Episode 108 - Rick & Gail Brink
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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4.4 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
On November 21st, 1987 in Holland Michigan, newlyweds Rick and Gail Brink had just returned to their peaceful country home on Ransom street after attending another couple's wedding reception. Although the house was a work in progress, Rick and Gail looked forward to eventually creating a lifetime of memories there. Tragically it was a future they’d never share.
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Sources:
https://www.nbc.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/video/a-secret-to-kill-for/3744089
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2013/02/former_girlfriend_of_1987_murd.html
https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20190403e77
https://www.hillsdale.net/article/20140328/news/140328892
https://www.hollandsentinel.com/photogallery/MI/20140311/NEWS/311009996/PH/1
https://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20140316/NEWS/140319272
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2014/04/post_501.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2014/07/with_killings_of_rick_gail_bri.html
https://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20140320/NEWS/140329876
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| 0:00.0 | The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the minds |
| 0:05.0 | of Madness podcast. |
| 0:06.8 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:37.7 | On November 21, 1987 in Holland, Michigan, newlyweds Rick and Gail Brink had just returned to |
| 0:44.8 | their peaceful country home on Ransom Street after attending another couple's wedding reception. |
| 0:50.8 | Although the house was a work in progress, Rick and Gail looked forward to eventually |
| 0:55.5 | creating a lifetime of memories there. |
| 0:57.6 | Tragically, it was a future they'd never share. Join me now as we take a look into a case |
| 1:05.7 | that horrified a community leading investigators down dead end trails for over 25 years, |
| 1:12.5 | fearing they'd never find the killer. You'll learn how dark family secrets have a way of creeping |
| 1:18.7 | to the surface and the lengths people go to to keep them contained. |
| 1:34.6 | Spring in Holland, Michigan is like a scene straight out of a hallmark movie, known across the |
| 1:51.0 | country for its spectacular tool of festival and old-fashioned timeless homes and businesses. |
| 1:57.2 | Holland seems untouched by the ever-changing world around it. |
| 2:00.9 | It's situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, it's as close to a tropical beach as it gets in |
| 2:06.8 | the Midwest. It's here where Wendell and Dorothea Wiengarten raised their eight children. |
| 2:12.5 | Their youngest Gail was born on April 24, 1965. With such a large family, money was often tight, |
| 2:20.9 | but whatever the children lacked materially was made up for in spades by the love and warmth |
| 2:26.5 | their parents provided. Gail was vivacious and charming almost from the start, but she always showed |
| 2:33.6 | mild dissatisfaction as she lived without new toys and clothes that the other children in the |
| 2:39.2 | area always seemed to have. As she grew up watching her parents struggle to put food on the table, |
| 2:46.0 | she gained an exceptionally strong desire to work for what she needed and wanted. |
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