The Monfils 6 Podcast

We have saved the best for last! We cover interviews and theories about what really happened on the morning of November 21, 1992. Plus - love for our listeners in our final episode of the series! #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

In this penultimate episode to the series we re-watch the Tom Monfils documentary Beyond Human Nature and discuss how our perspectives have changed from the first time we viewed it back in August of 2023. We also discuss Sue Monfils role in the case. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We finish reading the letters written by the friends and family of The Monfils 6. We also discuss a jailhouse feud that occurred the first night The Monfils 6 where all in prison. Finally, we analyze a ridiculous statement made by DA Sakowski about why the men never broke with their "conspiracy." #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss which James River paper mill workers stood up to Winkler's tactics and which ones folded. We also read letters written from The Monfils 6 and their loved ones from when they were behind bars. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss four possible scenarios that may have happened to Tom Monfils on the morning of November 21, 1992, as well as the likelihood of each scenario. We also discuss how the management at the James River Paper Mill manipulated their employees in order to get the case solved as quickly as possible. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss several inmates from the Oshkosh Correctional Center who gave affidavits stating that when they were locked up with David Wiener he had made comments were he had admitted to killing Tom Monfils. We also discuss the many times Wiener changed his story and his personal timeline on the morning of November 21, 1992. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss David Wiener's odd behavior following Tom Monfils body being discovered - from his insistence that it must have been a suicide just days after to his becoming the only eyewitness for the prosecution six months after. In addition, we discuss Wiener's repressed memory and the fact they he wrote a fake suicide note that he wanted people to think Tom wrote. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #tru...

We discuss the Monfils jury being interviewed after their verdict and how they were confident in their decision despite not being able to identify key witnesses. We also discuss David Wiener killing his own brother 13 months after Tom Monfils death and whether or not he should have been considered a suspect. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss the events of Saturday, October 28, 1995, the day in which The Monfils 6 were convicted in the death of Tom Monfils. We also discuss whether or not the jury was exhausted after the five week trial and came to a decision too quickly as they just wanted to get back home. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss what really happened to The Monfils 6 on the morning of November 21, 1992 - describing how Mike Pie and Connie Jones could verify everyone's whereabouts that morning and how that put them each in the direct line of fire. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We compare and contrast The Monfils 6 with Lyle and Erik Menendez's current situation. We also discuss how Rey Moore got picked out of a newspaper and how D.A. Sakowski knowingly put a career criminal on the stand to testify against Moore. Finally, we discuss Mike Johnson mistaking Tom Monfils for someone else - drawing him into the case. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We cover some of the courtroom tricks D.A. Sakowski used during The Monfils 6 murder trial back in October of 1995 - including using "fake expert" witnesses, using plenty of hearsay, and other questionable tactics. We also question why the defense attorneys allowed a lot of this to happen. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We examine Winkler's fall from grace after being fired despite "solving" the biggest case in the history of the city of Green Bay. We also look at Sakowski and his scheme team's decision to schedule a misdemeanor trial for Kutska and Mike Pie just two weeks before their murder trial was to begin. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss Randy Winkler's desire to get Rey Moore convicted - and the dirty tricks he used to do so. We also go into Winkler's wily techniques to skew the lie detector results of Mike Johnson and Mike Pie. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss Brian Kellner's court statements, digging into why he might have done such a thing; we also cover his letter to the Court of Appeals a year later, when he walked back everything he said during the trial. Finally, we take a look at Randy Winkler's practice of altering official police detail sheets. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We bust the DA and police theory that the Monfils 6 formed a Union Wall of Silence that would have made the Mob enviable when, in fact, many of them were constantly pointing fingers at one another as to who actually killed Tom Monfils. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

Detective Winkler has everyone drawing illustrations of what went down at the bubbler in the mill - the trouble is, the myth of the bubbler actually began when a Green Bay Gazette newspaper illustrator named Joe Heller drew out the scenario based on what the police told him had happened on November 21, 1992. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

Detective Randy Winkler interviews Brian Kellner for over eight hours during a two day period at the end of November, 1994.  Using threats and intimidation against his family, he eventually breaks Kellner into signing off on the events of the Fox Den, which would seal the fate of The Monfils 6. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

A Green Bay newspaper attempts to solve the Monfil's case by itself at the one year mark. Keith Kutska and his wife meet their friendly new neighbors who are in fact confidential informants as we take a page out of what could be a Coen brothers movie! #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

The events of the 1994 July 4th weekend are discussed, in which Keith Kutska supposedly got drunk in a bar and had his friends re-create the scene from November 21, 1992, describing in detail how Tom Monfils was murdered that morning. The events of that weekend would be the key evidence in The Monfils 6 being convicted. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We cover the autopsy of Tom Monfil's body and discuss possible mistakes being made as well as the fact that there were Green Bay Police Department detectives present during the examination. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

Monfil's body is found in the pulp vat and the police arrive at the James River paper mill. Videotape taken that night show the police commit numerous and serious errors while trying to recover the body, tainting the investigation from the very start. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

In this episode we discuss the events of the interaction between Kutska and Monfils in Coop 7 on November 21 and whether or not The Monfils 6 could have murdered Monfils, disposed of his body, cleaned up the crime scene, and then hatched an agreed upon alibi all within the span of just 18 minutes. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

We discuss Tom's job at the Mill - from his desire to move up from 4th Hand to Machine Tender - as well as how the fellow mill workers viewed Tom's personality. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories

The Green Bay Police Department "lets it go" and Tom Monfils ends up in a pulp vat. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimestories