Some relatives are unwelcome at Christmas. Some are rude. Some look down on you. Some are unwelcome because they’re already dead. In 1937, a…Continue readingEpisode 27: A Dark and Haunted Holiday

When Iowa policemen arrested a robbery suspect in 1947, they thought they had just apprehended the thief responsible for numerous area break-ins. They didn’t suspect…Continue readingEpisode 26: An Uncommon Criminal

In 1924, Cora Raber was a young woman who found herself in an undesired position. But she had resolved the issue, and was going to…Continue readingEpisode 25: The Would-Be Bride

Charles Strelow couldn’t watch over his hidden fortune all the time, so he bought a dog. Trained to be vicious, it looked like the end when Charles left the farm. But fate intervened. What happened to the hermit’s sentry?

Charles Strelow lived as a virtual hermit. For decades, there were stories of a small fortune hidden on his Nebraska farm. In 1925, authorities were shocked to discover that the legend was true.     Sources Releases in Chicago Realty Led to Strelow Bro...

Even familiar noises can seem odd in a new house. In 1887, one woman tried to explain away the mysterious footsteps she heard as natural. But when the strange man started to appear, she knew otherwise.   Sources United States Federal Records Rock Islan...

Carl Albright was in his mid-twenties, with his whole life ahead of him. All that came to an end when his charred remains were found near a Nebraska highway in 1924. What happened to Carl Albright?     Sources Search For Clues In the Mysterious Death o...

Locals suspected that something was off when Harry Singer started selling his boss’ belongings. Never would they have guessed the truth. What had happened to the Wesley family, and what did Singer know about it?     Sources The Noblesville Ledger,

When May Lewis came home, no one else was there. Where had her parents gone, and what was behind the bedroom door that wouldn’t open?     Sources Former Brazil Man Kills Wife; Ends Own Life. The Brazil Daily Times.

Mary and Alonzo Singer were murdered in their rural Indiana home with an axe. What events led up to it, and what did it have to do with a lonely teamster named Charles Clark?       Sources Dies of Pneumonia. The Kokomo Tribune,