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Midwest Murder

E139: The House Always Wins

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

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

FAN MAIL TEXT HOTLINE In Prohibition-era Chicago, beer meant power, and power meant enemies. When a high-profile kidnapping shakes the city, Roger “The Terrible” Touhy becomes the perfect villain. What follows is a decades-long battle through courtrooms, prison walls, and a justice system that may not have been looking for the truth at all. Recorded at the legendary Anne Nicole Nelson Hall in support of the Minot Symphony Orchestra, into music performed live by Erik, Diana, and Erik Mychal...

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0:00.0

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

0:13.5

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

0:17.9

In fact, it happens more often than we know.

0:23.0

And sometimes the details of the most horrific crimes that happen in our neighborhoods are lost in the back pages of newspapers,

0:28.2

forgotten on our news channels, and eventually erased over time. We're here to talk about murder,

0:34.6

diving into some of the most controversial cases in Midwest history.

0:38.3

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

0:45.3

What you will hear is a detailed timeline of events, perspectives from those closely involved, and analysis by experts. What you will feel is the darkness that surrounds each story, the innocence lost by the victims, and hopefully the justice that was ultimately delivered.

1:27.5

Oh my gosh.

1:30.2

That's so cool.

1:34.8

Wow.

1:37.6

I... It's amazing every single time and to hear it live.

1:40.9

Wow.

1:41.5

That's...

1:42.0

I have no words still.

1:45.1

Yeah. Thank still. Yeah.

1:45.7

Thank you. Yeah. So, Joan Alanto, I don't even know what we're like. We still do that. I know. We still do that. I'm waiting for you. I don't have any words. You say my name. I say yours. This guy's Joan Alanto. Do you want to start over? Kind of. I do. I'm Joan Alanto. That's Don Palumbo. This is Midwest Murder. And that was flipping awesome.

2:04.1

Yeah, that's better. to start over? Kind of. I do. I'm Joan Alanto. That's Don Palumbo. This is Midwest Murder. And that was

2:02.9

flipping awesome. Yeah, that's better. Like I said before the show, five years we've been doing this.

2:07.9

I've never heard the family who made that music play it live until now. What a treat. We are here at

2:13.6

Ann Nicole Nelson Hall because the Minot Symphony Orchestra brought us here. This is an

2:17.7

incredible little fundraiser for them to help bring some extra attention and to help make

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