favorite getaway, BEST FIENDS, for FREE today on the App Store or Google Play. You'll get $5 worth of in-game rewards when you reach Lev...

In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we will discuss a few recent updates around the investigation into the 2017 murders of Libby German and Abby Williams. Topics include Superintendent Doug Carter's recent helicopter trip, details about Kegan Kline's story, and the lengthy water search in Peru, Indiana. Follow the Murder Sheet on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram And send ti...

After it became increasingly clear that there was a catfish element to the Delphi murders, we decided to periodically feature interviews with professionals who specialize in that field– so that we can all be better educated about this troubling subject. This week we talk with Tony Godwin and Brandon Poor. Both men are Texas based police officers who specialize in Internet Crimes Against Children o...

Kirsten Brueggeman vanished from the east side of Indianapolis on January 2, 2021. In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we will interview her parents, the Indianapolis detective investigating her case, an Indianapolis Star reporter who covered the story, and a group of local sleuths who've looked into the disappearance. Here's the main version of Jake Allen's article: shorturl.at/bBY13 And this is...

People have a lot of questions about what’s been happening in the Delphi case. What does it mean that Kegan Kline was temporarily transferred into the custody of the Indiana State Police? Is it possible Kegan Kline has made some sort of deal with prosecutors? Why would prosecutors even consider making a deal? Why did it take so long to arrest Kegan Kline after the raid on his home in 2017? And wha...

This is an episode of our ongoing miniseries "You Never Can Forget," which investigates the 1978 Burger Chef murders. In this program, we interview Chris Davis about an angle of the case that he's researched extensively. Namely, the Crabtrees, a clan heavily involved in the drug trade around Indianapolis. Follow the Murder Sheet on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram And send tips t...

We heard from Kegan Kline. In this episode, we'll go into our text conversation with him, as well as other, sexually-explicit text conversations he's had with other people. This episode takes a break from our focus on restaurant homicides, and is part of our intermittent series of episodes on the Delphi case. If you have information on the Delphi murders, send your confidential tip to abbyand...

We have spent more time on the Burger Chef murders than on any other case. Recently, we got the opportunity to be part of "Murders at the Burger Joint," an upcoming documentary on the case that will premiere on Investigation Discovery on September 5, 2022. In this episode, we talk with Jeremy Pion- Berlin, the director of the film. He will talk about his perceptions of the case as well as share so...

Kegan Kline was temporarily and voluntarily transferred into the custody of Indiana State Police on Friday August 19, 2022. On August 23, we drove up to Peru, Indiana and witnessed state police searching the Wabash River. We understand that this search was related to the Klines, although we have no official confirmation. In this episode, we will also analyze our previous episode on the FBI's early...

In this episode, we will discuss the FBI's role in the Delphi investigation, a key mistake made by FBI personnel, and context around the controversial Indianapolis division of the FBI. This episode takes a break from our focus on restaurant homicides, and is part of our intermittent series of episodes on the Delphi case. If you have information on the Delphi murders, send your confidential tip to&...

In this episode, we'll talk about some of the behind-the-scenes happenings at the Murder Sheet. If you prefer our straight news coverage and case-focused episodes, feel free to skip. We'll be talking about our process for records requests, revealing our latest angles on the Delphi case, and addressing some false accusations thrown at us by Sarah Turney and the Fall Line podcast. Follow the Mu...

A few weeks back, we covered the saga of how serial plagiarist Ashley Flowers worked out a deal with Indiana State Police investigator Bill Dalton to get the exclusive right to access — and make money off of —the Burger Chef investigative files Dalton had been entrusted with. To learn more about that sorry affair, please listened to "You Never Can Forget: The Fiasco" ( https://tinyurl.com/5n82x5wn...

Organized crime figures are known for ordering vicious assaults and heinous murders. So when an alleged "wise guy" ended up in trouble a few years ago, authorities suspected that underworld in-fighting was behind it all . But the case of Sylvester "Sally Daz" Zottola ended in a horrific way that almost no one saw coming. True crime researcher Stephen Popkin returns to help the Murder Sheet discuss...

Ashley Flowers, the host of CRIME JUNKIE, is on a PR tour to promote a novel that she worked on with another writer. As part of that, ELLE magazine just published a long article referring to her as “the Queen of True Crime.” To our surprise, the Murder Sheet was also mentioned in that article.  The article gets into the history of crime junkie and it’s parent company Audiochuck, Flowers’s upb...

We have sources close to the Delphi investigation. We have also dug into public records to get a better sense of where the case is today. In this episode, we will share a few updates on where the Delphi investigation has been, and where it appears to be going. This episode takes a break from our focus on restaurant homicides, and is part of our intermittent series of episodes on the Delphi case. I...

Researching and thinking about the Delphi case requires us all to think about dark subjects most people are not be familiar with– topics such as internet predators and child sexual abuse materials. We feel that it would help us all understand better what happened in Delphi back in 2017 if we were able to get more context in those areas. So we have decided to begin a series of interviews with exper...

There’s a lot they don’t tell you about the Hoosier State in school textbooks. In 1903, an incident at a tavern set off a chain of events that led to a race riot that convulsed the city of Evansville, Indiana. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsors: Best Fiends Download your new favorite geta...

There is so much going on in the cases we cover we decided to do a special episode where we simply answer questions from our listeners. Follow the Murder Sheet on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram And send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com. The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a...

The West Memphis Three case is back in the news again- thanks to the efforts of Damien Echols to try to get a piece of evidence DNA tested. Has the media ever given us the full story about this case? To try to find out, we spoke with researcher Danni Cash, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of this complicated story. Danni is also one of the administrators of the West Memphis 3 discussion group on...

In 1955, a 14-year-old named Emmett Till was abducted in the middle of the night. He was tortured and brutally murdered. A jury acquitted two of his killers — J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant. No one was ever held accountable for this heinous murder. In this episode, we'll speak to author Devery Anderson and journalist Jerry Mitchell about the case, and the latest developments in the quest to adjudicate...

Throughout , we've received some tips on other men who worked at Indiana Chrysler plants: Flint Farmer, Jimmy Duvall, Michael French, and Tim Marchal. In this episode, we'll get into those other names, and why we think it is somewhat unlikely those cases are related to the Delphi murders. This episode takes a break from our focus on restaurant homicides, and is part of our intermittent series of e...