Midwest Madness

Emily tells Danielle the story of missing high school senior Randy Leach. Socials: Instagram @mwmadnesspodcast facebook Midwest Madness Podcast Group email mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article208247734.html https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/last-night-out-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-randy-leach-16947afef34c

Danielle tells the stories of Nancy and Margarette and the man that was their killer. Socials: Instagram: @mwmadnesspodcast Facebook: Midwest Madness Podcast Group email: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: http://truecrimetravel.com/the-murder-of-flight-attendant-nancy-ludwig/ https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2020/03/04/investigation-discovery-lake-erie-murders-nancy-ludwig/49...

Danielle tells Emily the story of the Muffinman...wait, no, the Mothman. Instagram: @mwmadnesspodcast Facebook group: Midwest Madness Podcast Group Email: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Mothman https://theportalist.com/mothman-sightings https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/10/28/773566283/the-c...

Emily tells Danielle the story of Linda Sherman and her unsolved disappearance. Instagram: @mwmadnesspodcast Facebook Group: Midwest Madness Podcast Email: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://truecrimearticles.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/the-unsolved-disappearance-of-linda-sherman/ https://unsolved.com/gallery/linda-sherman/

Danielle tells Emily the story of college student Dru Sjodin and the creation of nsopw.gov. Socials Instagram: @mwmadnesspodcast Facebook: Midwest Madness Podcast Group gmail: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.nsopw.gov/en/About/DruSjodin https://www.nationsearch.com/blog/understanding-sex-offender-classification/#:~:text=It%20is%20also%20worth%20noting,extent%20of%20perceived%20risk...

Emily tells the story of one of America's youngest serial killers and subject of Bruce Springsteen song "Nebraska" Charles Starkweather. Instagram: mwmadnesspodcast Facebook group: Midwest Madness Podcast Email: mwmadnesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/caril-ann-fugate-34201.php https://lincolnlibraries.org/reference-services/starkweather/ https://www.wyohistory...

Danielle covers the disappearance of Iowan news anchor Jodi Huisentruit. If you want more details or want to donate to finding Jodi check out www.findjodi.com Sources: Find Jodi Podcast Unsolved Mysteries Episodes 8.1 with Robert Stacks and Episode 3.12 with Dennis Farina Mercury news https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/26/jodi-huisentruit-mason-city-kimt-missing-anniversary-long-prairie-mn-iowa/...

Emily tells us the story of Fox Hollow Farm and Herb Baumeister Facebook group: Midwest Madness Podcast Instagram: mwmadnesspodcast Twitter: mwmadnesspod Email: mwmandesspodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male. B/b/baumeister-herbert.htm https://www.thoughtco.com/herbert-richard-baumeister-973121 Charles Montaldo

In this month's mini episode Danielle tells us the story of the James Younger Gang and the fall of their reign of terror.

Danielle shares with Emily the very messed up tale of America's first serial killer, H.H. Holmes. Sources: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes Mental Floss- 9 Things you didn’t know about america’s first serial killer HH Holmes https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72642/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-americas-first-serial-killer-hh-holmes Video, HH Holmes America’s first serial kill...

Emily tells Danielle the story of the Smiley Face Killers and asks the question. Conspiracy or coincidence? Sources: https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/ https://mndaily.com/246388/uncategorized/jenkins-body-found-river/#:~:text=Jenkins%2C%20a%20Carlson%20School%20of,south%20bank%2C%20across%20from%20St . https://chippewa.com/news/body-of-missing-man-found/article_d286908f-bf52-58f6-8738-52a0b...

Danielle tells the story of Ken Juedes, a Wisconsin man who was murdered in 2006. This was a listener recommendation, please send us any of your stories you think we should cover. Sources: https://www.centralwinews.com/neighborhood/2021/01/13/widow-says-five-men-murdered-juedes-in-2006-as-part-of-cover-up-not-her/?destination=star-news https://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2019/12/20/kenn...

Emily dives into the cult of the Fundamental church of Latter Day Saints and their terrible leader Warren Jeffs. Sources: https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/warren-jeffs http://flds101.blogspot.com/2008/05/flds-life-101-alta-academy.html https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/raid-yfz-ranch-ten-years-later/ https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/02/26/former-flds-members-buy/ https://billingsg...

It's a surprise mini episode! Emily covers the story of Eugene Martin, a missing boy from West Des Moines that is connected to Johnny Gosch and possibly another missing boy. Eyewitness study that Danielle talks about: https://academic.udayton.edu/race/03justice/justice03.htm Sources: Eugene Wade Martin – The Charley Project https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/eugene-martin/ https://www.aetv.c...

Danielle tells the stories of the Melon heads, we venture for the first time (and probably not the last) outside of the Midwest for part of the story of the Melonheads. Now the questions are, are they real and where do they live? Sources: Rachel Polansky 3News instigates the melon heads of Kirtland Weird Ohio, Melon heads creep through the woods at night cryptidz.fandom.com Wikipedia https://www.n...

Emily tells the story of Johnny Gosch's mysterious disappearance. She tells us about the theories behind his disappearance and the conspiracies behind all of it. Now the real question is, where is Johnny Gosch? Sources: https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/The-Tragedy-Of-Johnny-Gosch https://charleyproject.org/case/john-david-gosch https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/kidnappings/johnny-gosc...

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Danielle tells Emily about the cult the House of David. Husband and wife preacher team Benjamin and Mary Purnell had several rules about being in their cult. Including not cutting their beards and hair. But this cult is more famous for something that doesn't include bizarre rules but instead they're famous for....baseball? Follow us on Instagram at mwmadnesspodcast and email us at mwmadnesspodcast...

In our first episode Emily tells Danielle the whole story of the murders at Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, Minnesota. Even if you think that you know the story of the murders at Glensheen you probably don't know the whole twisted tale of Marjorie Caldwell. Emily breaks it down for us while giving inside information from her time working at Glensheen Mansion in college. Follow us on Instagram at mwma...