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Midwest Murder

E127: Dinner with the Devil

Midwest Murder

Jonah Lantto & Dawn Palumbo with the Good Talk Network

True Crime, Mystery, Murder, Midwest, Robbery, Society & Culture, News, Good Talk, North Dakota

4.7920 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

FAN MAIL TEXT HOTLINE When two healthy retirees die weeks apart of so-called natural causes, their neighbors refuse to buy it. What starts as suspicion in a Midwest retirement village sparks an investigation that unearths arsenic, greed, and a serial killer hiding at the family table. Victims: Mary Lambert, Marion Mueller, Michael Albanese Sr. Location: Illinois Support the show https://linktr.ee/midwestmurderpod

Transcript

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0:00.0

We've all heard the phrase,

0:09.0

That kind of thing doesn't happen in our town.

0:12.0

But here on Midwest murder, we will shatter that false reality.

0:16.0

In fact, it happens more often than we know, and sometimes the details of the most horrific crimes

0:21.0

that happen in our neighborhoods are lost in the back pages of newspapers, forgotten on

0:26.0

our news channels, and eventually erased over time.

0:30.1

We are here to talk about murder, diving into some of the most controversial cases in Midwest

0:34.9

history.

0:36.1

The show will not shy away from the morbid details of

0:38.5

these horrific events and the often ugly truths behind them. What you will hear is a detailed

0:44.6

timeline of events, perspectives from those closely involved, and analysis by experts. What you

0:52.1

will feel is the darkness that surrounds each story, the innocence

0:56.2

lost by the victims, and hopefully the justice that was ultimately delivered.

1:00.5

Joan Alanto.

1:01.5

Don Palumbo, I was feeling a little bit gravelly during that read.

1:04.9

Sure.

1:05.3

And I think I fumbled on events and you know what? I'm human. I'm just going to leave that in there.

1:10.0

You know, I kind of like it when we, when maybe, you know, I start h I'm just gonna leave that in there you know I kind of like it

1:10.9

when we when maybe you know I start huffing and puffing through it or or you can maybe hear

1:16.3

some imperfections because it's like yeah we record that every single time you know it's we're

1:22.0

real people we're we're not we're not automated when we do this so those bumps in the road

1:26.7

happen yeah this this awkwardness is not automated.

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