Iowa: The Tragic Johnson Family Case
Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast
Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins
4.5 • 992 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2017
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Both were born to Swedish immigrants and Albin was described as a typical farmer in the woods. He was strong and could always be seen wearing blue overalls. The couple had seven children together. Albin and Alvira Johnson were a poor family in the Great Depression. They had seven children together and were rumored to be expecting another.
Their friendliness and lack of resources were well-known around their town. One day, their 10-year-old son, Harold, came home from playing with a friend and told his mother that he had eaten too much while at their house. She scolded him, but he didn't understand why Santa never left them anything at Christmas.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Typically I have two objectives in the cases I present you. |
| 0:55.0 | First I want to utilize my voice to speak out for those silenced by another |
| 1:00.0 | in hope of justice being served in their case. |
| 1:05.3 | The unfortunate truth behind evil acts against one person by another is that sometimes |
| 1:10.4 | the perpetrator gets away with it. This is why my second objective the just like you and I, who met an unfortunate and unnecessary fate. |
| 1:26.1 | A story that even for just a few minutes, many people around the world are pausing to |
| 1:31.1 | hear. |
| 1:32.1 | With that in mind, I present to you the the world are pausing to hear. |
| 1:33.2 | With that in mind I present to you the story of Alvira Johnson and her seven children. |
| 1:40.5 | There are two possibilities in this case. Either they were murdered or they met their untimely |
| 1:46.2 | fate in an accident. |
| 1:49.5 | Instead of convincing you of one or the other, I will let you come to your own conclusion. But I do ask this |
| 1:55.8 | of you. Remember their story. Albin and Elvira Johnson married around |
| 2:02.8 | 1923 in Chisago County, Minnesota. |
| 2:07.0 | Alvirus parents weren't very keen on the marriage |
| 2:10.0 | as she was their youngest of four daughters at 19, while Albin was 36, 17 years her senior. |
| 2:19.3 | Both were born to Swedish immigrants. |
| 2:22.4 | Albin was described as the typical farmer in Woodsman. |
| 2:25.0 | He was a very strong man with large hands |
| 2:28.0 | and could always be seen wearing blue overhauls |
| 2:31.0 | over his dark suit with a woodsman's cap on. |
| 2:35.8 | He stood at a very tall six foot three inches. |
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