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Midwest Murder

E129: The Perfect American Boy

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

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

FAN MAIL TEXT HOTLINE When young female college students start turning up brutally murdered around Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan, fear spreads faster than the investigation. Law enforcement can’t connect the killings. Angry parents turn on the university. A self-proclaimed psychic steps into the spotlight, claiming he can see what police can’t. And while headlines chase hysteria, the real killer moves quietly among them, hiding in plain sight. This is the story of the Michigan Murders: ...

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We've all heard the phrase, that kind of thing doesn't happen in our town.

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But here on Midwest murder, we will shatter that false reality. In fact, it happens more often than we know, and sometimes the details of the most horrific crimes that happen in

0:21.4

our neighborhoods are lost in the back pages of newspapers, forgotten on our news channels,

0:26.5

and eventually erased over time. We're here to talk about murder, diving into some of the most

0:31.8

controversial cases in Midwest history. The show will not shy away from the morbid details of these

0:37.4

horrific events and the often ugly truths behind them. What show will not shy away from the morbid details of these horrific events and the

0:38.8

often ugly truths behind them. What you will hear is a detailed timeline of events,

0:44.9

perspectives from those closely involved, and analysis by experts. What you will feel is the darkness

0:51.4

that surrounds each story, the innocence lost by the victims, and hopefully

0:56.4

the justice that was ultimately delivered.

0:59.5

Joan Alanto.

1:00.4

Don Palumbo.

1:01.5

Hi.

1:02.0

Here we are in the capital city.

1:04.9

The capital city of our home state, North Dakota.

1:08.6

And we're recording tonight at the legendary historic Bell Mayhus Auditorium. And we love being here. And we want to thank each and every one of you guys for sharing an evening of true crime with us. It is an honor that we get to do this. And man, it really means a lot that people want to come out and hang out with us on a Saturday night. So thanks a lot for being here with us, Bismarck. I'm sure we'll be back. See you again in the not too distant future. It is never lost on us. In fact, every time I,

1:32.4

every time we get here and we're like just before we set up, I think I've taken a picture from like

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right here every single time. Not to anybody's surprise. They haven't changed. But it's, it's it is never lost it's it's the coolest

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thing so we appreciate it yeah absolutely and of course we appreciate everybody who takes a little

1:52.5

bit of time out of their busy life to give us a rating or a review on iTunes and Spotify that

1:58.1

helps us go a long way it helps other people check out the show, maybe

2:01.4

their willingness to want to listen to Midwest murders. So please, it takes about 37 seconds

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