272: Murder At The Mall

True Crime Obsessed

Society & Culture, Comedy, True Crime

4.2 • 35.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In the early hours of December 20, 1979, the body of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was found in her car in the parking lot of a mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was stabbed multiple times. The murder baffled investigators for several decades. In this episode, we explore the unrelenting quest to solve one of Iowa's most haunting cases and how Michelle Martinko herself may have helped solve her own murder.

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0:00.0	Hey fam Patrick here if you are listening to this on the day this episode drops on Thursday
0:09.2	then you probably know tickets for Obsessed Fest 2023 go on sale tomorrow.
0:15.0	The on sale time has changed the tickets are going on sale at 12 noon Eastern time and
0:21.3	just as a refresher Obsessed Fest 2023 is happening in Dallas, Texas from October 20th
0:27.1	to the 23rd 2023 it's going to be two and a half days of true crime panels meet and
0:32.3	greets Q&A's book signings live shows drag brunch drag bingo making new friends laughing
0:39.5	your heads off community camaraderie having a great time and I cannot wait for it.
0:45.4	One thing I want you to know the Obsessed package that's the package that gets you into
0:49.5	the fest and tickets to both live shows there's an opportunity to upgrade the live shows
0:54.1	to VIP for an extra $40 each there's only 125 of those VIP upgrades available so if
1:01.5	you're looking to upgrade your experience at the live shows get in line early to get
1:05.2	your tickets tomorrow because these tickets are going to go quick I hope to see all of
1:09.1	you there once again tickets go on sale tomorrow Friday December 2nd 12 noon Eastern and I'll
1:15.3	see you at Obsessed.
1:16.6	Alright now to the show.
1:18.0	Cool we're doing some genetic genealogy in this one genetic genealogy that's my
1:25.0	drag name great I thought you said genetic genealogy I didn't hear the T in her seconds.
1:52.5	If you couldn't come or you were there and you want to relive the golden moments or
1:57.1	you want to give it like a peak behind the scenes you want to see but it was really like
1:59.4	go check it out it opens with our Broadway dancers we brought them to Columbus as a surprise
2:03.4	nobody knew and it's not just like your old dancer sidle where there's one camera in
2:07.3	the background we have different it was like professionally edited different angles
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