When a young couple sets off for a weekend away, disappointment awaits at their destination where a mortician's convention has the hotel fully booked.

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Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive. I'm your host, Leah.

I'm your co-host, Scott.

Rose Berker and Roger Atkinson were Last Seen Alive. I'm your host, Leah. I'm your co-host, Scott. Rose Berker and Roger Atkinson were last seen alive on September 12, 1980. That was the day they left their hometown of St. Joseph,

Missouri, and drove north across the border into Iowa. They stopped after four hours of driving

when they reached the creatively named Iowa County,

arriving at the Amana Holiday Inn in the tiny town of Williamsburg, Iowa.

Iowa, you say.

Yes. So, a little background. I don't tell Scott anything about our episodes until we sit down

and record so that it's all new information

for him. Yesterday, he asked me what state we were going to for this episode, and I said,

you'll never guess, because I didn't think he would. And he instantly just says, Iowa. So I guess

he did get a little bit of beforehand information this time. Yeah, and to be fair, I didn't peek, I didn't read, it was just my legitimate first guess gut instinct.

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