Episode 227: The Murders in Little Egypt

Inhuman: A True Crime Podcast

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True Crime

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

22-year-old Mark Cavaness’s mom and younger brothers planned to visit with him on Easter weekend 1977. When he didn’t show up, they headed to his trailer, where he lived on his father’s farmland in Harrisburg, Illinois – and when they arrived, they were shocked to find him shot to death. 7 years later, his younger brother Sean would be found in the same way – but how did the brothers die? Was it an accident, or was there something more sinister going on?

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0:00.0	What's up you guys, I'm Haley, and I'm Andrea, and this is inhuman a true crime podcast.
0:26.8	On Easter 1977, 22-year-old Mark Cavanus' mom and younger brothers planned to visit him. When he didn't show up to their meeting, they headed to his trailer where he lived on his father's farmland in Harrisburg, Illinois.
0:40.8	When they arrived, they were shocked because they found 22-year-old Mark shot to death.
0:48.8	Seven years later, his younger brother Sean would be founded in an eerily similar way.
0:56.8	What?
0:58.8	But how did the brothers die? Was it an accident? Or was there something more sinister going on?
1:04.8	This is the story about the murders in Little Egypt.
1:08.8	Justed by Ashley, so thank you Ashley for the suggestion. I also want to give a trigger warning because this story does include drug and alcohol addiction, abuse, and suicide.
1:21.8	John Dale Cavanus, known as Dale, was born to Peck and Norma Cavanus in 1925 in El Dorado, Illinois.
1:30.8	He was a star student athlete and was known to be very competitive.
1:36.8	In high school, he started dating a girl named Helen Pierce and her father was a doctor and seeing her father in his career is what sparked his interest to one day become a doctor.
1:49.8	So nice.
1:51.8	After graduating high school, he joined the United States Navy and after two years of service in World War II, he was honorably discharged.
2:00.8	After leaving the Navy, Dale married Helen and began attending Southern Illinois University in Carvingdale, Illinois.
2:08.8	And I just had to laugh when I read that because I had a couple of friends who had friends from their hometown that attended S.I.U.
2:19.8	And I remember them going down and like having the best time there. So it seems like a fun place.
2:26.8	But he was studying medicine at S.I.U.
2:31.8	After graduating with his undergrad degree, Dale attended Washington University of Medicine in St. Louis, Louis, Louis. I think it's Louis.
2:39.8	St. Louis, yeah.
2:41.8	Louis. It's, oh yeah, it's Louisville.
2:44.8	Louisville, yeah.
2:46.8	So he was attending Washington University of Medicine and he was a dedicated and successful student.
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