UNSOLVED: The Kellogg Murder 1
Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The 1963 murder of Daisy Zick remains one of Battle Creek, Michigan’s most enduring cold cases. A Kellogg’s factory worker with a complicated personal life, Daisy was found stabbed to death in her home. Was her killer a jealous lover, a stranger, or someone much closer? We retrace her story, her final hours, and the unanswered questions still echoing through this cold case.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, Carter Roy here. |
| 0:04.4 | If you're loving murder, true crime stories, you need to check out Crimes of, the newest show from Crime House. |
| 0:11.7 | Crimes of is a weekly series that explores a new theme each season, from crimes of the paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more. Their first season is |
| 0:23.3 | Crimes of Infamy, the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains. Crimes of is a |
| 0:32.2 | crimehouse original powered by Pave Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or find them on YouTube at Crimehouse Studios. |
| 0:41.0 | New episodes out every Tuesday. This is Crime House. |
| 1:00.8 | Gossip can take many forms. Sometimes it's harmless chatter, like talking about a bad haircut, |
| 1:08.0 | or maybe the latest drama at your HOA meeting. In other cases, it's informative, maybe letting your friends know to avoid the creepy guy at work. |
| 1:17.6 | But it can also be salacious. |
| 1:20.6 | Rumors about what people do behind closed doors. |
| 1:24.6 | At first, it might seem like fun in games, but if you're not careful, |
| 1:30.9 | gossip can also be deadly. In 1963, 43-43-year-old Daisy Zick learned that lesson in the worst |
| 1:41.8 | way. That year, she was found brutally murdered at her home in Battle Creek, |
| 1:47.1 | Michigan. By that point, Daisy had been the subject of town gossip for years. After a troubled marriage, |
| 1:55.0 | she had a complicated relationship with her second husband. Everyone knew she saw other men behind his back. |
| 2:03.3 | After her death, the rumor mill only intensified. It was yet another reason for people to |
| 2:10.1 | whisper Daisy's name, but even then, there was one question no one knew the answer to, |
| 2:18.9 | not even the police. |
| 2:22.9 | Who killed Daisy and why? |
| 2:35.0 | People's lives are like a story. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end, but you don't always know which part you're on. |
| 2:41.0 | Sometimes the final chapter arrives far too soon, and we don't always get to know the real ending. |
| 2:47.0 | I'm Carter Roy, and this is Murder, True Crime Stories, a Crime House original powered by Pave Studios that comes out every Tuesday and Thursday. |
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