E138: Pulp Non-Fiction

Midwest Murder

Jonah Lantto & Dawn Palumbo with the Good Talk Network

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

4.7 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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FAN MAIL TEXT HOTLINE An employee at a paper mill in Wisconsin was murdered and found inside a pulp vat. What followed was a case shaped by fear, investigative failures, and ended with six people on trial, and even more questions. Recorded with a fabulous crowd at the Sanctuary Events Center in Fargo, ND. Episode sponsored in part by Lilac Lane Media https://www.lilaclanemedia.com/ Support the show https://linktr.ee/midwestmurderpod

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0:00.0	We've all heard the phrase, that kind of thing doesn't happen in our town, but here on Midwest
0:11.6	murder, we will shatter that false reality. In fact, it happens more often than we know.
0:17.6	And sometimes, the details of the most horrific crimes that happen in our neighborhoods
0:21.6	are lost in the back pages of newspapers, forgotten on our news channels, and eventually erased over time.
0:27.6	We are here to talk about murder, diving into some of the most controversial cases in Midwest history.
0:31.6	This show will not shy away from the morbid details of these horrific events and the often ugly truths behind them.
0:38.5	What you will hear is a detailed timeline of events, perspectives from those closely involved,
0:43.8	and analysis by experts.
0:45.7	What you will feel is the darkness that surrounds each story, the innocence lost by the victims,
0:51.1	and hopefully the justice that was ultimately delivered.
0:54.5	Don Palumbo.
0:55.6	Jonah Lanto.
0:57.8	Hello.
0:58.6	Hi.
0:59.0	Here we are.
0:59.7	Where are we at?
1:00.3	We've arrived.
1:01.1	We have.
1:01.7	We have arrived.
1:03.5	We are in Fargo.
1:05.2	Absolutely.
1:05.9	We're back in Fargo at the sanctuary event center here in downtown. We we've been we've been here once or twice
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