The Kitchen Table Historian isn’t just a blog, it’s now a podcast, too!
The American Midwest has often been given a wholesome, down-home image. We are humble, polite, hard-working, and kind. We live in ignorant, naïve bliss of the evils that happen outside of our small towns and close-knit sewing circles.
This couldn’t be further from the truth. Every state in the Midwest has a dark side. Come with me, the Kitchen Table Historian, as I share these stories with you, and make you believe that bad things do happen here.
Make sure to tune in and listen to stories of true crime, the paranormal, and the downright bizarre from the dark history of the Midwest. Available on Apple iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Blubrry, and TuneIn Radio.
Available Episodes:
Episode 1: The Devil You Know: The John Hoskins Murders
Episode 2: Bloody Matrimony: The Murder of Marie Whynack
Episode 3: Sudden Endings
Episode 4: Unfortunate Circumstances
Episode 5: The Giant of Scott County
Episode 6: And The Rain Fell, And The Water Rose….
Episode 7: The Night Turned Into Day: The Stanley Packamore Murder
Episode 8: Uninvited Guests
Episode 9: Unseen Malady
Episode 10: Stolen Lives
Episode 11: Buried Secrets
Episode 12: Premonitions of Doom
Episode 13: The Last Walk Home
Episode 14: Deadly Delivery
Episode 15: Rising From The Flames
Episode 16: Suicide Over Starvation
Episode 17: Loving Henry
Episode 18: Lost in Despair
Episode 19: Beyond the Bedroom Door
Episode 20: The Harry Singer Murders
Episode 21: The Strange Death of Carl Albright
Episode 22: The Tinsmith’s Ghost
Episode 23: The Strelow Brother’s Hidden Fortune
Episode 24: The Hermit’s Sentry
Episode 25: The Would-Be Bride
Episode 26: An Uncommon Criminal
Episode 27: A Dark and Haunted Holiday
Episode 28: The Confession of Leonard Grubb
Episode 29: Defiling the Dead
Episode 30: Haunted – The Kelly Family Murders
Episode 31: My Ghost Stories – Real and Imagined
Episode 32: The Accidentally Deliberate Murder of Augusta Bartz
Episode 33: The Scars of Loss
Episode 34: Snapped in Birmingham
Episode 35: Frozen Secrets
Episode 36: Emotional Insanity
Episode 37: The Spencer Family Massacre, Part 1
Episode 38: The Spencer Family Massacre, Part 2
Episode 39: The Robbers Who Should Have Quit
Episode 40: The Bandits in the Blizzard
Episode 41: The Edward Crampton Murders of 1921
Episode 42: Deadly Relations: The Sam McNeese Murder
Episode 43: Ms. Holly
Episode 44: Table Scraps – Vol. 1
Episode 45: Struck Down in the Dark: The Charles Englehart Murder
Episode 46: Ghosts of the Pandemic, Part 1: Arrival
Episode 47: Table Scraps, Vol. II
Episode 48: Ghosts of the Pandemic, Part 2: Home Front
Episode 49: Ghosts of the Pandemic, Part 3: Burial
Episode 50: The Girl in Room 30: The Murder of Marie Wick
Episode 51: The Koenig Murder/Suicide of 1870
Episode 52: Pretty Things and a Good Right Hook
Episode 53: The Insane Doctor: Medicine, Drugs, and Murder in a Small Town
Episode 54: Fancy Shoes: The Bizarre Story of Big Nose George
Episode 55: Horace and Geneva: The Wrong Way to Fix a Marriage
Episode 56: Death Curve: The Legend of Julia Markham
Episode 57: Steam and Fury: The Lansing Steamer Disaster of 1867
Episode 58: One Bad Ride: The Murder of Mary Schlais
Episode 59: ‘Call Me Randy:’ The Soft-Spoken Killer
Episode 60: Poisoned Chocolate: The Nehlsen Murder/Suicide of 1910
Episode 61: Unquiet House: The Murder of Bessie Moore
Episode 62: Table Scraps Short Stories, Vol 3. Accidents Will Happen
Episode 63: Wolves Like Sheep: The Murder of Mary Schultz
Episode 64: The Quiet House: The Gilbert Family Slayings
Episode 65: The Stoic Farmer: The Gilbert Family Murders, Part II
Episode 66: Obsession: The Murder of Grace Reed
Episode 67: Small Town Secrets: The Death of Olive Funk
Episode 68: A Debt Unpaid: The Murder of John David
Episode 69: The Missing Bell: The Clinton County, Iowa, Courthouse War
I’ve also had the opportunity to do some radio and podcast interviews with some really cool people. They’re too good not to share, so I’ve posted links to them below, along with a little blurb about who they are and what we’re talking about. I hope that you enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed talking about them!
KALA Radio ‘Relevant or Irrelevant’
KALA is a public radio station based out of St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. One of their programs, ‘Relevant or Irrelevant,’ is an award-winning interview show where they discuss a variety of topics ranging from history, to politics, to, well, pretty much anything.
ROI Episode 273: Murder and Mayhem in Scott County, Iowa
ROI Episode 273, Bonus Web Content: Murder and Mayhem in Scott County, Iowa
ROI Episode 280: Unsolved Murders in Scott County, Iowa
ROI Episode 280, Bonus Web Content: Unsolved Murders in Scott County, Iowa
ROI Episode 416: The Long Grove Bank Robbery of 1921
ROI Episode 416, Bonus Web Content: The Long Grove Bank Robbery of 1921