Midwest Mystery Files

In 1990, former Will County Sheriff’s deputy Robin Abrams was gearing up to testify in a federal lawsuit she had filed against her former employer, which included the local county sheriff and several other officers within the department including a former boyfriend. The lawsuit was the result of a year of harassment, where Robin had been subjected to over 100 allegedly false complaints and multipl...

In 1990, former Will County Sheriff’s deputy Robin Abrams was gearing up to testify in a federal lawsuit she had filed against her former employer, which included the local county sheriff and several other officers within the department including a former boyfriend. The lawsuit was the result of a year of harassment, where Robin had been subjected to over 100 allegedly false complaints and multipl...

In April 0f 2001, a young man would exit his home and seemingly vanish into thin air. Rivers would be checked, ground would be dug up, and hundreds of people would be questioned over the years, but to no avail. In a small town that had and still would make headlines for violent and senseless murder, one twenty year old would be gone without ever making a sound. This is Midwest Mystery Files: Episo...

On a chilly January night in 1968 in the college town of Ames, Iowa, a young Iowa State college student would leave her dorm, headed for the corner of Lincoln Way and Beach St. She had just received a call in response to a post she’d made on a campus bulletin board, she had been looking for someone to take her to the Chicago area so that she could visit her family for the weekend. Sources would re...

In August of 2009, a 15 year old girl would leave her home in Antigo, Wisconsin, getting into a vehicle with her friend with plans to spend the night driving around. She would be seen a short time later at a local McDonalds before allegedly being dropped off at a house 34 miles away. She would never be seen again. This is Midwest Mystery Files, Episode 14, The Disappearance of Kayla Berg.

Informal non-case episode today. In this episode I'm looking at the new year and will just being going over my plan for the year, ideas for Patreon, and I tell you a bit about myself and intentions/ motivations for this podcast.

In October of 2016, Larissa Lone Hill would leave her mother’s town home in Rapid City, South Dakota. Within another day, she would disappear, with only a vague trail being laid out to where she may have gone. A trail that would bring many question, but absolutely zero answers. This is Midwest Mystery Files, Episode 13, the Vanishing of Larissa Lone Hill.

In September of 1997, on a warm Michigan evening, a young girl would be playing outside of her apartment while her mother ran to run some errands. Upon her mother’s return, the young girl would be nowhere to be found. A massive search would soon be launched, but 24 years later, her disappearance remains a tragic mystery. This is Midwest Mystery Files, Episode 12, The Disappearance of Brittney Beer...

On January 31st 2004, fire crews would be called to a burning home in Osceola, IA. Once arriving on the scene, firefighters would fight the roaring blaze, eventually extinguishing it. Unfortunately the homes young occupant would found deceased in the home, after succumbing to his burns. The fire would be labeled an accident, but factors would soon arise that would prove there may have been another...

October is gonna be a bit funky and episodes are gonna be sporadic. I explain to you why in this short little blurb.

This week we travel out of the region to Alabama. Where in 2012 in a trailer park in Opelika, human remains would we be found, several pieces over, several days. The discovery would lead to a haunting mystery involving a young girl who showed signs of a traumatic life in her short years alive, a mystery that haunts dedicated investigators to this day. Midwest Mystery Files, Episode 10, The Opelika...

In 2003, a young woman from South Dakota, who was known to be shy and reserved would suddenly leave the state and her family behind for a man she met online. Her move would take her to Kansas City, Missouri, where she would keep most of her life secret from her family. Then, in October of 2005, the young woman would be found murdered in a vacant lot. This is Midwest Mystery Files: Episode Nine, th...

On a snowy Minnesota night in 1993, a seventeen-year-old girl would accompany her friend to a job interview. The girl was looking for a second job, and as luck would have it, her friends boss was looking for help. The cold, snowy night would soon turn even colder though, as the young girl would never return home, nor would she ever be seen again. This is Midwest Mystery Files, Episode 8, the Disap...

In 2006, the decomposed bodies of two females would be found in roadside ditches in rural Mills County, Iowa, just across the Missouri River from Nebraska. The first victim would be found in June, with the next being uncovered in November. The victims would be traced back to Omaha, where a man who may hold the answers to the women’s murders takes his own life to avoid justice being served for his...

Bay Village, Ohio, 1989. On a fall day in late October, a 10 year old girl would visit the Bay Village Shopping Center after school with plans to pick out a present for her mother. Little did she know though, that she had been tricked into a ruse with much darker intentions. A ruse that would kick off one of the biggest murder cases in Ohio history. This is Midwest Mystery Files Episode 6: The Abd...

In 2009, a Milwaukee teen would clock out of her job at a local Arby's, proceed to go home, spend time with family, and then suffer a terrible fate at the hands of a home invader, an invader who had only one clear motive. Then in 2016, a young Chicago teen would walk a young female friend home, and then suffer one of the most horrific deaths Imaginable. Was his murder at the hands of street gangs,...

In 1983, two men would make a horrific discovery in an abandoned building in St. Louis, Missouri. It would be the start of the most notorious cold case in St. Louis History. This is Episode 4: The St. Louis Jane Doe

In the 1970"s, the town of Waverly, Iowa would be shaken to it's core by the murder of three young woman. Were they three isolated incidents, or was a murderer with a proclivity for strangling young women stalking the streets of Waverly? In part 3, we take a look at Lisa Peak, who disappeared on Labor Day 1976, only to be found murdered the next day..

In the 1970"s, the town of Waverly, Iowa would be shaken to it's core by the murder of three young woman. Were they three isolated incidents, or was a murderer with a proclivity for strangling young women stalking the streets of Waverly? In part 2, we take a look at Julie Benning who disappeared in November of 1975, only to be found murdered the following spring.

In the 1970"s, the town of Waverly, Iowa would be shaken to it's core by the murder of three young woman. Were they three isolated incidents, or was a murderer with a proclivity for strangling young women stalking the streets of Waverly? In this debut episode, we take a look at the first victim: Valerie Lynn Klossowsky

Midwest Mystery Files: A new true crime podcast focused on unsolved missing and murdered cases within America's Heartland