Midwest Madness

Emily wraps up this spooky month with ghost stories from Minnesota Sources: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/mns-most-haunted-first-avenue/89-606638862 https://realhauntedtours.com/ https://www.kare11.com/article/news/mns-most-haunted-the-palmer-house-hotel/89-607765946 https://www.mankatofreepress.com/mankatomagazine/features/come-for-the-ghosts-stay-for-the-town/article_87f25378-4ddf-11ea-8ad...

Danielle tells Emily about Fort Sisseton and Deadwood as well as some fun personal stories from South Dakota. Danielle is also super sick so sorry about that! Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245696000615540 Email: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/us/sd/articles/haunted-deadwood h...

Emily tells Danielle about the hauntings in Indiana and the dogs cause a ruckus. Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245696000615540 Email: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.hauntedrooms.com/indiana/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/french-lick-springs-hotel https://www.frenchlick.com/aboutus/history/flsh https://story...

Danielle tells Emily some spooky stories for the start of spooky season Sources: http://www.npdodge.com/blog/2017/10/haunted-places-nebraska/ http://www.dailynebraskan.com/culture/state-capitol-might-have-its-fair-share-of-ghostly-visitors/article_d0a001be-cf3f-5b92-b399-7deff60bf420.html http://midwesternghostsandhauntings.blogspot.com/2011/10/phantoms-of-witchs-bridge-grand-island.html?m=1 https...

Emily tells Danielle the twisted story of Cari Farver and Danielle pretends not to have heard it. Sources: https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/cari-farver/ https://nonpareilonline.com/news/region/iowa-woman-convicted-of-killing-impersonating-romantic-rival-asks-nebraska/article_d7bb358c-1a05-5f10-b2f2-55c642d6a0bf.html https://omaha.com/news/courts/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-in-bizarre-case...

Danielle tells another listener story from listener M2F. Thanks so much for sending in a request. What do you think was the motivation behind the murders? Sources: https://khqa.com/news/local/remembering-the-bentlers ​​ https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/concurrent-consecutive-sentences-double-punishment.html https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1764 Murderpedia Socials: Instagram: https://w...

Emily tells us the very bizarre and baffling story of Steven Kubacki and Danielle wishes, once again, that you could all see our faces when we hear these stories. Sources: https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-steven-kubacki-and-his-odd-reappearance-15-months-later https://99wfmk.com/steven-kubacki-mystery/ https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/steven-k...

Emily shares the very baffling case of Brian Shaffer. What do you think happened to Brian? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brian_Shaffer https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/03/29/brian-shaffer-disappearance-photo-shows-how-osu-student-may-look-now/6995317002/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/brian-shaffer https://www.columbus.gov/police/ https://www.columbusnaviga...

Danielle and Emily hop back in history to learn about Belle Gunness, the Black Widow of the Midwest. Sources: https://murderpedia.org/female. G/g/gunness-belle.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness Socials: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/245696000615540 Email - mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com

Emily tells Danielle the very crazy story of the murder of Dan O'Connell and James Ellison Sources: http://www.crusadeagainstclergyabuse.com/htm/StorySummary.htm https://casefilepodcast.com/case-151-dan-oconnell-james-ellison/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/361710335/?terms=dan%2Bo%27connell https://www.newspapers.com/image/361714464/?terms=dan%2Bo%27connell https://www.newspapers.com/image/2501...

Danielle tells Emily the story of JoAnn Bontjes, a 21 year old woman whose murder still remains unsolved. Sources: https://thepublishedpen.com/unsolved-joann-bontjes-murder-1975/ https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/05/03/joann-bontjes-cold-case/ Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245696000615540 Gmail: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.co...

Emily talks about a cult that is close to home for Danielle and Emily. Sources: https://religionsmn.carleton.edu/exhibits/show/eckankar/celebrations-and-holidays/ceremonies https://www.eckankar.org/eck-master/sri-harold-klemp/ https://www.eaec.org/cults/eckankar.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/insane-cults https://www.debate.org/forums/religion/topic/1237525/ https://www.angelfire.com/hi2/ecka...

Danielle tells us the story of the Midwest Bank Bandits a group of robbers that were active for 2 years in the 90's Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Republican_Army https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/MidWest_Bank_Robbers https://tulsaworld.com/news/midwest-bank-robbers-taunting-fbi/article_a3adf27a-1375-5765-9dab-3fbc599b5f7a.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-19...

Emily tells us the story of the Great Lakes and some of the disasters there. Sources: https://www.milwaukeemag.com/legend-lake-michigan-triangle/ https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Kingstie https://greatlakes.guide/ideas/myths-and-mysteries-of-the-great-lakes https://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald/ https://www.mapquest.com/travel/fascinating-shipwrecks-in-the-great-lakes/ https://collecti...

Danielle has a mini for us today about the I-70 serial killer, also it's Emily's turn to yell in your ears when she has to scold Sirius. Sources: Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245696000615540

The Ruby Red Slippers are an iconic piece of Hollywood history. Danielle tells the story of the the pair that went missing in 2005. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/04/30/feature/the-case-of-dorothys-stolen-ruby-slippers/ https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/stolen-ruby-slippers-recovered-090418 Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ Facebook: http...

Emily tells us the very twisted tale of the disappearance of Barbara Cotton Sources: Dakota Spotlight Podcast-James Wolner Season 5:A Better Search For Barbara Cotton https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/family-of-babara-cotton-celebrate-her-life-40-years-after-she-went-missing/ https://www.kfyrtv.com/2021/04/03/where-is-barbara-cotton-family-and-friends-still-searching-for-that-answer-40-years-l...

Master criminal or innocent mother? You decide when Danielle tells the story of Ma Barker Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Barker https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ma-barker https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/barker-karpis-gang https://allthatsinteresting.com/ma-barker Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2456...

Emily changes it up on us and does a disaster story from Kansas City, Missouri Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse https://timeline.com/hyatt-regency-skywalk-failure-8240bff34fa6 https://www.asce.org/question-of-ethics-articles/jan-2007/ http://www.greatdisasters.co.uk/hyatt-regency-skywalk-collapse/ https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article748398.html Socials...

Andrew, Alexander and Tanner go missing after spending Thanksgiving with their dad. Are the dead or are they Amish? Sources: https://plymouthvoice.com/where-are-the-skelton-brothers/ https://meaww.com/where-are-skelton-brothers-michigan-boys-went-missing-on-thanksgiving-after-visiting-their-father https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/father-of-missing-skelton-brothers-set-for-wednesday-parole-h...

It's a heist! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nesbit_ (thief) https://murderpedia.org/male. N/n/nesbit-william-raymond.htm Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245696000615540 email: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com

This is a big one, for Hayley who requested a big one. Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/profile-of-serial-killer-jeffrey-dahmer-973116 https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/jeffrey-dahmer/ https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/jeffrey-dahmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWjYsxaBjBI Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: A serial Killers Chilling Jailhouse interview Socials: In...

Danielle found one of the worst stories she could for today's episode just to make Emily suffer. Socials: facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245696000615540/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/

Emily gives us a story that actually has a conclusion for once. Sources: https://thepublishedpen.com/kathlyn-katie-poirier-murdered-1999-by-donald-blom/ https://murderpedia.org/male. B/b/blom-donald.htm Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245696000615540/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwmadnesspodcast/ email: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com

Sharon Baldeagle, Sandi, Deborah Meyer, Carlene Brown, Christy Gross, Cinda Pallett and Charlotte Kinsey all have one thing in common. Royal Russell Long. Social media: Instagram: @mwmadnesspodcast facebook group: Midwest Madness Podcast gmail: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Sharon_Baldeagle https://charleyproject.org/case/sharon-baldeagle https://whereabou...