The Midwest Crime Files

Send us Fan Mail The story of one of the "Runaway Train" kids from the famous Soul Asylum music video was finally solved after more than thirty years. For sources and photos for this case visit: Runaway Train: The Aundria Bowman Story (themidwestcrimefiles.com) Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution...

Send us Fan Mail Gina corresponded with convicted murderer Scott Endicott for several months to bring you the details of this heinous crime in Carlyle, IL. For sources and photos for this episode visit: In The Best Interest of Joseph (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitrax Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Greed is one of the oldest motives in history for all crimes including murder. Two heinous murders in Southern Illinois prove this motive to be timeless. For all sources and photos for this episode visit: Motivated By Greed (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitrax Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution...

Send us Fan Mail In East St. Louis, Illinois, a friend commits the ultimate crime against her best friend.    For all sources and photos for this episode visit: A Deadly Friendship (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3....

Send us Fan Mail The family doctor in a small town was held in such high esteem that people could hardly believe he was capable of murder.     See all sources and photos for this episode here: The Deadly Doctor of Eldorado (themidwestcrimefiles.com) Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licenseht...

Send us Fan Mail Prom night is a right of passage for most teenagers, but no one expects it will end in murder.   For sources and photos for this episode visit: Mascoutah Prom Night Murders (themidwestcrimefiles.com) Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licens...

Send us Fan Mail A serial predator in Michigan commits unbelievable crimes, but what effect will the Covid-19 pandemic have on his incarceration?    See all sources and photos for this episode here: Sweet Injustice (themidwestcrimefiles.com) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Most people go into a marriage with the expectation of living happily ever after. Some turn to murder. See sources and photos for this episode here: Marriage & Murder in Southern Illinois (themidwestcrimefiles.com)     Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://crea...

Send us Fan Mail When five members of a family are found brutally slain, the clues would lead to someone close to the family.    See all sources and photos for this episode here: The Gee Family Murders (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommo...

Send us Fan Mail Sidnee Stephens was just fifteen years old when she went missing on July 19th, 2010, from Pinckneyville, IL. The truth of her brutal murder would destroy a community.    See all sources and photos for this episode here: The P'Town Saints Murder (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreat...

Send us Fan Mail When a family is slain in Ina, Illinois, the case grows cold. Then a mother in Lawrenceville, IL is convicted of murdering her young son. But could both crimes be the work of a serial killer?    See all sources and photos for this episode here: Unsolved in Southern Illinois (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www....

Send us Fan Mail In family scared with abuse and violence, will the cycle ever end?   See all sources and photos for this episode here: The Farmer's Family (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Support...

Send us Fan Mail When a brutal murder of a special needs child occurs in Springfield, Missouri, years of shocking lies were revealed.   See all sources and photos for this episode here: Munchausen Mom of Missouri (themidwestcrimefiles.com)     Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://...

Send us Fan Mail Fifty-three-year-old Christopher Karl Regan was a divorced father of adult children, United States Air Force Veteran, and responsible hard-working man. When he disappeared, dark secrets would be revealed.    Find all sources and photos for this episode here: The Iron River Murder Pact (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by h...

Send us Fan Mail In the summer of 1989, the small town of Beckemeyer, Illinois was shocked by the first murder in the entire county in almost a decade.   See all sources and photos for this episode here: The Beckemeyer Barhop Murder (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unport...

Send us Fan Mail Sibling rivalry is not uncommon in most families, but rarely does jealousy among sisters lead to murder.   See all sources and photos for this episode here: The Cases | Midwest Crime Files (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativec...

Send us Fan Mail When parents and authorities all fail to protect a child, tragedy occurs.   Find all sources and photos for this episode here: The Boy in the Suitcase (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US...

Send us Fan Mail A serial killer terrorizes the SIUC campus. It would take decades to get to the truth. See all sources and photos for this episode here: The SIU Carbondale Murders (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3....

Send us Fan Mail When the criminal justice system fails to protect society, the result is murder.   See all sources and photos for this episode here: The Indiana Cannibal (themidwestcrimefiles.com) Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US...

Send us Fan Mail In April of 1991, the world lost two beautiful souls. After a horrendous crime, a 30-year battle for justice ensues.        See all sources and photos for this episode here: The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge Murders (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported L...

Send us Fan Mail Southern Illinois doctor kills wife and burns her in the back yard.   See all sources and photos for this episode here: The Deadly Divorce of Dr. Burns (themidwestcrimefiles.com) Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US S...

Send us Fan Mail Two stories of twisted love and murder by poison in Southern Illinois.   Intro Music Faith by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US   See all sources and pictures for this episode at: Flora Femme Fatale & The Ina Love Pact...

Send us Fan Mail A chance reconnection leads to murder. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Nurses are the most trusted profession, but when that trust is broken the results are deadly.   See all sources and photos for this episode here: Licensed Practical Killers (themidwestcrimefiles.com) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 7 people murdered in just 11 years in Belleville, IL. True story of revenge, wrongful conviction, and pure evil.   See all sources and photos for this episode here: Belleville Serial Killer? (themidwestcrimefiles.com)   Support the show