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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 276 - The Death of Julie Jensen & the Letter She Left Behind

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.46.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Before she died, Julie Jensen gave a sealed letter to a neighbor. Days later, she was gone — and her warning would change everything.

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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

Editing:
Aiden Wolf

Sources:
CourtTV Trial Recap
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 1
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 2
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 3
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 4
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 5
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 6
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 7
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 8
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 9
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 10
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 11
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 12
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Day 13
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v Mark Jensen Closing Arguments
Antifreeze Murder Retrial | WI v. Mark Jensen Verdict
Impact Statements
Sentencing 2023
Washington Examiner Timeline
Julie Jensen's Letter
Murderpedia
Death by Antifreeze: The Murder of Julie Jensen
2008 Testimony of Malgorzata Wojt (Neighbor)
CBS: The Letter
Julie Jensen Obituary

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do not necessarily reflect

0:29.0

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0:29.8

of madness podcast.

0:31.6

Listener discretion is advised.

0:33.3

Music The I'm sure you've heard the phrase, catch-22.

1:08.8

It describes a cruel kind of trap, a dilemma that has no clear escape.

1:15.0

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

1:18.7

The phrase comes from a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller about a World War II bomber pilot

1:25.1

desperate to stop flying dangerous combat missions, but he's

1:29.4

trapped in a paradox.

1:32.4

According to Air Force rules, a pilot didn't have to fly if he was declared insane.

1:38.8

But to be declared insane, he had to ask for an evaluation. And asking, that was taken as proof of sanity.

1:48.2

There was no way out. In 1998, a suburban Wisconsin woman found herself caught in a real-life

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