Roger Atkison
The Murder In My Family
AbJack Entertainment
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Roger Atkison was brutally murdered alongside his mistress, Rose Burkert, in an Iowa hotel room in 1980. Investigators examining the bloody crime scene determined that the pair was most likely killed with a hatchet. Police suspected that the murders were a crime of passion or jealousy committed by someone who knew the couple was having an affair. In an eerie twist, the couple was only able to get a room there after a last second cancellation as the hotel was booked to capacity because of a mortician's convention being held there. Despite her husband's infidelity, Roger's widow has searched for almost 40 years to figure out who killed him. She discusses that journey to get answers, and well as being a suspect herself before police ruled her out.
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| 0:00.0 | The views and opinions expressed by guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent those of the podcast, its host, or sponsors. |
| 0:09.0 | If you would like to discuss the murder in your family on this podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Please be sure to visit the Murder in my Family.com |
| 0:18.0 | for more information. |
| 0:20.0 | You can support this podcast by visiting Patreon.com |
| 0:24.4 | forward slash the Murder in My Family. |
| 0:27.3 | This episode may contain unsettling material or subject matter. |
| 0:31.6 | Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for episode 33 of the Murder and my Family. |
| 0:51.0 | Today's episode was supposed to air last week, but I was sick and lost my voice and wasn't able to record. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm still not 100 percent, but I'm ready to give it a go. |
| 1:01.0 | And this episode gets us back on schedule. And speaking of schedules, in order to keep bringing you fresh cases on a regular |
| 1:08.6 | basis, I've decided to start airing new episodes of the murder of my family every other week. |
| 1:14.2 | I'm a one-man operation and it's quite time-consuming to produce this podcast between writing, |
| 1:19.2 | research, recording, editing, and conducting interviews. |
| 1:22.8 | On top of all that, I've been inundated with requests from people to cover their loved |
| 1:26.5 | ones case, and since I never want to turn someone away if I can help, organizing and |
| 1:31.6 | responding to all of those requests has become a job of its own. |
| 1:35.4 | So expect episode 34 to be released two weeks after this episode. |
| 1:39.6 | If you find they enjoy this podcast, please take a minute to rate and review it wherever you listen |
| 1:44.1 | to podcast so that the show can continue to grow and reach new listeners. |
| 1:48.9 | To learn more about the show where the cases we discuss, please visit the Murder My Family. |
| 1:53.8 | You can also find us on Twitter with the handle at Murder My Fam |
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