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The “heart of America” may not be as warm and loving as you think. Join Alli and Beth—native Iowans—as they share stories of murders and cold cases across the state of Iowa, one county at a time. And the best part? Taps, our anonymous former homicide detective/lawyer, is there to answer all of our loosely-related questions about the case.

Beth & Alli

Iowa, USA


    • Mar 28, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 25m AVG DURATION
    • 60 EPISODES

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    Latest episodes from DIEOWA

    Adair County: Kathryn Schrader

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 25:41


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Adair County. A man with a criminal history shoots a woman over a simple question.

    Johnson County: Ronald Lipsius

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 24:12


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Johnson County. A grocery store owner is shot dead after chasing a lady robber. 

    Bremer County: Willis Kingsley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 28:32


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Bremer County. A prominent lawyer is accused of murdering a former colleague and friend.

    Henry County: Elizabeth Syperda

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 17:59


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Henry County. A 22-year old goes missing in 2000 and her estranged husband is arrested 17 years later for her murder. 

    Hancock County: James Zrostlik

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 32:45


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Hancock County. A farmer is murdered by three machine gun killers. 

    Webster County: Kathlynn Shepard

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 23:44


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Webster County. Two girls are abducted after walking home from school. 

    Jasper County: Steven Fisher & Melisa Gregory

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 22:29


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Jasper County. A man and his girlfriend are found dead inside a trailer on a ranch they worked on.

    Monroe County: Mary Cannady

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 23:33


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Monroe County. A woman answers a knock at her door and is greeted by her former lover and two bullets. 

    Lucas County: Dorothy Coon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 21:11


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Lucas county. A farmer finds a badly decomposed body in a ditch while he's mowing the lawn.

    Warren County: Tom Lyon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 24:07


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Warren County. A feud between two farmers escalates until one is found dead in a cistern.

    Marshall County: Anna Wiese

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 37:53


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Marshall County. Rumors swirl in a small town when a well-liked, friendly woman is brutally murdered while on her way home. 

    Mitchell County: Price Evans

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 13:07


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Mitchell County. A young principal goes for a walk but is found dead from a gunshot wound the next day. 

    Wapello County: Earl Nichols

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 22:42


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Wapello County. A man disappears on Christmas Eve, and his body is found in a mine a few days later.  

    Fremont County: Gary Sebek

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 27:48


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Fremont County. A man is dropped off at home after the  birth of his son but is never seen again.

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    Appanoose County: Curtis Ross

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 25:57


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Appanoose County. A man takes a trip to the woods to go hunting over Thanksgiving, and doesn't come back.

    Black Hawk County: Ora Randol

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 38:02


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Black Hawk County. A BBQ proprietor is shot in his restaurant's parking lot. 

    Worth County: Chris Myers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 25:01


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Worth County. There's a shootout in rural Iowa between a teenager and a deputy.

    Sioux County: Samuel Crofton

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 21:14


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Sioux County. A blind preacher's body is found hidden in a cornfield. 

    Des Moines County: Kedarie Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 34:52


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Des Moines County. A gender-fluid teen is brutally murdered behind an alley.

    Calhoun County: Ellen Aden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 27:27


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Calhoun County. A woman is murdered in her apartment while being robbed.

    Humboldt County: Paul Voss

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 24:47


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Humboldt County. A 15-year old boy murders his step father in a cow pen. 

    Davis County: John Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 26:11


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Davis County. A disagreement between two livestock farmers turns fatal.

    Kossuth County: Minnie Benjamin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 22:14


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Kossuth County. The wife of the former church organist is found lying in a pool of blood.

    Madison County: Ethel Meyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 27:28


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Madison County. A woman's death starts rumors of murder.

    Pocahontas County: Mamie Sime

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 22:22


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Pocahontas County. An old woman is found after a house fire, but the autopsy reveals she had been beaten and stabbed before the fire started.

    Taylor County: Treasure!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 19:22


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Taylor County. Rumors of buried treasure lead to a murder charge 47 years after a double homicide occurs.

    Allamakee County: Inga Magnusson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 18:36


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Allamakee County. A young, rural teacher is found dead in the basement of her schoolhouse. 

    Keokuk County: Larry Grove

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 17:29


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Keokuk County. A 29-year old man is shot to death… on Valentine's Day.

    Audubon County: Hiram Jellerson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 19:47


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Audubon County. An old farmer is drug out of bed and hung by three masked men.

    Wright County: Devin Resh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 19:04


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Wright County. A teenage boy is struck in the head with a hatchet while on a fishing trip.

    BONUS! Episode: John Dillinger Robbery

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 22:42


    This week on DIEOWA, we're talking about one of the most famous American gangsters of all time. John Dillinger robs a bank in Mason City, Iowa.

    BONUS! Episode: Squirrel Cage Jail

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 16:26


    This week on DIEOWA, we're doing another bonus episode on a jail... the Squirrel Cage Jail!

    BONUS! Episode: Iowa Exorcism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 29:50


    This week on DIEOWA, we're doing a Halloween BONUS EPISODE! A woman arrives in Shelby County...for an exorcism.

    BONUS! Episode: Erica Spiller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 70:47


    This week on DIEOWA, we interview Erica Spiller, the Assistant Director of Student Development at DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College) and author of Iowa Women's Corrections: A History.

    Harrison County: Cari Farver

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 37:00


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Harrison County. One member of a love triangle is accused of digitally harassing the others, while also being reported missing by her family. 

    Tama County: Frank Mommer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 20:00


    This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Tama County. A night marshal is murdered after surprising two boys committing a burglary.

    Washington County: Kent Nelson & Edward Elmer Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 29:32


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Washington County. A man murders two people, forty years apart.

    Ringgold County: John B. Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 27:51


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Ringgold County, where remains of a farmer's body are found in his hog lot.

    Guthrie County: Lillian O'Hara

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 30:07


    This week on DIEOWA, we're in Guthrie County. The wife of the wealthiest man in town is found dead in her car, 60 miles from her home.

    Grundy County: Florence Whaylen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 29:44


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Grundy County. A former bandmaster is charged for  the murder of his stepmother. 

    Benton County: Myrtle Cook

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 28:37


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re in Benton County. A woman is shot while rehearsing an upcoming speech.

    Muscatine County: Oran Pape

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 22:33


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re in Muscatine County, where we’re discussing the first instance of an Iowa State Patrolman being murdered in the line of duty. 

    Lee County: George Marion

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 13:38


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re in Lee County, where poison is found in a local farmer’s homemade pie.

    Mahaska County: Mary Ann Green

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 21:27


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Mahaska County. Two parents die within months of each other during a family feud. 

    Decatur County: Maude Stone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 18:14


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Decatur County. An illegal surgery has fatal results. 

    Adams County: Lucinda and Nellie Coons

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 21:08


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Adams County. Capital punishment is reintroduced after it was previously abolished.

    Linn County: Michelle Martinko

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 18:40


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re headed to Linn County. A 40-year old cold case is solved, thanks to a family genealogy website.

    Iowa County: Frank Searway

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 16:43


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re headed to Iowa County. A man sells a horse... and his body is found 2 months later. 

    Crawford County: Elsie Nollen & Kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 15:23


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re in Crawford County, a hose connected to a running car’s exhaust is found a home… along with 7 bodies.

    Page County: Glenn Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 20:36


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Page County. A famous bandleader boards a small plane and is never seen again.

    Dallas County: Bonnie & Clyde

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 16:10


    This week on DIEOWA, we’re in Dallas County, and we’re talking about a classic criminal couple: Bonnie & Clyde.

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