Badger Bizarre

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."    Facebook Twitter Website 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: 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   Please visit our sponsor: FrameMakers                  

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."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:  Barrabbas, Frater - Dark Times in the Home Town Kenosha News - Archives Nichols, Mike - FB Video Portage Daily Register - Archives Racine Jurnal Times - Archives Waukesha County Freeman - Archives Websleuths - Helen Sebastian Websleuths - Tina Davidson   Please visit our sponsor: FrameMakers        

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.    Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:   Duluth News Tribune - Archives Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum 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"   Pleaae visit our Sponsors: FrameMakers            

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."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:   Alamogordo Daily News - Archives Appleton Post-Crescent - Archives Blum, Howard: Out There Chicago Tribune - Archives Coast to Coast AM Center for UFO Studies https://driftlesstimesmedia.com/ Green Bay Press Gazette - Archives Lorenzen, Coral: The Collected Issues of THE A.P.R.O BULLETIN AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION For The Years: 1958-59 Lorenzen, Coral: Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion From Outer Space - Exposing the Establishment's UFO Coverup Pierce County Journal  Wisconsin State Journal - Archives   Please be sure to visit our sponsor:  FrameMakers        

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.    Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo    Sources:  Charleyproject.org "Disappeared - The Last Summer" Missing Kayla May Berg Trace Evidence Podcast Wausau Daily Herald - Archives Websleuths.com Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - Archives   Please visit our sponsor: FrameMakers      

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.   Please Visit our sponsor:  FrameMakers   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo      

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."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:  Cappello, Nile; "Why Three Investigators Blame a Rash of Drowning Deaths on a Gang of Killers" Rolling Stone Gannon, Kevin; Gilbertson, Lee: "Case Studies in Drowning Forensics." La Crosse Tribune - Archives Milwaukee Magazine; "Behind the Midwest Smiley Face Killers." "Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice." Oxygen Network   Please Patronize our sponsors: FrameMakers              

We celebrate Halloween again this year by bringing you stories collected at the 2nd Annual Great Lakes Paranormal Conference.  Real people telling us their real paranormal experiences, in their own voice. Happy Halloween, everyone. We hope your week is frightful...   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:  NDTV.COM = Dream Communication Wisconsin Right Now - Randolph Whiting   Please Visit our sponsors:  FrameMakers    

On the night of December 26th, 1983, friends Margaret Anderson and Terry Apfel entered a Green Bay bar named the Back Forty, at 618 Bodart Way, during a night out.  The Back Forty was owned by a member of the Drifters Motorcycle Club, and known as a popular hangout for Drifters members, and members of other motorcycle clubs as well.  Clubs like the DC Eagles, thought by some to be a more menacing, renegade motorcycle gang. The motorcycle club subculture was prominent in NE Wisconsin at the time, and still holds a steady influence today in the region.  On this particular night, however, during the holiday season of 1983, members of the Drifters and the DC Eagles committed acts so disturbing, the event is still remembered today for its pure cruelty and brutality, even leading to the motorcycle clubs themselves to aid in the resulting investigations.  Scott and Mickey discuss this case, called the most brutal murder in Green Bay's history, and some of the arising issues in our sentencing laws.  In the opening banter, we recap the 2nd Annual Great Lakes Paracon, and a sad update on Elijah Vue. All here, on Episode 45 of Badger Bizarre, "Margaret Anderson."     Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources: Adams, Barry - "This Haunted High School will give you the Chills." Dauplaise, Mike - "Torture at the Back Forty." Green Bay Press Gazette - Archives Justia US Law - State V. Whiting mikedauplaise.com   Please visit our sponsor: Framemakers            

In October of 1978, Adams County was rocked by the brutal murder of 20-year-old Nancy Potts, a nurse practitioner at Adams County Memorial Hospital, who was supposed to be married on the very day her body was found. The killing of this seemingly innocent would-be bride opened up unhealed wounds around past violent crimes in the area, including an unsolved double murder with ties to Nancy's fiancee, Kenny Ray Reichhoff.  Reichhoff was actually associated with several other deaths over previous  years, which impacted his reputation in the community, shocking locals when the truth of Potts's murder was finaly realized. Scott and Mickey discuss this story, which takes place over several years.  Many details remain unsolved still today, accentuating the dark secrets many small towns in Wisconsin still hold. In the opening banter, we discuss some upcoming appearances, an earthquake in WI (what?) and some of the most famous UFO sightings in our state. All here, on episode 44 of Badger Bizarre: "Kenny Ray & Nancy."     Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:    The Capitol Times - Archives Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - Archives Wisconsin State Journal - Archives   Please Visit our sponsors: Framemakers        

In 1949, St. Coletta of Wisconsin, a non-profit organization in Jefferson providing residential services for people with disabilities, accepted a new resident. This resident had a unique history, however, and the facility would need to implement very specific arrangements.  Her name was Rosemary Kennedy, the 30-year-old sister of the current senator from Massachussettes, and future President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Rosemary's life to that point was one of both privelage and hardships, as physical and intellectual disabilities led to her being bounced around between numerous group homes and boarding schools, as the Kennedy family's ambitions left them unabe to adhere to her needs at home.  In 1941, a horrific failed lobotomy performed on her when she was only 23 complicated her situation even more, leading her parents to send their daughter away, and her siblings wondering what had happened to her. Scott and Mickey discuss this heartwrenching story, and Wisconsin's connection to the most influential American family in history.  In the opening banter we discuss one of the oldest cold cases in the state finally being solved, and which haunted cemetery in the state is also "one of the most beautiful."  Only here, on episode #43 of Badger Bizarre, "Rosemary Kennedy."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:   Boston Herald - Archives Callahan, Maureen; "How Rose Kennedy Became the Most Dangerous Member of the Famous Family." Kaempffert, Waldemar; "Turning the Mind Inside Out." Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth; "The MIssing Kennedy Daughter" Larson, Kate Clifford; "Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter" Washington Times-Herald - Archives     Czachor, Emily Mae; "DNA Breakthrough Solves 1963 Cold Case Murder at WI Gas Station." Walnut Grove Cemetery   Please visit our Sponsor:  Framemakers                  

On March 4th, 1998, the small town of Dane, WI awakened to the shocking news that the Rev. Alfred Kunz, the priest at St Michael's Catholic Church had been murdered in a brutal scene in the elementary school.  Found as teachers began to arrive for the school day, Father Kunz was lying in a pool of blood in a hallway, a gaping wound in his throat, which was slit by an edged weapon.  In the 26 years years since the homicide, the investigation into Kunz's murder has been the most extensive and expensive in Dane County's history, featuring a suspect list including everyone from local petty thieves, to the hierarchy of the clergy.  Scott and Mickey discuss this still unsloved crime which has captivated true crime slueths worldwide, and the shocking secrets which have since come to light. In the opening banter, we discuss the legends of Wisconsin Lake Monsters, as told by Chad Lewis. All here, in episode 42 of Badger Bizarre, "The Murder of Rev. Alfred Kunz."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources: Catholic Online Illinois Atty General - Survivor Narratives Hanneman, Joseph - The Catholic World Report Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Archives Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - "Unsloved" Podcast; Season III Nowlen, Chuck - The Devil and Father Kunz Roman Catholic Faithful Wisconsin State Journal - Archives   Lewis, Chad - Lake Monsters of Wisconsin      

On August 25th and 26th, 1990, Alpine Valley Music Festival hosted 2 sold-out shows featuring headliner Eric Clapton, along with special guests, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, and the Robert Cray Band. Both shows played to 40,000 strong, and the second show ended with one of the most legendary collections of guiratists on one stage at the same time, when Clapton was joined on stage by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Jeff Healy, Buddy Guy, and Stevie's brother, Jimmie Vaughan. The concert turned out to be Stevie Ray's final show, as by the end of the night he would be dead, and the music world left stunned and saddened. What exactly happened on that night? And why, almost 35 years later, do people who witnessed the show still talk about Stevie appearing almost supernatural... as if almost already a ghost? Scott and Mickey discuss one of the most iconic shows in rock music history, its aftermath, and Stevie Ray Vaughan's life, one that ended way too soon, on the side of a ski hill in East Troy, WI. Hear it all, on episode 41 of Badger Bizarre, "Stevie Ray Vaughan."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources: Aledort, Andy; Alan, Paul; "Texas Flood; The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan" "Amplified; Stevie Ray Vaughan - Rise of a Texas Bluesman" Cahoon, Colin P; "The Truth About What Really Killed Stevie Ray Vaughan" Huffington Post https://srvarchive.com/                

Authors Heather Bourget and Kristin Menth have conducted paranormal investigations in some of the most haunted places in the nation, all part of continuing their quest to discover the true answers to the questions of the unexplained. In their book, "Unlock the Unknown; Keys to the Paranormal," Heather and Kristin document their investigations in many of these locations, including numerous places right here in the great Badger State. The book details their experiences while in these famous ghostly haunts, including methods and techniques, equipment utilized, as well as the dedication it takes to conduct proper research, validation of historical accuracy, and evidence review for the absolute best results.  Scott and Mickey sit down with Heather and Kristin for a livley discussion about their book, their paranormal joureys, and just what being a true paranormal investigator really entails.  The opening banter provides updates on several cold cases throughout the state, including the skeleton of... Santa? found in a chimney in Madison. Hear it all only here, on Episode 40 of Badger Bizarre, "INTERVIEW: Unlock the Unknown; Keys to the Paranormal."     Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Please visit https://www.keystotheparanormal.com/ to purchase Heather and Kristin's fantastic book.   Sources: Betty Rolf - Appleton Post-Crescent Derby Wagner - Richardson - JS Online Skeleton in the Chimney - Madison Magazine Vernon County Jane Doe - NBC News  

Wisconsin's thoroughfares are steeped in paranormal legend, often times having multiple roads being named in the nation's "Most Haunted" directories. Murder victims, bloody brides, phantom cars, family tragedies, and lynched witches all make up some of the colorful stories of our highways, byways, and bridges, some having endured for many generations, others having been born of more recent events. Scott and Mickey discuss a number of these legendary haunted roads, attempting to locate possible origins of the legends and the meanings behind them, while understanding that some of these are stories born from actual events, lived by real people, and deserve to be looked at a little more respectfully than maybe they have been up to now.  In the opening banter, we discuss several updates to previous cases, as well as the beginnings of a larger project we hope you join us in participating in. All here, in Episode 39 of Badger Bizarre, "Wisconsin's Legendary Haunted Roads."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:  ancestry.com Brassard, John Jr - "Call Me Randy; The Soft-Spoken Killer" Capitol Times - Archives findagrave.com Fond du Lac Reporter - Archives Sheboygan Press - Archives stevenspoint.com Stevens Point Journal - Archives Wisconsin State Journal - Archives   Get your tickets to the Great Lakes Paranormal Conference:  Sept 13, 14, and 15... https://www.greatlakesparanormalconference.com/                

On Easter morning, 1994, 40-year-old Ruben Borchardt was murdered in his own home by 2 intruders.  Ruben was a life-long resident of Jefferson County, well-known, liked and respected in his community.    Ruben was a loving father and also a widower, losing his wife and mother of two of his children in a tragic car accident in front of the home that he built by himself for their family. The investigation into Ruben's murder would shatter sercrets of a seemingly happy family, ripping open old wounds clearly still unhealed, and would become storyline material for scripted TV series, docu-dramas and Hollywood talk shows gracing televisions in homes across America. Scott and Mickey discuss this case and the pattern of behaviors seen in countless relationships, throughout time, of manipulation, gaslighting, domestic violence, abuse, and worse.  In the opening banter we discuss several ongoing high-profile true crime cases in our state, and just where in our world was Carmen San...er..no... Al Capone? Only here, on Episode 38 of Badger Bizarre, "The Ballad of Ruben Borchardt."      Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:  "American Justice; S13, Ep 15, Diane Borchardt" - A & E Network Bartlette , DeLani - "Diane Borchardt; The Murderous Mrs. B." Court TV - Nicolae Mui Daily Jefferson County Union - Archives Fond du Lac Reporter - Archives Kirtscher, Tom - "Fact or fiction: Al Capone's Wisconsin Stomping Grounds" "Snapped" Oxygen Network - Diane Borchardt USA Today - Sade Robinson Wisconsin State Journal - Archives          

The land on which Devil's Lake State Park sits on displays some of the oldest illustrations of human occupation in all of North America. The landscape still bares the work of hands of over a thousand years ago, and the legends and rich mythology of the Native Americans have lasted the test of time. Is it posssible that some of what modern civilization has attributed to native mythology is actually very real, and affecting our world today? Scott and Mickey discuss these legends of Devil's Lake, and stories passed down through centuries, along with some of the more recent sightings, hauntings, and bizarre ocurrances that have happened in the area over the decades, culminating in a poignant discussion about the tangible world that was left us from those who came before, and how too much of it has been misused. The opening banter updates a few stories we've been following, including the case of missing 3-year-old Elijah Vue and the anniversary of the murder of Father Kunz.    Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo    Sources:    HIstory Channel - Ancient Aliens Baraboo News-Republic - Archives Birmingham, Robert A; "Spirits of Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes" Devils Lake Wisconsin Dewel, Bob; "Some Legends of Devil's Lake" Herrewig/Mordidni; "Haunted Baraboo" H.P. Lovecraft Wiki Kenosha News - Archives Legends and Archaeology of Devil's Lake Paulides, David; "Missing 411" Sasquatch Chronicles Travel Channel - Hometown Horror; "Three Ring Terror" Wisconsin DNR Wisconsin Legends Podast; "Legendary Creatures and Cthulhu Power Zones, The Mysteries of Devil's Lake" Wisconsin State Journal - Archives                    

In the summer months of 1789, during the public uprisings that would eventually turn into the French Revolution, the backlash against the French Royal family turned bloody as the family is captured and imprisoned in the medieval tower known as The Temple. King Louis XVI, Queen Marie-Antoinette, and their adolescent children, daughter Marie-Therese and son (and heir to the throne, or "the dauphin") Louis-Charles were kept mostly separated and fearing for their lives. Eventually, the King and Queen are executed by guillotine, leaving Louis-Charles the new king of France, at 8 years-old.  Remaining held in captivity, beaten, raped, and tortured for years, the boy dies in captivity of "prison fever," ravaged by disease and mistreatment at only 10 years old. But in time, rumors flew, floating the idea that the boy-king was actually secretly rescued and whisked away to the New World, a different dying boy kept in his stead.  After the rumors and innuendo had seemingly died off, 44 years later, an Indian Missionary in Green Bay, 50 year-old Eleazer Williams, claims that HE is the "Lost Dauphin" and rightful heir to the French Throne.  Williams becomes an international celebrity, vouched for by artists, doctors, and even several members of the former royal staff that swore Williams was actually the former boy-king, thought to have died in captivity decades before. Hear this fantastical tale of Wisconsin's brush with European Royalty, and find out of we really did have a King among us. In the opening banter, Scott and Mickey discuss a high-profile missing child case currently in Two Rivers, and discuss the Top 10 "Magical and Mystical" places in our state. All on Episode 36 of Badger Bizarre, "The Lost Dauphin"   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources: Bonaparte, Darren: Eleazer Williams "The Lost Mohawk" Cadbury, Deborah; "The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette " Green Bay Press Gazette - Archives Hanson, John H; The Lost Prince (1854) History.net/Eleazer Williams Legends from History Oberg, Michael Leroy; "Professional Indian: The American Odyssey of Eleazer Williams" Wisconsin Historical Society/Eleazer Williams   Opening Sources: Elijah Vue Rickey Jean Bryant Up North News - Top 10            

The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund is known today as the most documented case of supposed demon possession and exorcism in American history.  Although occurring over several months in the small town of Earling, IA, the main players in the story - Anna Ecklund and the exorcist priest - were both Wisconsinites. The exorcism is famous today for its grueling and brutal sessions, which resulted in Anna becoming emaciated from refusing to take in food, and seemingly supernatural occurrances of her body withstanding contortions and disfigurement, vomiting impossible amounts of fluids, and scaling room walls. Actual conversations had between the exorcist, Appleton priest Theophulis Riesinger, and numerous demons speaking through Anna, including Satan himself, were also documented. Much of the surviving documentation became the source material for the 1973 American horror classic, "The Exorcist." Scott and Mickey discuss this case, filling in the backrounds of Theophilus Riesinger of St. Joseph's Parish in Appleton, and Anna Ecklund, which is a psudenym for a woman believed to be from Marathon, WI named Emma Schmidt. Listen to this one with the lights on!   Facebook Twitter Website 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 logo design: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Attribution for Music: Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/ Intro: https://pixabay.com/ Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha  https://www.pond5.com/      Sources: Appleton Post-Crescent - Archives "Begone Satan!" Capuchin.org - Theophilus Riesinger Des Moines Register - Archives "The Exorcist" Fox 6 Milwaukee - Morgan Geyser Laycock, Joseph - "The Secret History of the Earling Exorcism." St. Clair, David; "The Devil Rocked Her Cradle" Time Magazine - February 17, 1936 WISN - Lawrence McFarland        

On Chirstmas Day, 1977, 31-year-old Jerry Davies walked into the Madison Police Department and reported information that culminated in the most highy publicized trial in Wisconsin's history to that point. Just hours prior, Jerry participated in burying a human body in a frozen snowbank on the outskirts of Madison, and initiated an investigation that blew the lid off of Madison's secret underground Red Light District, hiding for years under the guise of massage parlors, 'health spas,' and burlesque clubs. Trafficking in sex, drugs, and an antidote for lonliness, the scene provided the backdrop of one of the most sensational murder cases ever in our state, providing a study in human manipulation and a lesson that you may never quite know someone as well as you think you do. Scott and Mickey kick off 2024 discussing this case as well as more true crime stories featuring your favorite state in the opening banter, including that of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.    Sources: "The Act" - Hulu Miniseries Capitol Times - Archives Harter, Karl - "Winter of Frozen Dreams" "Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose" - Lifetime Docu-series State vs Hoffman "Winter of Frozen Dreams" - 2009 Movie Wisconsin State Journal - Archives     Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo                

In January of 1927, a large crowd of onlookers was gathering in a secluded woods outside of Platteville in an area where a search party had recently ensued for a missing person.  Something had indeed been found, but just what was it that the crowd was hoping to see?  The story of how authorities were led to this place, and the macabre scene in the woods, would again put Wisconsin on the front page of newspapers throughout the nation for reasons of the bizarre and the unbelieveable.  Mickey and Scott discuss this case, which has since become known as the "Rubber Stamp Murder," and delve into the broader issues which became discussion points around the country at the time, due to this very situation. In our opening banter, we touch on the recent Ed Gein documentary, "Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein," and talk about some of the most popular ghost walks throughout the state. So, join us as you head into your Christmas weekend with a little true crime holiday cheer, with a side of Badger Bizarre!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:  Baraboo News Republic - Archives Capitol Times - Archives Edward Coffey Project Eau Claire Leader-Telegram - Archives History and Politics Blog Kenosha News - Archives OnMilwaukee.com Platteville Witness - Archives Sheboygan Press - Archives Wisconsin State Journal - Archives   Media discussed: Eaton, Marc: Sensing Spirits: Paranormal Investigation and the Social Construction of Ghosts Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein

In May of 2014, two young girls lured a third girl into the woods in a park in Waukesha and proceeded to set in motion one of the world's most talked about true crime stories of the last 2 decades.  Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier's attempted murder of their friend Peyton Leutner sent shockwaves through Wisconsin, and shed light on the dark side of internet culture, "Creepypastas," and one icon in particular named, Slenderman. Although sensationalistic media focused on Slenderman's influence in the crime, the more important aspects of the story were mainly missed, such as teen and adolescent mental illness, parental control, and the grand scheme issues of criminal justice and mental health care of juveniles.  Scott and Mickey discuss the case, how it happened, and hit those deeper issues which continue to be talked about and debated today, almost 10 years after the crime. The opening banter covers a few current WI true crime cases, and 10 of the creepiest roads in the U.S, in which the Badger State is, of course, represented!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources:   ABC News: 20/20 "Slenderman Episode" "Beware the Slenderman" - Documentary Creepypasta Wiki/Slenderman Dunlap, Bridget: "Slenderman Trial: Why Trying These GIrls as Adults is Absurd" - Rolling Stone Hale, Kathleen "Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls" Juvenile Law Center: State vs Geyser MIller, Lisa - "Slenderman is Watching" New York Magazine Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Archives New York Post Archives "Slenderman" The Untold Story" - Documentary State vs Anissa E. Weier State vs Morgan E. Geyser          

  We celebrate Halloween this year by sharing your stories told to us at the Great Lakes Paranormal Conference this past September. Many of you shared with Scott and Mickey your personal paranormal experiences, and we share them here, in your own words.  Wisconsin has often been referred to as the most haunted state in America, and this episode will demonstrate exactly why that is. Enjoy, and Happy Halloween.  Sleep with one eye open!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Special Thanks to the following:   Boyd House Fox Valley Ghost Hunters Great Lakes Paranormal Conference National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion Reiki Magic, Duluth, MN St Croix Paranormal Youtube                  

The institution of slavery is the darkest stain on our nation. Wisconsin's role, in both its implentation and end, is not usually thought of as significant, though history tells a different story. As early as the 1830's, abolitionists in Wisconsin were building a network of resources to aid in shielding freedom-seekers from those who sought to steal their God-given right to life and self-determination. By 1854, The Badger State, by then only 6 years in the Union, was leading the charge in defying federal slave laws, creating a domino effect followed by other states, and stoking the fires of Civil War. Places like the Milton House, outside of Janesville, continued the secrecy of the Underground Railroad in the north to aid those fleeing from bondage, leaving a legacy of compassion for others, and the resiliancy of the Human Spirit.  In the beginning banter, Scott and Mickey discuss our time at the Great Lakes Paranormal Conference, and give a heartfelt sendoff to our friend, Jim Cooper.  Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo    Sources:  Davidson, John Nelson: "Negreo Slavery in WI and the Underground Railroad" Janesville Daily Gazette Archives LaCrosse Tribune Archives Milton House National Park Service Pferdehirt, Julia: "Freedom Train North: Stories from the Underground Railroad in WI" Waukesha County Museum Welch, Doug: "The Milton House and the Underground Railroad" Wisconsin Court System    

On a cold, unseasonably snowy November night in Madison in 1947, two unsuspecting co-eds found themselves thrown into what has since become known as one of the most heinous crime sprees in our state's history. 25-year-old Carl Carlson and his 19-year-old sister-in-law, Janet Ann Rosenblatt, had met in Madison to attend the Badger vs Michigan football game the next day, as Rosenblatt was a student at UM, while Carlson was a pre-med student at Madison.  What transpired that night has gone down in the annals of Wisconsin True Crime and the resulting abductions, rape, and murder are remembered still today as being what nightmares are made of.  In the opening banter, Scott and Mickey discuss a new documentary in the Steven Avery saga, and kick off the Halloween season with 12 places in the Badger State where the "Ghost Hunting Game is High." Hear all this and more on Episode 29 of Badger Bizarre: "Sennett & Winslow."   Facebook Twitter Website 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 logo design: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Attribution for Music: Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/ Intro: https://pixabay.com/ Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha  https://www.pond5.com/   Sources:   Balousek, Marv: "50 Wisconsin Crimes of the Century." Baraboo News Republic Archives Capitol Times Archives Chippewa Herald-Telegram Archives Janesville Gazette Archives WBAY - Green Bay Wisconsin State Journal Archives WLUK - Green Bay   For more informatio on the upcoming Great Lakes Paracon: https://www.greatlakesparanormalconference.com/    

Lead mining is one of the oldest industries in Wisconsin, and with it, comes some of the oldest tales and stories of the strange and bizarre. Mineral Point, and the hills of southwestern Wisconsin, is home to some of our most unique architecture, beautiful landscapes, as well as apparent centuries-old paranormal happenings.  Although today this area is an artist's haven, in the early decades of the 19th century, it was a rough and tumble region rife with miners, gamblers, and drifters, where crime was prevalent, and law enforcement was not. Lead mining led to an influx of European immigrants and those looking to strike it rich, and with them came stories and legends already generations old. Scott and Mickey discuss these "Ghosts of the Gray Gold," including purported vengeful spirits, phantoms, the mysterious 'tommyknockers,' and even vampires.  In the beginning banter, we discuss the latest in the Taylor Schabusiness saga, as well as the recent UAP hearings in front of Congress. All right here, on Episode 28 of Badger Bizarre: "Mineral Point: Legends of the Gray Gold."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources: All audio clips used via Fair Use. Boscobel Dial Brown, Charles E. The Ridgeway Ghost CNN Dritless Region Road Trip Jackson, Michael: "Thriller" Mott, A.S.: "Ghost Stories of Wisconsin" New York Times Archives Norman, Michael: "Haunted Wisconsin" Rodlof, Theodore: Pioneering in Wisconsin's Lead Region The Walker House Wisconsin State Journal Archives YouTube: OceanGate Knocking                

On May 5th, 1886, a standoff between state militia and strikers protesting working conditions came to a climax outside of the Bay View Rolling Mills on Milwaukee's South side. After a hail of bullets, 9 people lie dead, and a state  - and in due time, a country - would be forever changed. Scott and Mickey talk about this incident, known as the Bay View Massacre, (or the Bay View Tragedy) its causes, immediate aftermath, and legacy, which effects every current American worker today. The challenges of accurately telling the full story in context, with all its nuances, in today's highly divisive and politicized climate, is also largely discussed. The opening banter includes updates on current cases we're follwing, and also several Wisconsin Cold Cases "you may not have heard of." All on Episode 27 of Badger Bizarre!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo    Sources:   Cooper, Jerry; The Wisconsin National Guard in the Milwaukee Riots of 1886 Gurda, John: The Cost of the Eight Hour Workday Pearce, Anna: The Bay View Tragedy: Wisconsin's Fight for the Eight Hour Workday Green Bay Press Gazette Archives Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Archives https://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org https://www.linkstothepast.com Youtube: Wisconsin Labor History Society          

The Kettle Moraine State Forest is one of the crown jewels of our state. Roughly 60,000 acres of some of the most unique landscape in the world, molded and carved out by the last ice age.  While its reputation for some of the best outdoor recreation in the country is well known, the Kettle Moraine has a much more mysterious side as well. For decades, thousands of eyewitnesses have reported sightings of creatures seemingly unknown to our sciences roaming these woods. Half-man, half-wolf beasts, goatmen, UFOs, witches, ghostly hauntings, and even a possible vortex have followed hundreds of years of Native folklore surrounding this most uncommon of regions.  Scott and Mickey dicuss these legends, with emphasis on the Beast of Bray Road, Goatman, otherwordly visitors, and the famous Witches of Whitewater on Episode 26 of Badger Bizarre!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources:   Astonishing Legends Podcast, Ep. 49 J. Nathan Couch: Goatman; Flesh or Folklore Linda Godfrey: The Beast of Bray Road Linda Godfrey: Monsters Among Us Lindagodfrey.com Mark Borchardt's Dundee Project Racine Journal Times Archives City of Whitewater WisconsinFreights.com        

In episode 25, Scott and Mickey discuss the events of the tumultuous summer of 1987, when violent crime was rampant, and numerous women were abducted and later found dead throughout the state. We focus our attention on the murders of 3 women from the south-central region - Angela Hackl, Barbara Blackstone, and Linda Nachreiner. When the bodies of these 3 women were found naked and dumped in wooded areas, within weeks of each other, the similar nature of the crimes led many to believe a serial killer was terrorizing the Wisconsin Dells area, abducting young, attractive women and dotting our state with their lifeless bodies.  The crime wave that plagued the state in the summer of 1987 is remembered today as one of the deadliest on record, creating fear and panic in areas that are usually reserved for family fun and waterparks. Hear about what happened that year, and the controversial aftermath of some of the cases - at least those cases that have been "closed. " In the beginning banter, Scott and Mickey discuss more about an impending visit to Summerwind Mansion, and Wisconsin again makes a strong showing in another list - this one involving obscure documentaries about paranormal happenings. The Badger State never seems to disappoint!    Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources:  The Capitol Times Baraboo News-Republic Milwaukee Journal Sentinal                          

In episode 24, Scott and Mickey discuss the somber case of the "Monfils 6," a high-profile trial of six men charged with the murder of their co-worker. On November 22nd, 1992, the body of Tom Monfils was found in a pulp vat at the James River Paper Company, where he had been employed for the previous 10 years.  In what seemed like it should've been a fairly clear-cut homicide case in a closed space with limited access, police had more than their share of trouble piecing together just what happened to the 35-year-old Monfils. After an almost 3 year investigation, prosecutors brought to trial six men, known collectively as the "Monfils 6," for his murder, though over 30 years later, there seems to be more questions than ever about the murder, the men charged, and the police department who conducted the investigation. In the opening banter, the reaction to episode 23, 'St. Nazianz," is discussed, along with how you could join Scott and Mickey at one of the most haumted locations in the state, possibly for the very last time ever! Welcome to Badger Bizarre...   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources:  Documentary - Beyond Human Nature The Monfils Conspiracy: The Conviction of Six Innocent Men Arseneau, Kelli - Green Bay Press Gazette https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ https://www.postcrescent.com/   For more information regarding Summerwind trip, July 14th/15th, 2023: Fox Valley Ghost Hunters LLC - Facebook For more information on the "Cold Case: Frozen Tundra" Podcast:  https://www.frozentundrapodcast.com/      

In Episode 23, Scott and Mickey discuss the mystery that is St. Nazianz, in Manitowoc County, WI. Founded in 1854 by a German immigrant priest claiming to have mystical powers bestowed upon him by The Almighty, St, Nazianz went on to become one of the most important communities in the nation in regards to Catholicism.  After Father Oschwald's unexpected death in 1873, the Salvatorian's from Rome took over the property, modernized it, and built what at that time was known to be the most modern and best equipped Catholic Seminary in the nation, the Salvatorian Seminary. After ceasing operations in the 1980's, lastly as a co-ed high school named JFK Prep, rumors of rogue priests, abusive nuns, suicides, and curses upon the village took hold, leading to trespassers and vandalism over the 40 years the property has been mostly abandoned, and ghost stories run rampant to this day. We again welcome back our resident paranormal expert Jim Cooper to break down the history of St. Nazianz, Father Oschwald, and JFK Prep, to determine fact from folklore.   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo          

In episode 22 of Badger Bizarre, Scott and Mickey discuss the crime-ridden life of Edward Wayne Edwards and how he forever impacted a small community in southeast Wisconsin. In August of 1980, a young teenage couple in Fort Atkinson went missing and were later found murdered. For 30 years, their murder went unsolved, until a surpring tip was called in to Jefferson County authorities in 2009, leading to the arrest of their killer, Ed Edwards.  The arrest would open a Pandora's Box of other crimes Edwards committed, including confessions to several other murders. As his life of crime came to light, researchers and cold-case detectives today link Edwards to many other murders, some very famous, such as Jimmy Hoffa, Jon Benet Ramsey, and even the Black Dahlia, making Edwards, if true, potentially the most prolific serial killer in history.   Sources: Cameron, John -

Scott and Mickey discuss the very bizarre story of James Jesse Strang, founder of the now-defunct city of Voree, WI in Walworth County.  Strang claimed to be the rightful heir to the leader of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, after its founder, Joseph Smith, was gunned down in 1844.  After claiming he was shown where to find buried ancient texts in Voree by visions of angels, Strang amassed a following of thousands who praised him as a prophet of God and eventually crowned him as their king - in the only royal coronation ever held on American soil. Corrupted by a rule of absolute power, Strang's "royal" reign was strewn with violence, greed, and deciept, as his followers began to conspire against him, and even the then President of the United States schemed to take him down.  Learn about this fascinating personality in American history on episode 21 of Badger Bizarre, "The Reign of King Strang."   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources:  Harvey, Miles - King of Confidence American Heritage Strangite.org Mormonbeliefs.com Beaverbeacon.com  

The 2008 gun deer season was unlike any other in recent memory, with 3 human bodies being found in the woods by hunters throughout the state.  Two of them were rather quickly identifed, while one, found in a frozen creek in Fond du Lac County, would lead investigators on a murder mystery they are still attempting to solve yet today. Hear the heartbreaking tragedy of the young girl who came to be known only as the 'Fond du Lac County Jane Doe.'  By the end, a name and a face will be added, but her story - who she truly was and what happened to her - is yet to be told. The beginning banter has an update about Taylor Shabusiness, and a recent missing persons case from Grant County, 34 year-old, Ronald Henry.    Facebook Twitter Website 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 logo design: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Attribution for Music: Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/ Intro: https://pixabay.com/ Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha  https://www.pond5.com/   Sources:  Medium.com Fox 6 Milwaukee ABC News Fond du Lac Reporter National Center for Missing and Exploited Children WBAY-TV Green Bay WKOW.com Madison          

Scott and Mickey discuss the legend of the Lake Michigan Triangle, a section in the Great Lake that has been the site of many mysterious disappearances of ships, planes, and people for centuries.  Generally defined as an area between Ludington, MI, Benton Harbor, MI, and Manitowoc WI, since the middle of the 19th century, countless strange events have occurred in this region of Lake Michigan, leading to the growth of the legend, and leaving researchers searching for answers. Disappearing ships, downed planes, UFOs, and people who have seemingly vanished off the face of the earth have only added to the intrique of one of the most treacherous portions of open water in the world. In the opening banter, we touch on the murder conviction of former Wisconsin Badger Marcus Randle El, and a sad end to the 38-year-old Portage County cold case of former UW-SP student, Janet Raasch.   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources: Sousec, Gayle :  The Lake Michigan Triangle van Heest, V.O : Fatal Crossing  https://www.milwaukeemag.com/legend-lake-michigan-triangle/ Michigan Shipwreck Research Association            

On February 18th, 1963, a quiet rural neighborhood in Green Bay, WI became the scene of one of the most horrific crimes in our state's history. 16-year-old Green Bay West HS student Harry Hebard came home early from school, gathered up weapons, and methodically killed every member of his household. Dead were his father, Jack Hebard, (37) his step-mother Joyce Hebard, (35) and his step-siblings, John (15) and twin sisters Judy & Janice. (11) It became the first documented instance of progency mass murder (a child killing thier parents and family) in the history of Wisconsin. Mickey and Scott discuss this case, the Hebard family, and the difficult and mysterious behaviors and storylines leading up to the murders, along with possible reasons why. The intro banter includes discussion about a 35-year-old Appleton murder on the verge of being solved. Listen here  - only on the best in WI true crime - Badger Bizarre!   Join the discussions at the links below: Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources:    Daniels, Steve:  Harry: A Study of Teenage Mass Murderers   Green Bay Press Gazette archives: https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/                

Scott and Mickey discuss the fascinating saga of Laurie Bembenek and the murder of Christine Schultz.  The trial in which Bembenek was convicted of the crime was one of the most prominent murder trials in history, creating an international media sensation before the days of OJ Simpson or cable television.  Her subsequent escape from prison only added to its legacy and entered "Bambi" into folk hero status, while at the same time leaving a grieving family even more pain to endure. Join us as we discuss "Part 2" and the conclusion of this unforgettabe chapter in our state's true crime history.     Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources:  Bembenek, Lawrencia - "Woman on Trial" Radish, Kris - "Run, Bambi, Run" Roddick, Bill - "The Thirteenth Juror" Podcast - "Run, Bambi, Run"

Scott and Mickey discuss the fascinating saga of Laurie Bembenek and the murder of Christine Shultz.  The trial in which Bembenek was convicted of the crime was one of the most prominent murder trials in history, creating an international media sensation before the days of OJ Simpson or cable television.  Her subsequent escape from prison only added to its legacy and entered "Bambi" into folk hero status, while at the same time leaving a grieving family even more pain to endure. Join us as we discuss "Part 1" of a 2-part series on this unforgettabe chapter in our state's true crime history. In the beginning banter, Scott shares a personal experience he had with a recent strange sighting in our skies.   Aliens?    You be the judge.. but first, listen to Episode 16 of Badger Bizarre!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources:  Bembenek, Lawrencia - "Woman on Trial" Radish, Kris - "Run, Bambi, Run" Roddick, Bill - "The Thirteenth Juror" Podcast - "Run, Bambi, Run"   Strange Lights in Night Sky Facebook Page      

In 1900, strange rock formations were found in the middle of Rock Lake, a lake directly bordering Lake Mills, and 4 miles from the ancient Native village of Aztalan. For well over a century, these formations have been debated by scientists and resarchers about who built them, how, and if they are manmade at all - or even extraterrestrial. Scott and Mickey discuss these possibilites, and get into a deeper discussion about the present-day popularity of alternative history shows, such as Ancient Aliens and the Curse of Oak Island, and whether this line of research not based in the accepted narrative should be promoted. In our opening banter, we discuss and give our opinions of Netflix's "Dahmer" series. Tune in now to the best in WI true crime and bizarre tales - Episode 15 of Badger Bizarre!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo            

Halloween is here and Scott and Mickey are celebrating by discussing Part 2 of the top 10 Most Haunted Wisconsin Sites, as collected by the most popular "Top 10 " lists. A compilation of haunted sites are discussed, including Summerwind Mansion, Hotel Hell, Shakers Cigar Bar, the Pfister, and more.  The history of the various places is discussed, where the legends of the hauntings derived from, and whether, in our opinion, they have any validity whatsoever and why these ghost stories, real or not, matter. So, grab your pumpkin spice latte, cozy up and listen to the best in Wisconsin true crime and paranormal happenings - Badger Bizzare!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo

The Halloween season is upon us and Scott and Mickey are celebrating by discussing the top 10 Most Haunted Wisconsin Sites, as collected by the most popular "Top 10 " lists. A compilation of haunted sites are discussed, including Summerwind Mansion, Hotel Hell, Shakers Cigar Bar, the Pfister, and more.  The history of the various places is discussed, where the legends of the hauntings derived from, and whether, in our opinion, they have any validity whatsoever. So, grab your pumpkin spice latte, cozy up and listen to the best in Wisconsin true crime and paranormal happenings - Badger Bizzare!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo    

Scott and Mickey have a passionate discussion about the case of Randall Woodfield, the former draft pick of the Green Bay Packers who went on to become the infamous "I-5 KIller," one of the most notorious American serail killers in history. His time in Wisconsin is examined, including his time with the Packers in 1974 as well as with the semi-pro football team, the Manitowoc Chiefs. How did somebody who seemingly had it all: a superstar athlete with a stable, loving family, an upper class upbringing, and a chance to live his NFL dream, fall so far? Listen now to episode 12 of Badger Bizarre!   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo        

Scott and Mickey discuss the anti-war protests during the Vietnam War as they occurred on the campus of UW-Madison. During the tumultuous 1960's, anti-war protests and demonstrations rocked college campuses across the nation, none moreso than those that happened in Madison. The Dow Day Riots are discussed, along with the act of domestic terror, the bombing of Sterling Hall.   Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:  "The War at Home" Documentary "Two Days in October" Documentary UW Archives UW Alumni - "The Blast that Changed Everything" "Ohio"  - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. (Fair Use Index)      

Scott and Mickey discuss the general history of organized crime in Wisconsin's beautiful Northwoods, specifically Hurley and its link to the Chicago Crime Syndicate. Familiar names in American True Crime synonomous with the Northwoods are examined, as well as one very familiar name known throughout the world that you likely may not have known was ever thought to be in the area. Tune in to find out who...  Its a tale you'll only hear on America's Scaryland - Badger Bizarre! Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo    

Scott and Mickey are joined by Jim Cooper from the Midwestern Paranormal Investigative Network to talk about the paranormal angle to Peshtigo, WI. Scott and Jim conducted an investigation several years ago in Peshtgo, the site of the deadliest fire in American history. Scott and Mickey also chat with Craig Nehring of the Fox Valley Ghost Hunters, who is the foremost expert of Summerwind Mansion, about the mystery of how the mansion burned down. Grab a drink, turn out the lights, and listen in to a casual conversation with Scott, Mickey and Jim about their experiences in paranormal investigating. Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Fox Valley Ghost Hunters Facebook   Craig Nehring's Books:  Wisconsin's Most Haunted Wisconsin's Most Haunted Vol. 2 Archives of a Ghost Hunter      

In the 2nd of a 3 part series, Scott and Mickey discuss one of the most infamous dates in American history, October 8th, 1871. Of course, that is the date of the Great Chicago Fire, maybe the most famous fire in our nations history. Though on that very same day, and burning at the very same hour, was another fire 250 miles north, in the forests of Peshtigo, WI.  And although after the flames were out, the city of Chicago received all of the nation's attention, its sympathy, its aid, the people in and around the town of Peshtigo, WI received none of that, even though the fire in Peshtigo dwarfed the Great Chicago Fire,  in the number of lives lost, by upwards of 8 times.  It is still today the deadliest fire in the history of North America and one of the worst wildfires the world has ever seen. But yet, unless you live in WI, and really even if you do, chances are you've never heard of Peshtigo, or the fire that ravaged the town and 1.2 million surrounding acres. Chances are you haven't heard the survivor accounts of people seeing their family members incinerated by an actual fire tornado, accounts of buildings being swept off the ground by 100 mile an hour winds and exploding in mid-air, or the accounts of seeing the annihilation of the town as the sun rose up the next day, and noting not one building, not one, still stood.  It's a fire that's often deemed as “Forgotten” by the annals of history; lost in the shadows of the Great Chicago Fire, about which many folk tales have been told and songs written in the decades since, while Peshtigo lay dying...  But Peshtigo didn't die. It rebuilt, literally on the ashes of itself and today is alive and well. Located just off the shores of Lake Michigan and 40 minutes north of the city of Green Bay, Peshtigo embraces its tragic history.  Tune in to hear more about "The Forgotten Fire." Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources: Gess, Denise and William Lutz:  https://www.amazon.com/Firestorm-Peshtigo-Deadliest-American-History/dp/0805072934 Pernin, Peter:  https://www.amazon.com/Great-Peshtigo-Fire-Eyewitness-Wisconsin/dp/087020310X Wells, Robert W:  https://www.amazon.com/Embers-October-Robert-Wells/dp/B005QAF0MW The Peshtigo Fire Museum:  http://www.peshtigofiremuseum.com/

In the first of a 3 part series, Scott and Mickey discuss one of the most infamous dates in American history, October 8th, 1871. Of course, that is the date of the Great Chicago Fire, maybe the most famous fire in our nations history. Though on that very same day, and burning at the very same hour, was another fire 250 miles north, in the forests of Peshtigo, WI.  And although after the flames were out, the city of Chicago received all of the nation's attention, its sympathy, its aid, the people in and around the town of Peshtigo, WI received none of that, even though the fire in Peshtigo dwarfed the Great Chicago Fire,  in the number of lives lost, by upwards of 8 times.  It is still today the deadliest fire in the history of North America and one of the worst wildfires the world has ever seen. But yet, unless you live in WI, and really even if you do, chances are you've never heard of Peshtigo, or the fire that ravaged the town and 1.2 million surrounding acres. Chances are you haven't heard the survivor accounts of people seeing their family members incinerated by an actual fire tornado, accounts of buildings being swept off the ground by 100 mile an hour winds and exploding in mid-air, or the accounts of seeing the annihilation of the town as the sun rose up the next day, and noting not one building, not one, still stood.  It's a fire that's often deemed as “Forgotten” by the annals of history; lost in the shadows of the Great Chicago Fire, about which many folk tales have been told and songs written in the decades since, while Peshtigo lay dying...  But Peshtigo didn't die. It rebuilt, literally on the ashes of itself and today is alive and well. Located just off the shores of Lake Michigan and 40 minutes north of the city of Green Bay, Peshtigo embraces its tragic history.  Tune in to hear more about "The Forgotten Fire." Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Sources: Gess, Denise and William Lutz:  https://www.amazon.com/Firestorm-Peshtigo-Deadliest-American-History/dp/0805072934 Pernin, Peter:  https://www.amazon.com/Great-Peshtigo-Fire-Eyewitness-Wisconsin/dp/087020310X Wells, Robert W:  https://www.amazon.com/Embers-October-Robert-Wells/dp/B005QAF0MW The Peshtigo Fire Museum:  http://www.peshtigofiremuseum.com/      

Scott and Mickey talk about the urban legend of Haunchyville, a supposed secret community of little people living in the woods outside of Muskego, in Waukesha County. What begins as a discussion about a tall tale, hard to believe on its surface and embellished by generations of teenagers, turns into an emotional telling of our own state's complicity in our shortcomings in how we look at and treat each other, and the unfortunate effects one of our most celebrated industries may have had on those attitudes today. Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo Marquette University Television : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfGaKms-pPc Creepy Circus Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHDohbHFWF4&t=2105s Sources:  https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Wisconsin-Wisconsins-Legends-Secrets/dp/0760759448 https://www.amazon.com/Truevine-Brothers-Kidnapping-Mothers-Quest/dp/0316337544        

Scott and Mickey have a longform discussion about one of the most bizarre and talked about murders in our state's history: The murder of the reclusive Kunz Family. On the night of July 4th, 1987, somebody walked into the Kunz household, killed 4 members of the family, while Helen Kunz, a 70- year-old mother and sister to the murdered, went missing. The murders, however, were only half of this story, as the lifestyle and shocking secrets of the Kunz Family, revealed to the world during the investigation, became almost a bigger point of attention. Tune in and find out why...   Main sources for this episode:  https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Relative-Portrait-Mass-Murder/dp/0929387910     Facebook Twitter Website 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: Red Claw Scratch Photo      

For 21 years, a serial killer terrorized a north side neighborhood in Milwaukee, often times working right under the nose of the Milwaukee Police Department. Suspected of killing at least 10 women, ultimately convicted of 7, Walter E. Ellis stalked those living in the seedy underbelly of the Cream City, preying on those often most vulnerable, struggling themselves to make a life. Beginning in 1986, young women began turning up murdered in numerous abandoned properties, most of them strangled, in a two mile radius in north Milwaukee, leading to the residents of the area to suspect a serial killer was on the loose. Unwilling to endorse the one-killer theory, police struggled to crack the case, leading to accusations of not taking it seriously, as the majority of the victims were African-American and usually suspected of being sex workers. As DNA technology advanced, and a task force was formed, police began to hone in on a suspect, one which had been in their midst for decades, working with them as an informant, incarcerated numerous times, and repeatedly given leniency for unknown reasons. Scott and Mickey discuss this story which entails missed opportunities by the Milwaukee Police Department, Department of Corrections, Department of Justice, and the state legislature which could have curtailed these murders from happening and literally saved lives, along with the larger social and economic issues at play which helped create a monster like Walter E. Ellis, though also sadly dismisses those he took away from us.     Walter E. Ellis during a court appearance . 2 children of Irene Smith, a victim of Ellis, murdered in 1992.

Michael Lesy's 1973 book Wisconsin Death Trip examines the harsh lives of many Wisconsinites during the years leading up to, and just after the turn of the twentieth century. Murder, suicide, disease, and madness devoured the state, though the era was seemingly mysteriously forgotten until, in 1968, Lesy came across the work of former Black River Falls photographer Charles Van Schaick, and newspaper articles of the day, to paint a truly horrific period of our state's and nation's history. Combined into an art, and quasi-history book, Wisconsin Death Trip has since become one of the most iconic "cult classics" in American pop culture history.   Contact us: Facebook Twitter Website Email us:  badgerbizarre@outlook.com     Attribution for logo design: Red Claw Scratch Photo   Attribution for Music: Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/ Intro: https://pixabay.com/ Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha  https://www.pond5.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     Photo from book. Man next to child's open coffin.                       Photo from book.  Van Schaick's studio work.   Photo from book.   Van Schaick's studio work.   Still image from movie.  Man hanging from tree.     Static X 1999 Album "Wisconsin Death Trip," inspired by the book.