Mary Schlais: “It's Never Too Late for Justice”丨MURDERISH Ep. 190

MURDERISH

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On a frigid February day in 1974, 25-year-old graduate student Mary Schlais stuck out her thumb to hitch a ride. She planned to travel from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Madison, Wisconsin and then make her way north to Chicago to attend an art show. Back then, it was common for young people to rely on the kindness of strangers for transportation. Hitchhiking around the Twin Cities was something Mary did regularly. That cold February day was the last time anyone saw the free-spirited woman alive. Mary’s body was discovered later that day, but it would be more than 50 years before her killer was tracked down through genetic genealogy. Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel @JamiOnAir: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram and TikTok. Sponsors Boulevard: Visit JoinBLVD.com/MURDERISH to book a demo and get 10% off your first year subscription, for new customers. Shopify: Visit shopify.com/murderish to sign up for a $1/month trial. TaskRabbit: Visit TaskRabbit.com, or download the TaskRabbit app, and use code MURDERISH for 15% off your first task Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092. Research and writing by: Alison Schwartz. Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, please send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] and copy [email protected]. Visit Murderish.com to learn more about the podcast and Creator/Host, Jami, and to view a list of sources for this episode. Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello there, Simon Whistler here from podcasts like The Casual Criminalist and Decoding the Unknown.
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1:02.2	Sensitive topics are discussed.
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1:07.4	On a frigid February day in 1974, 25-year-old graduate student Mary Schleyes stuck out her thumb
1:15.1	to hitch a ride. She planned to travel from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Madison, Wisconsin,
1:20.8	and then make her way north to Chicago to attend an art show. Back then, it was common for young
1:26.8	people to rely on the kindness of strangers
1:29.1	for transportation. Hitchhiking around the Twin Cities was something Mary did regularly.
1:35.1	Every other time she'd hitchhiked, Mary was fine. But all it takes is one, one gut feeling
1:41.9	that something isn't right, and the offer of a ride can give you more
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