Podcast
Badger Bizarre
True crime, unsolved mysteries, paranormal tales and bizarre happenings in the state of Wisconsin.
- Places & Travel chart
- #161
- Episodes
- 66
- Releases
- Monthly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 56 min
- On air since
- 2022
- Latest episode
- 4 days ago
Episodes
66 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 59 min
66. The Tallman House Haunting
Show notes
A used set of bunk beds. A radio that changes stations on its own. A child who describes an old woman who glows like fire.
In January 1988, a Wisconsin family fled their home in the dead of winter and left a town, a police chief, and a national TV audience asking what really happened.
Scott and Mickey discuss the case of the Tallman House Haunting, popularized by being featured on Unsolved Mysteries. We try to separate the documented realities from the family's account, and rumors from the truth.
In the opening banter, we discuss several Halloween themed lists to get you geared up for spooky season.
All here on Episode 66 of Badger Bizarre: "The Tallman House Haunting."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Cult of Weird - Inside the Tallman House
Fandom.com - The Tallman House
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal - Archives
Norman & Scott (1994) - Haunted America "Something Evil on Larabee Street"
Unsolved Mysteries - "The Unexplained: The Tallman House"
Wisconsin State Journal - Archives
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1 hr 57 min
65. The Fox River: Corridor of Death
Season 1, Episode 65
Show notes
It runs a 165 miles from Portage to Green Bay, and for over 300 years, it has never stopped collecting the dead.
War. Fire. Disease. Explosions. Murder. And beneath all of it — the stories that won't die:
A king once ordered a genocide to control it. A mill worker ran into a fire he couldn't survive to save it. A drowned chief who still wanders a cemetery in full dress. A boat that killed 9 people still missing in the mud a century and a half later. And of a corridor of water that has learned exactly how to keep its secrets, and only give up what it wants.
This episode, we follow the Fox River mile by mile. Through war, through fire, through true crime cases that never got a real ending, and the ghosts people swear are still walking its banks because of it.
The Fox River gave this valley its life. Scott and Mickey discuss some of what it took as well.
Hear the stories you likely have never been told about a beloved Wisconsin waterway, on Episode 65 of Badger Bizarre, "The Fox River: Corridor of Death."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Appleton Post-Crescent - Archives
Edmunds, R David - "The Fox Wars; The Meskwaki Challenge to New France"
Green Bay Press Gazatte - Archives
Oshkosh Northwestern - Archives
Portage Daily Register - Archives
Ripon Commonwealth Press - Archives
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1 hr 56 min
64. The Baraboo Bonebreaker
Season 1, Episode 64
Show notes
In the summer of 1994 in Baraboo, a fourteen-year-old boy named Chris Steiner went to bed early on the night of July 3rd, anxious for the upcoming July 4th Holiday.
By morning he was gone.
A week later, his body was pulled from the Wisconsin River.
The cause of death: accidental drowning. Case closed.
But the bones told a different story — one that authorities in Columbia County apparently never wanted to hear. It would take another missing child, another house, and forty-three hours of unimaginable horror before anyone was forced to listen.
Scott and Mickey discuss the case of the Baraboo Bonebreaker, both a tragic and heroic tale of a small Wisconsin town that thought it was safe. And about what the justice system gave, and didn't give, to the child who survived and the one who didn't.
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Baraboo News Republic - Archives
"I Survived" TV Show - Alan Hall - Executive Producer: Thad Phillips Interview
Wisconsin State Journal - Archives
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1 hr 39 min
63. Shelby Perkins
Season 1, Episode 63
Show notes
On a quiet spring morning in La Crosse, a twenty-year-old woman was suddenly gone — dead of a heroin overdose in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend. What followed was a legal case that almost never happens: two men charged not with drug delivery, but with homicide.
At the center of it all is a law named for a basketball star who died nearly a quarter century earlier — a law that has since sent hundreds of people to prison across Wisconsin, and that raises questions we still don't have clear answers to.
Who is responsible when addiction ends in death? Where does love end and exploitation begin? And what does justice actually look like for a twenty-year-old girl who just simply dreamed of a life working with children?
Scott and Mickey discuss the case of Shelby Perkins, her tragic death and the controversial aftermath of it.
In the opening banter, we discuss Oshkosh going Hollywood, and an article describing some of the oldest cold cases in our state, going back hundred(s) of years!
All here, on Episode 63 of Badger Bizarre: "Shelby Perkins."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
State vs Mitchell Perner - Justia Law
Therealaudz - Interrogation of Mitchell Perner - YouTube
Unsloved Murders and Mysterious Vanishings in WI's Haunting History - Up North News
Wisconsin vs Mitchell Perner/Cory Koopman - Police Report
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2 hr 4 min
62. Wisconsin's Angel of Death: Charlotte Lamb
Season 1, Episode 62
Show notes
During the Minnesota Sioux Uprising of 1862, which created a stream of settlers fleeing their homes to get out of the way of an advancing warpath, a young mother protecting her small children became a national hero; the poster child for a loving, devoted mother.
A decade later, now living in the western Wisconsin community of Trimbelle, in Pierce County, that same young mother, Charlotte Lamb, started making headines of a different kind. Her family, as well as others in close proximity to her, began turning up dead. Investigations into her past in Vermont, as well as her actions in Wisconsin over the previous 10 years, created shock and horror when the scope of her potential actions came into focus.
Scott and Mickey discuss the case of Charlotte Lamb, a lesser-known name in our history, though just may have been the most evil of us all.
The opening banter entails a listener story that is strikingly simiar to a legendary story of the notorius Summerwind Mansion.
Hear it all, on Episode 62 of Badger Bizarre, "Wisconsin's Angel of Death: Charlotte Lamb."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
The Columbian - Archives (Vancouver, WA)
Easton, Augustus - "The History of St Croix Valley"
The Hamilton Spectator - Archives
Mower County Register - Archives (Minnesota)
Neosho Valley Register - Archives (Burlington, KS)
Pierce County Historical Society - Special Thanks to Jayne Hoffman
Reneson, Kaitlyn - "A Devil and Her Deeds," Minds @ UW
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2 hr 12 min
61. Otis Redding
Season 1, Episode 61
Show notes
On December 10th, 1967, a crowd was gathering outside of The Factory in Madison, as Otis Redding was scheduled to play 2 shows there that evening. The Factory was a newer venue in Madison, and Otis Redding was one of the fastest growing musical acts in the world, just coming off his renowned performance at the Monterey Pop Festival earlier in the year.
Otis never played that night, and the tragedy of why will forever hover over the city of Madison like a shadow, also launching Otis into immortality.
Scott and Mickey discuss what happened in Madison over Lake Monona, Otis' personal and musical journey that led him there, and his place in music history.
Hear the story of how one of music's greatest rises to superstardom ever ended on an icy Wisconsin afternoon on Episode 61 of Badger Bizarre: "Otis Redding."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Freeman, Scott - "Otis!: The Otis Redding Story"
Lauterbach, Preston - "The Day the Music Died" Memphis Magazine, 2007
Moe, Doug - "Soul Finale" Isthmus Cover Stories, 2017
Wisconsin State Journal - Archives
Songs: Music samples used under "Fair Use" legal doctrine Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 107)
"Green Onions" - Booker T & the MGs
"These Arms of Mine" - Otis Redding
"Hard to Handle" - Otis Redding
"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding
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1 hr 39 min
60. Portage House of Horrors
Season 1, Episode 60
Show notes
In June of 2007, police in Portage, WI were following-up on a tip regarding a missing persons case from Florida, when they found a literal "House of Horrors" in a local rental property. The sheer amount of abuse and torture, ultimately culminating in murder, created headlines nationwide, and led to numerous states reviewing and ovverhauling state laws in regards to foster care and oversite.
Although bodies buried in the back yard and tortured children locked in closets sounds like fodder for horror films, this was realty for a house in Portage. The investigation which unfolded, uncovered a ring of identity thieves, causing havoc and ruining lives in many states throughout the country.
Scott and Mickey discuss this case, what enabled it, and its aftermath, including some of the misteps that were taken, repeatedly, by people in positions meant to help avoid these crimes ocurring in the first place.
In the opening banter we discuss a similar case in Outagamie County currently being adjudicated, tie up the Morgan Geyeser saga, and further evidence of why WI remains a UFO hotbed.
All here, on Episode 60 of Badger Bizarre, "Portage House of Horrors."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Baraboo News Republic - Archives
Milwuakee Magazine: "House of Horrors" 3/2008
Portage Daily Register - Archives
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2 hr 26 min
59. The 3rd Annual Halloween (Thanksgiving..?) ParaShare
Season 1, Episode 59
Show notes
A collection of our conversations with others at the Great Lakes Paranormal Conference this past September.
Interviews include owners of the Humbird Hotel Bar & Grill, Ghosts & Us, and 'friends of the show', Katie Skuban and Pat Haberman.
The opening banter includes initial thoughts on the current happenings in the continuing saga of Morgan Geyser.
Sit back and enjoy the conversations, here, on Episode 59 of Badger Bizarre, "The 3rd Annual Halloween (Thanksgiving..?) ParaShare."
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Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
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1 hr 38 min
58. 'Roaring' Dan Seavey
Season 1, Episode 58
Show notes
Pirates are not usually associated with the Great Lakes, as most folklore and real historical seafaring adventures took place on the southern high seas, such as The Bahamas or the Carribean.
That does not mean, however, that pirates did not exist in the Great Lakes region, because they most certatainly did.
The most famous of which was "Roaring" Dan Seavey, whose playground was Lake Michigan and the port cities around her. Although not having a peg leg, a hook for a hand, or likely burying any treasure, Dan Seavey's escapades on and around the lake repeatedly led to the misery of others, as he stole, pillaged, trafficked, defrauded and killed as all the other pirates of legend did, but until his dying day, seemingly was always able to beat the rap.
Scott and Mickey discuss the case of Dan Seavey, who's adventures have been told and retold for decades, as the mythlogy of his life gets more muddled between fact and fiction as the years go by.
In the opening banter, we discuss an update about Fox Hollow Farms, as well as ongoing consequences of the Ed Gein series on Netflix to the small town of Plainfield.
All here, on Episode 58 of Badger Bizarre, " 'Roaring' Dan Seavey."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Boyd, Richard - "The Pirate of Lake Michigan"
Grand Haven Tribune - Archives
Green Bay Press Gazette - Archives
Mikel B. Classen: "Dan Seavey: Great Lakes Pirate"
Nailhed: "Piracy on the High Lakes"
National Museum of the Great Lakes: "Captain Daniel Seavey"
Schmitt, Gavin - "Great Lakes Pirate: The Adventures of Roaring Dan Seavey"
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1 hr 56 min
57. Douglas Dean
Season 1, Episode 57
Show notes
In July of 1971, an unkown, incoherent teenager was found outside of St George Catholic Church in the town of Wilson in Sheboygan County.
Presenting as conscious, but non-responsive when authorities were called, an investigation quickly began into his identity, and turned into one of the darkest days in Sheboygan's storied history.
5 lifeless bodies were found throughout the city, another previous death by alleged suicide was called into question, and Sheboygan was never again the same.
Scott and Mickey discuss this case, its legacy, and the attempts of some to get a convicted mass murderer released back into society.
In the opening banter, we discuss a peculiar piece of paranormal audio evidence we obtained while in Lincoln, NE, and an interesting update to a case from a previous episode...
All here, on Episode 57 of Badger Bizarre, "Douglas Dean."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Wisconsin Magazine - WIPBS, 1980
Wisconsin State Journal - Archives
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1 hr 41 min
56. Chandler Halderson
Season 1, Episode 56
Show notes
In July of 2021, Bart and Krista Halderson, of suburban Dane County, were said to have gone up north to their cabin in Langlade County to celebrate the July 4th Holiday with friends.
After days of no contact with their family back home in Windsor, WI, they were reported missing by their 23-year-old son, Chandler.
When they were finally found by police, the shock and awe of what happened to Bart and Krista still has not worn off the small, tight-knit community north of Madison, as the story horrified the state and left a nation in disbelief.
Scott and Mickey discuss the case of Chandler Halderson, who's name has been etched into the notorious annals of Wisconsin true crime amongst the most evil, and attempt to make sense of what happened.
In the opening banter, we discuss some exciting upcoming appearances, and a few projects we have in store.
All right here, on Episode 56 of Badger Bizarre: "Chandler Halderson."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
ABC-TV - Wisconsin parents murdered over college lies: How Snapchat helped uncover the truth
Wisconsin State Journal - Archives
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2 hr 16 min
55. Haunted Fox Cities
Season 1, Episode 55
Show notes
The Fox Valley has a rich history of paper barons and lumber kings who ushered in an era of opulence shining with steamboat excursions along the river, palatial mansions in plush neighborhoods and lavish hotels and movie houses.
But before this, native tribes reigned supreme in the region, leaving behind signs of their long -time dominance as well in our landscape and culture.
Could it be that those of these bygone eras never really left?
What is the barrier between the present and the past? The living and the dead? Is there really even a barrier at all?
Mickey and Scott discuss the legends and lore of the Haunted Fox Cities, ghost stores, and those whom, just because you cannot see, doesn't mean they aren't really there...
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Advance-Titan - Grand, Oshkosh
Appleton Post-Crescrent - Archives
Eerie Badgerland - New Moon Cafe
Fox Valley Archaeology - Hill of the Dead
Monroe County, WI Geneology Trails - The Winnebago Tribe
Neenah Daily News-Times - Archives
Oshkosh Beer Blog - Adler Brau
Oshkosh Northwestern - Archives
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1 hr 35 min
54. James Duquette
Season 1, Episode 54
Show notes
In June of 1988, the abducton of a 13-year-old girl in Massachussettes sent shockwaves through several communities in Wisconsin.
The perpetrator of that crime, 30-year-old James Duquette Jr, was a native of Appleton, WI and had only just moved to Massachussettes months prior. A bombshell confession, not by Duquette himself, but by a friend, led police in Wisconsin to investigate Duquette for several cold cases, including the murders of 18-year-old Anne Preimesberger of Appleton and 14-year-old Tara Kassens of Cedarburg.
A stunning life of crime was uncovered, the scope of which authorities in several states continue to attempt to define still today.
Scott and Mickey discuss what is known of the crimes of Appleton's James Duquette, who is currently serving more than 6 life sentences, and the probability of his involvement in several Fox Cities murder cases yet unsolved.
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Appleton Post-Crescent - Archives
Green Bay Press Gazette - Archives
Oshkosh Northwestern - Archives
Ozaukee County News Graphic- Archives
The Serial Killer Down the Block
Transcript-Telegram - Archives
Wisconsin State Journal - Archives
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2 hr 11 min
53. Ghost Towns of Wisconsin
Season 1, Episode 53
Show notes
Wisconsin was home to many towns throughout its history that, for various reasons, simply don't exist anymore.
Whether bypassed by the railroad, faded away after a loss of industry, or disbanded by its own residents, the towns have been wiped from the modern-day landscape, some with visible ruins as reminders, and others have literally nothing existing other than stories.
Those stories are largely unknown to most people today, but they are no less fascinating because of it. The unique history of Wisconsin is only further enriched when these stories are brought to light, including connections to America's Founding Fathers, European royalty, and even an eventual Presidential assassin.
Scott and Mickey look at the history of some of our state's more interesting ghost towns, and what, other than legacy, still remains today.
In the opening banter, we discuss a new documentary about the Peshtigo Fire, and a certain town that a local media outlet called the "Most Haunted in Wisconsin."
All here, on episode 53 of Badger Bizarre: "Ghost Towns of Wisconsin."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Bale, Florence Gratiot: "When the Gratiots Came to Galena"
Bulman, LeeAnne "Back Roads of Wisconsin's Past"
New North (Rhinelander) - Archives
Parker, Marjorie: "Miners, Mothers, or Medicaine Workers?"
Rohe, Randall: "Ghosts of the Forest; Vanished Lumber Towns of WI"
Stark, William: "Ghost Towns of Wisconsin"
Vilas County News Review - Archives
State Historical Society of WI
Wisconsin Magazine of History - Archives
Wisconsin State Journal - Archives
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1 hr 33 min
The Racine Dismemberment Murders
Season 1, Episode 52
Show notes
From the early 1970's through 1990, Racine was the site of several brutal homicides, shocking the community and creating fear and panic in its residents.
Helen Sebastian, Eric Hansen, and John Michael Madden were all found murdered within only a few miles of each other, several years apart. Although the murders were similar, as all were dismembered, were they committed by the same offender? Or was something even more nefarious going on? Does the 1973 murder of Tina Davidson, in the same city, leave any clues to who may have committed such horrible crimes.
Scott and Mickey discuss this story, and the brutal legacy of questions left behind.
In the opening banter, 2 current true crime cases in WI are discussed, as well as a quasi-review of Ryan Murphy's 2nd installment of his "Monster" series on Netflix, on the Menendez Brothers.
All here on Episode 52 of Badger Bizarre: "The Racine Dismemberment Murders."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Barrabbas, Frater - Dark Times in the Home Town
Portage Daily Register - Archives
Racine Jurnal Times - Archives
Waukesha County Freeman - Archives
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2 hr 6 min
51. When the Waves Turn the Minutes to Hours: The Edmund Fitzgerald
Season 1, Episode 51
Show notes
On November 9th, 1975, the ore freighter, Edmund Fitzgerald, once known as the "Queen of the Great Lakes" left the Burlington Railroad Loading Dock No 1, in Superior, WI. Loaded with over 26,000 tons of iron ore, "Big Fitz" was to arrive at Zug Island, MI 46 hours later, as it had done many times over.
As recalled in Gordon Lighfoot's famous song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," the ship never completed the journey, ending up on the bottom of Lake Superior, taking her crew of 29 men with her.
Scott and Mickey discuss the Fitzgerald, the ship's beginnings all the way to her tragic end, as well as Wisconsin's many connections to the most famous shipwreck in Great Lake's history.
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Duluth News Tribune - Archives
Green Bay Press Gazette - Archives
Lightfoot, Gordon - "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Utilized via Fair Use Doctrine
MacInnis, Joseph - "Fitzgerald's Storm"
Mixter, Ric - The Edmund Fitzgerald Exploration Lecture Series
Stonehouse, Frederick - "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
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2 hr 27 min
50. Wisconsin UFOlogy
Season 1, Episode 50
Show notes
Although not usually thought of as a state steeped in UFO history, Wisconsin lays claim to some of the most influential and important names in the field, dating back to the beginnings of the study itself.
From the founding of the oldest and largest civilian research organizations in the world, to 3 different towns claiming to be the "UFO Capitol of the World," to some of the strangest reported sightings in our nation's history, Wisconsin certainly has left, and continues to leave, an indelible mark in UFO lore.
Scott and Mickey discuss Wisconsin's place in UFOlogy, and review some of the claims that have baffled experts for decades...
Hear it all on our 50th episode of Badger Bizarre, "Wisconsin UFOlogy."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Alamogordo Daily News - Archives
Appleton Post-Crescent - Archives
https://driftlesstimesmedia.com/
Green Bay Press Gazette - Archives
Wisconsin State Journal - Archives
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2 hr 16 min
49. What Happened to Kayla Berg?
Season 1, Episode 49
Show notes
On August 11th, 2009, 15-year-old Kayla Berg, after a fairly unremarkable day of hanging out with friends, went out with a trusted family friend, named Kevin Kielcheski. Although Kevin was 9 years older, Kayla had known Kevin virtually her entire life, was somewhat of a 'protective older brother-type,' and there was nothing unusual about them spending time together, according to her friends and family.
Kayla has never returned home.
After 16 years of investigations and searches, authorities have been unable to find her. Kevin, who is the last person known to be with her, reports he dropped her off at a friend's house, though has been unable to give much more information.
Scott and Mickey discuss the missing persons case of Kayla Berg, some of the theories about what may have happened to her, the important players, and ask you for more help.
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
"Disappeared - The Last Summer"
Wausau Daily Herald - Archives
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - Archives
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1 hr 27 min
48. INTERVIEW: Wisconsin Legends for Kids
Season 1, Episode 48
Show notes
Scott and Mickey talk with Jeff Finup, of Badgerland Legends and the Wisconsin Legends Podcast, about his newly published children's book, "Wisconsin Legends for Kids."
The book is a wonderful piece to stir your child's ever-inquisitive mind and sense of wonder, as well as learn about the rich cultural heritage of our state. 10 tales of Wisconsin history are featured, some fact, some maybe up for debate, but all with a flair of enchantment.
"Beneath the farm fields and rolling hills lies a darker side of Wisconsin. Mysterious creatures including werewolves, ghostly phantoms, and even lions roam the land. Put your explorer's cap on and dive into some of the best mysteries America's Dairyland has to offer."
Jeff Finup is an author, researcher, explorer, and the creator of Badgerland Legends and co-host of the Wisconsin Legends Podcast. When he's not writing about legends, he's exploring the backroads of Wisconsin in search of the strange and the bizarre.
In the opening banter, Scott and Mickey discuss the strange tale of Randy Borgwardt and discuss a haunted Wisconsin road trip.
All here, complete with Scott's lingering effects of 'Pneumonia Voice,' on a light-hearted Holiday Episode 48 of Badger Bizarre - "Wisconsin Legends for Kids."
"Wisconsin Legends for Kids," is now available for purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJeff+Finup&s=relevancerank&text=Jeff+Finup&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
See Jeff's work on Badgerland Legends on Facebook
And hear his work on the Wisconsin Legends Podcast , or on your favorite podcast platform.
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Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
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2 hr 18 min
47. The Smiley Face Killers
Season 1, Episode 47
Show notes
From 1997-2010, a rash of drownings in the Mississippi River in La Crosse were mostly blamed by police on the culture of alcohol in Wisconsin. The deaths being attributed to people becoming inebriated, wondering down by the river, and ultimately falling in, unable to find their way out of the rushing or icy waters before succumbing.
However, a pattern soon began to appear, as all of the victims were college-aged young men, athletic, popular, good-looking, good students, were drinking, and ended up in the river. All of these deaths were the result of a culture of marriage between alcohol and college, according to law enforcement.
A group of independent investigators, some retired NYPD detectives, believed otherwise. They believe the deaths to be homicides, committed by a network of serial killers, deemed "The Smiley Face Killers," as smiley face grafitti was repeatedly found in the vicinity of these deaths, according to the detectives.
Scott and Mickey discuss the "Smiley Face Killers" theory, the rationale behind it, the drownings in La Crosse and how they correlate with others throughout the country.
In the opening Banter, we discuss the case of murder victim Mary Schlais, finally solved by DNA after 50 years, and the continued rise of familial DNA in solving cold cases.
All here, on Episode 47: "The Smiley Face Killers."
Email us: badgerbizarre@outlook.com
Opening Trailer:
Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion
Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI
Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media
Attribution for Music:
Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/
Intro: https://pixabay.com/
Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/
Attribution for logo design:
http://%3Ca%20href=Red Claw Scratch Photo
Sources:
Gannon, Kevin; Gilbertson, Lee: "Case Studies in Drowning Forensics."
Milwaukee Magazine; "Behind the Midwest Smiley Face Killers."
"Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice." Oxygen Network
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