Lady in the Lake: Unsolved Mysteries

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On an icy, winter night nearly 10 years ago, police found 55-year-old JoAnn Romain’s abandoned car outside her church in a Michigan suburb. They assumed she drowned in a nearby lake by suicide. But her body was recovered 70 days later in the Detroit River 35 miles away from where police allege she had entered the water. Her family suspects foul play. They have a list of suspects and will not stop until they find the truth about what happened to their mother. "Lady in the Lake" is the fifth episode of Unsolved Mysteries, Volume 2. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, our host Rebecca Lavoie (Crime Writers On...) speaks with director Skye Borgman. Rebecca will also dive into conversation with her husband Kevin Flynn (Crime Writers On...) as they discuss their own reactions to this episode. Loyal fans of Unsolved Mysteries might remember these words from the late and irreplaceable former host of the show, Robert Stack, “For every mystery, someone somewhere knows the truth. Perhaps that person is someone listening. Perhaps it’s you.” Go to https://unsolved.com/home/ to learn more about the extensive amount of other mysteries covered by the series. Note to listeners: This episode contains spoilers. So make sure to watch the entire episode before listening on. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our guest was recorded in his home and not in a studio. We appreciate your understanding. Stay tuned for our final episode on Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2, "Stolen Kids."

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0:00.0	Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast for Netflix original true crime stories.
0:06.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy, your host.
0:10.0	Each episode we take a close up look at at a true-crime documentary or series and I get to talk to the people who made them.
0:16.5	We dive deep into the backstories and get answers to questions raised by what we just watched.
0:21.5	This week, episode 5 of our special mini season on Unsolved Mysteries,
0:26.2	volume two. I talk with Director Sky Borgman who joined us on the show last year to discuss the award-winning Netflix documentary
0:34.7	Abducted in Plain Sight.
0:36.7	Now she's back to discuss her latest work with Unsolved Mysteries.
0:40.5	She directed Volume 2, Episode 5 5 Lady in the Lake.
0:45.0	On an icy winter night nearly 10 years ago,
0:50.0	police found 55 year old Joanne Romaine's abandoned car outside her church in a Michigan suburb.
0:56.0	They assumed she drowned in a nearby lake by suicide, but her body was recovered 70 days later in the Detroit River 35 miles away from where police
1:06.3	alleged she had entered the water.
1:08.4	Her family suspects foul play.
1:10.5	They have a list of suspects and will not stop until they find the truth about what happened to their mother.
1:16.0	My mom was the most cautious overprotective person in the world.
1:25.0	For them to say that she left the church to walk across the street in 12 degree weather,
1:31.0	dark of night, where it was icy and snowy, into a foot of freezing cold water to take
1:37.2	her own life, it just doesn't make sense.
1:42.0	A note to listeners. This episode contains spoilers so
1:44.8	make sure to watch the entire episode of Unsolved Mysteries and then listen on to
1:49.2	this podcast. Now before you hear my discussion with Sky, take a listen to a discussion I had with my real life partner in crime, my husband, Kevin Flynn.
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