Midwretched

10/06/2023

Well, uhhh, we didn't mean to have this timing...

Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. He was 81.

08/06/2023

Hey friends!

So sorry but COVID got us down! We'll be a little late for our first episode on Ted Kaczynski, but we promise it'll be worth it!

23/04/2023

💥 New episode! Listen on your favorite podcast app! 💥

The history of the Ku Klux Klan is deeply intertwined with the history of the United States and, arguably, there’s no better demonstration of this than the rise and fall of the Indiana Klan—branch of the K*K borne out from one man’s megalomaniacal need for power. When the violent r**e and subsequent death of a young female politician happens at the hands of this man, the face of the K*K would be forever altered. Join Tommy as she runs Mick through this horrifying chapter of Midwestern history.

20/03/2023

Listeners in the Eaton, IN area please be in the lookout. Scottie has been missing since Thursday.

Police are currently searching for Scottie Morris, 14, a teenager who was last seen in the small town of Eaton, which is northeast of Indianapolis, at 8:30 p.m. local time on Thursday

01/03/2023

01/03/2023

New Episode coming a day early for observation of the National Disability Day of Mourning, March 1, 2023

S3E3: Calista Springer

In a small town in Michigan, a young girl is trapped in her bedroom, unable to escape while her house catches fire. When Calista Springer lost her life, many initially thought of it as a tragic accident for her family. However, as the investigation unfolded, many in her community came forward to express their long-running concerns about her safety, with mounting accusations of abuse and neglect charged at her parents. Tommy and Mick explore the potential role of disability and stigma in Calista’s case. They also discuss the issue of Filicide and the Disability Day of Mourning.
https://disability-memorial.org/

05/01/2023

We’re back! The holiday break is over, and we return with a missing persons case whose resolution we very much hope to see. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

S2E22: Missing: Diamond Bynum and King Walker

On a lovely, typical Saturday in 2015, 21 year old Diamond Bynum and her two year old nephew, King, started their day in their usual way: breakfast with Diamond’s stepmom, warm baths, and a mid-morning nap. When the stepmother woke up, Diamond and King were nowhere to be found. Gary, Indiana police were immediately on alert for the pair, who are considered endangered due to King’s age and Diamond’s unique medical challenges. Join Tommy as she runs Mick through this complex missing persons’ case, made all the more difficult due to the tumultuous context that is the city of Gary.

16/12/2022

No new Episode this week, Sorry Friends.
We tried very hard to record, but the mystery illnesses are knocking us out.

Stay safe, friends. Mask up, wash your hands, stay home and don't spread the germs. Hopefully see you next week!

07/12/2022

Potentially important movement on the Herb Baumeister case!

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/cadaver-dogs-hit-20-locations-at-herb-baumeister-property/531-22067c06-6f66-43d9-9ceb-460369fc42ab?fbclid=IwAR2_uQZN6pILnf0uMDVIrbsI7Kal8k8l2lqS-e7V9nuDagjCVItQ0UW6Loc

13News also learned 12 families with missing loved ones contacted the coroner to get DNA swabs.

02/12/2022

Sorry I suck! Late in Posting!

S2E21: The survival of Mary and Beth Stauffer

Mary Stauffer and her young daughter, Beth, go out for final errands before leaving the country for a multi-year mission trip. But while leaving a salon, they are kidnapped by a mysterious man. While they kept in a closet for 7 weeks, they never lost hope that they would find their way home. Mick and Tommy discuss this survival story, and the tragic loss of 8 year-old Jason Wilkman who’s life was taken for one man’s obsession.

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Photo 1: A map of the area where the kidnapping events took place

Photo 2: Mary and Beth, still chained, at the police station

Photo 3: Mary and Beth Stauffer

Photo 4: Ming Sen Shiue

18/11/2022

New Episode! Listen on your favorite podcast app!

S2E20: The Disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen

Timmothy Pitzen was a vibrant and well-loved six-year-old living with his family in Aurora, Illinois--until the day that his mother picked him up early from kindergarten and took him on a vacation from which neither would return. What happened to Timmothy Pitzen? Were those final few days in various midwestern resort towns his last ones, or is he out there, alive, well, and with no knowledge of who he is? Join Tommy as she guides Mick through the twists and turns of this roadtrip gone wrong.

31/10/2022

Coming in early this week, so you can get your spooky season fix!

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Episode 19 of Season 2: The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund

It’s one of the most well-known and well-documented exorcisms in history. And yet, we still know very little about the woman known as Anna Ecklund, her life and her experiences. But in a tiny town in Iowa, a woman undergoes the terrifying ordeal of an exorcism for many months. Anna (also known as Emma Schmidt) emerges proclaiming to be saved from the demons. But what really happened during those months in 1928? Mick and Tommy explore the many interpretations and grey areas in this event.

30/09/2022

We have a super important new episode out today! Please listen for our conversation with Abby Williams, the daughter of Crystal Grubb, who’s case we covered in Season 2 Episodes 7 and 8. Abby was just 6 years old when her mother was murdered. To date, the case has not been solved.

Abby and her family are holding their annual walk for Crystal and other victims in unsolved cases in Bloomington, Indiana on October 1.

It has been 12 years too long for this case to go unsolved, and the walk serves to raise attention and awareness with the hope that public concern and pressure will get some movement going for this very solvable case.

If you are able, the walk starts at 2pm at People’s Park in Bloomington Saturday, October 1.

We will also be sharing the page for Crystal’s case. Please like and share to help.

19/09/2022

New Episode Alert! Listen on your favorite podcast platform, and spread the love! Or, maybe more aptly, the rage that cases like this ever happened.

S02E15: Rush: Ohio’s Fatal Hazings

Going off to college is one of the most exciting events in a young person's life, and so many seek friendship and belonging through fraternities and sororities. While most people will graduate from university relatively unscathed, for those who endure hazing, Greek life can leave indelible scars--both physical and emotional. For Colin Wiant and Stone Foltz, fraternity hazing would prove to be both horrifying and fatal. Join Tommy as she shares the stories of two promising young men and their families, connected by tragedy and united in a fight for legal change.

02/09/2022

We're back again!
And slightly out of order, so please forgive us. You'll have to settle for another Mick story this week.

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S2E13: Marcus Fiesel

Marcus Fiesel was a lively, energetic toddler placed in the care of Liz and David Carroll. But after only a few months in the foster care system, little Marcus lost his life. Mick tells the story of Marcus’s short life and the legacy he left on the foster care system.

Photos 1 & 2: Marcus Fiesel

Photo 3: Memorial at Juliff's Park to Marcus

Photo 4: Invisible Children: Marcus Fiesel's Legacy

Photo 5: Liz and David Carroll

Photo 6: Liz Carroll at press conference seeking information on Marcus

18/08/2022

Hi! It's Mick and I've been terrible at making posts lately! I'm so sorry!

But here we are with Nikko Jenkins! Pt 1 released last week, and today we released pt 2. Check us out wherever you get your podcasts! There's a lot to this story and we did our best to include the important parts

Nikko Jenkins Part 1:
Nikko Jenkins, the young man who terrorized Omaha, Nebraska for weeks. His killing spree ended the lives of 4 people. In this deep-dive, two parter, we take a good look at who Nikko Jenkins was and what led to his crimes. We’ll ask some questions about the role of different systems in raising a killer.

Nikko Jenkins Part 2:
In this episode we continue our discussion of the spree of killings committed by Nikko Jenkins and his family. They recount the crimes, the confession, and the courtroom drama, all to try to make sense of these series of senseless killings.

Link to the Jenkins/Levering Family tree:https://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/317212_Oh4E9DOsyWvhA4eH9_cBDsJNw.pdf

Photos 1: Young Nikko Jenkins before Prison
Photo 2: Nikko after release from his first stint in prison
Photo 3: 4 victims of the spree killings: Curtis Bradford, Jorge Ruiz, Juan Pena, and Andrea Kruger
Photo 5: Andrea Kruger's family
Photo 6: Curtis Bradford

30/07/2022

New Episode Alert! Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

S2E11: Stefanie Morey

In the summer of 1995, Stefanie Morey was a pretty typical, beloved 13 year old girl whiling away that last middle school summer in her hometown of Marissa, Illinois. In this listener request, Tommy takes us through the tragedy of Stefanie's murder and a devotion to Stefanie's memory with the hopes that her case not be lost to time and small town obscurity.

16/07/2022

14/07/2022

Our episode for today isn't up to s***f because of some technical difficulties, so while we fix it, please take in this re-release of an old favorite--the case of Shawn Hornbeck.

09/06/2022

🚨 New Episode Day! 🚨

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S2E08: Crystal Grubb & Lauren Spierer, Part 1: Mysteries in Bloomington

Bloomington is a city with a split identity: one part idyllic college town, another part gateway to Indiana's m**h country. Each half hides the secret of what happened to two women: missing Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer and murdered mother of two Crystal Grubb. In part one of this two parter, Tommy lays out these mysterious disappearances and the disparities in local and national media coverage of each.

12/05/2022

🚨 New Episode Day! 🚨

Listen on your favorite podcast app to the tale of the I-65 Killer

In April 2022, genetic genealogy solved the 30 year mystery of the I-65 killer, a lesser known but prolific and ruthless murderer. But who was this man, what were his crimes, and is it possible that his death toll is higher than we know? Join Tommy as she regales Mick with the shockingly brazen case of the I-65 Killer.

28/04/2022

Keeping it going!!! I'm really excited to share this one! It's been on the list for awhile now.

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S2E04: The Kent State Massacre

To many, it is known as “The Day the 60s Died.” May 4, 1970, 4 Kent State University students were shot dead by the Ohio National Guard during a protest against the expanding War in Vietnam. Mick tells the story of a defining cultural moment and what, if anything, we’ve learned from these events.

14/04/2022

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 Listen on your favorite podcast app.

S02E03: Who Killed Jane Mixer?

In Season 1's episodes 2 and 3, Tommy took a two-part look at the infamous Ypsilanti Ripper murders that gripped southwestern Michigan's college towns in terror in the late 1960's. Out of the many murders in the series, one always stood out, not quite fitting into the profile of the series: the death of Jane Mixer. Some 40 years later, Mixer's case took a surprising turn–one that perhaps raises as many questions as it answers, and one that warrants an in-depth revisit.

01/04/2022

****New Episode Day***
I really hope we did this one justice!

Season 2 Episode 2: The Story of Joe Arridy, The Happiest Man on Death Row

This week we’ll be traveling slightly outside of the Midwest for a listener request. 1939, Canon City Colorado, a 23 year-old man is put to death for the murder of a young girl. But the story behind this young man’s trial and imprisonment is not what you might expect. The story of how Joe Arridy arrived in his cell, the story of his life and his death is nothing more than a grave injustice.

19/03/2022

Update! Arrest Made! We discussed Anita Knutson's 2007 murder in episode 40.

We are very grateful for some sense of closure to Anita's case. Thank you, Tina, for sending us this article!

https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/03/17/bond-set-suspect-anita-knutson-killing-new-details-emerge-investigation/

The woman charged with murder in the 15-year-old case of the killing of Anita Knutson made her first initial appearance by video at the Ward County courthouse Thursday afternoon.

17/03/2022

🌽 💀 Season 2 Episode 1 🌽 💀

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More Than "Mean Girls:" Shanda Sharer's Story

Middle school life in so many ways is timeless--struggles with identity and belonging, relational drama, and extreme emotions. Most of us get to grow up and move on, but for 12 year old Shanda Sharer in 1992 suburban Indiana, all of those issues would culminate in the night of her horrific torture and murder. Join Tommy as she walks Mick through a case much more complex and nuanced than it appears on the surface.

17/03/2022

🚨 🚨 This is not a drill! We are back! 🚨 🚨

Season 2, Episode 0: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?

In this short mini-sode, we, Tommy and Mick get honest about the shows hiatus. Most of all, we discuss how excited we are to be back. This Episode does not cover any particular crimes.

As always, listen wherever you get your podcasts. And thank you for being here. ❤️ 💀

10/09/2021

We're Baaaaaackkkk! So check us out on your favorite podcast apps! Spotify, itunes, podbean, wherever you get your podcasts!

Episode 49: Special Edition: UFO Stories from Wright-Patt Air Force Based

Taking a break from some tragedy to chat about one of our favorite non-true crime topics: UFOs! Mick takes us back to her hometown to chat about a long-standing myth: that Wright-Patt Air Force Base is secretly hiding UFOs and Alien creatures! Mick and Tommy talk history, conspiracies, and pancakes. And Mick gets to play debunking killjoy. Join us for this special edition episode and we’ll be back for more traditional true crime next week.

Here's a link to the alien autopsy video that has since been debunked, but is still fun to watch:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9382232/leaked-memo-suggests-fake-roswell-alien-autopsy-video-real-cia-scientist-pentagon-briefing/

02/09/2021

Happy spooky season everyone!

We'll be back next week. In the mean time check out our throw back episodes! And please enjoy this video if Murder Beagle and Zero.