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Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

The Mysterious Death of Lana Stempien

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Lana Stempien, a vibrant attorney with a love for boating, disappeared mysteriously with her boyfriend Chuck Rutherford during a planned trip on Lake Huron in 2005. Despite extensive investigations and theories, including suspicions of foul play, Lana's body was found weeks later, while Chuck's whereabouts remain unknown, leaving the case unresolved and fraught with unanswered questions. Thank you to this week’s sponsors! OneSkin is more than skin care. It’s about skin longevity, targeting the root causes of aging to help you look and feel your best at every age. Get started today with 15% off using code MOMS at oneskin.co. Start all your shopping at rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today, your Cash Back really adds up! Caden Lane is your one-stop shop for all your newborn, infant and toddler apparel. Head to CadenLane.com/MOMS and use code MOMS for 20% off your order. For a limited time get twenty percent off your first subscription order by going to vegamour.com/moms and use code moms at check out. To advertise on the show, contact [email protected] or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/MomsandMysteriesATrueCrimePodcast. New merch! Check out Moms and Mysteries Threadless! You can also get new episodes a day early and ad free, plus merch and more at Patreon.com/momsandmysteriespodcast Listen and subscribe to Melissa’s other podcast, Criminality!! It’s the podcast for those who love reality TV, true crime, and want to hear all the juicy stories where the two genres intersect. Subscribe and listen here: www.pod.link/criminality Check-out Moms and Mysteries to find links to our tiktok, youtube, twitter, instagram and more! Make sure you subscribe and rate our show to help others find us! Sources: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10807318/ns/dateline_nbc/t/beneath-blue-waters/#.XtnZ9Z5KhQI http://charleyproject.org/case/charles-rutherford-jr https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/detroitnews/obituary.aspx?n=lana-stempien&pid=180093318 https://www.hourdetroit.com/community/a-cold-case-lake-huron-boating-mystery/ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12756009/ns/dateline_nbc/t/new-witnesses-lake-huron-mystery/#.Xury5Z5KhQI https://www.newspapers.com/image/362560058/?article=3af830e1-f352-4f4b-beec-72d26550bb6e&focus=0.19426714,0.65429425,0.33484986,0.70012134&xid=2378&_ga=2.107526210.1713233629.1592457405-302791307.1590645882&_gac=1.27661006.1591684266.Cj0KCQjww_f2BRC-ARIsAP3zarHiOWVdaYSLU3WEVvt7g1FvxJvNrUXnMmlvcFX9NWl9mT3KYb459_saAib2EALw_wcB http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15209681/ns/dateline_nbc/t/what-lies-beneath/#.Xv3-cJNKhQJ https://piadvance.com/2015/09/ten-years-later-mystery-persists-of-lake-huron-tragedy/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/364019374/?terms=lana%20stempien&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/363349436/?terms=lana%20stempien&match=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're going to be. Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast a true crime

0:28.2

podcast featuring myself Mandy and my dear friend Melissa hi Melissa

0:31.8

Hi Melissa.

0:32.6

Hi, Mandy, how are you?

0:34.2

I am wonderful.

0:35.3

Spring is in the air and you know that is something

0:38.3

that is truly something I like.

0:40.4

I was like where I was gonna say long time no see but sure let's talk about the spring let's talk about the

0:47.9

weather again yeah no I know actually we did see each other like two days ago, three days ago.

0:56.0

I know.

0:57.7

And we flew on a Boeing plane.

1:00.0

We did.

1:01.0

Successfully.

1:02.0

Success, well almost not successfully successfully they moved our plane we had to not ride

1:05.9

the first one they gave us and they said we're gonna put you on another one this

1:09.4

one doesn't seem to be working so yay for us and then we thought there was going to be an issue with the second

1:14.9

plane after we were already seated on it and thankfully there was not that was just a little

1:18.9

ha ha ha gotcha moment he said either there's an issue or the light just needs to be reset, which is what I do with my car and I don't trust a pilot saying that for goodness sake.

1:30.0

Yep, yep, pilots are just like us. I know like my husband will say, you know, if my tire lights on, especially in the cold months, he's like just drive around and see if it comes off. And I'm like, okay, let's do what happens. I'm that's pretty much how I do everything with my car as well

1:47.7

Terrible but it was so fun. We had such a good time in Texas. We did.

1:53.0

Melissa, you got to meet my grandfather who is 90 years old and I thought that was just so fun.

2:01.0

Yes, and his lady friend. And yeah, we had such a lovely dinner with them and I was really

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