The Starved Rock Murders // 84

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In 1960, three Chicago women set off on a week-day getaway to a nearby lodge. After spending their first afternoon enjoying some lunch, they left for a stroll through the snowy park nearby- and they never returned. When a blizzard hit the following night and none of the staff realized the women were missing, the investigation started late- and potential evidence was lost from the new blankets of snow in the area. But one piece of evidence left at the scene would help put the pieces together. These are the murders of Lillian Oetting, Frances Murphy, and Mildred Linquist. Also known, as the Starved Rock Murders. PATREON BONUS EPISODES: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-08-25-9103030676-story.html https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/chester-weger-convicted-of-1960-starved-rock-murders-granted-parole/article_5b103509-9505-56f2-a593-e791373e0ba9.html https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/11/21/20974071/man-who-confessed-starved-rock-killings-paroled-after-nearly-six-decades-in-prison https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-chester-weger-starved-rock-killer-parole-20200221-njirg2g4pngcncp4wt7r76pi3e-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-chester-weger-starved-rock-murders-htmlstory.html https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/the-starved-rock-murders https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40910100/lillian-isabelle-oetting https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80164560/frances-murphy https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40910035/mildred-monika_emma-lindquist Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on True Crime fans? I'm your host He and I'm your other host Daphne and you're listening to Going West.
0:21.0	We have a big announcement today but first I just wanted to say thank you so much to Adrian Alexander over on Instagram.
0:29.0	They suggested this case for us and I had never heard of it but we had a really interesting time diving into it. So thank you so much Adrian.
0:37.0	Yes, thank you so much. In this episode we're going to go back to 1960 which we don't do very often but we're going to do it today.
0:45.0	Alright Heath, you want to tell them the announcement?
0:47.0	Oh yeah, big announcement. So yesterday actually we just released the trailer for our new podcast, a second podcast that we're working on called The Dark Parts.
0:58.0	The Dark Parts is a chilling history podcast so we go back and tell thought to be true horror stories and urban legends and hauntings and it's a lot of fun.
1:09.0	It's a little bit less serious than well a lot less serious than going west. So we're really excited about it.
1:16.0	Yeah and that's going to drop on October 1st so just in time for the spooky season of Halloween which we love.
1:22.0	And we're going to release three episodes on October 1st so you guys can binge it and you know kind of fall in love with it like we are.
1:31.0	Yeah, if this is something that you guys are interested in, make sure you go over to our Instagram page at The Dark Parts podcast or you can head over to our Twitter page at The Dark Parts pod.
1:42.0	And we also have a Facebook group as well.
1:44.0	Yeah so go and follow the social media accounts so you guys can stay up to date.
1:48.0	We are going to be announcing some stuff regarding the dark parts here and in one month from today.
1:53.0	You guys can be listening to it so we're super excited for you to hear it.
1:57.0	Oh and also we just released yesterday a brand new bonus episode on Patreon about Robert Fisher.
2:04.0	This was such a crazy case to dive into and discuss with Heath like such a wild twisted case.
2:10.0	So if you guys are interested in bonus episodes if you're all caught up on going west, the link is in the description below or just head over to patreon.com slash going west podcast.
2:21.0	Yeah that's P-A-T-R-E-O-N dot com slash going west podcast.
2:28.0	And thank you guys so much for all of the amazing reviews that we got and for joining Patreon.
2:34.0	We're going to give those shout outs in the end of the episode as usual.
2:37.0	Alright guys without any further ado, this is episode 84 of going west so let's get into it.
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