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.
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Listeners of DIEOWA that love the show mention:This week on DIEOWA, we're in Adair County. A man with a criminal history shoots a woman over a simple question.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Johnson County. A grocery store owner is shot dead after chasing a lady robber.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Bremer County. A prominent lawyer is accused of murdering a former colleague and friend.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Hancock County. A farmer is murdered by three machine gun killers.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Webster County. Two girls are abducted after walking home from school.
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.
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.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Warren County. A feud between two farmers escalates until one is found dead in a cistern.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Black Hawk County. A BBQ proprietor is shot in his restaurant's parking lot.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Worth County. There's a shootout in rural Iowa between a teenager and a deputy.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Sioux County. A blind preacher's body is found hidden in a cornfield.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Des Moines County. A gender-fluid teen is brutally murdered behind an alley.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Calhoun County. A woman is murdered in her apartment while being robbed.
This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Humboldt County. A 15-year old boy murders his step father in a cow pen.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Davis County. A disagreement between two livestock farmers turns fatal.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Kossuth County. The wife of the former church organist is found lying in a pool of blood.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Madison County. A woman's death starts rumors of murder.
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.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Allamakee County. A young, rural teacher is found dead in the basement of her schoolhouse.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Keokuk County. A 29-year old man is shot to death… on Valentine's Day.
This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Audubon County. An old farmer is drug out of bed and hung by three masked men.
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.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we're doing another bonus episode on a jail... the Squirrel Cage Jail!
This week on DIEOWA, we're doing a Halloween BONUS EPISODE! A woman arrives in Shelby County...for an exorcism.
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.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we're discussing Tama County. A night marshal is murdered after surprising two boys committing a burglary.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Washington County. A man murders two people, forty years apart.
This week on DIEOWA, we're in Ringgold County, where remains of a farmer's body are found in his hog lot.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Grundy County. A former bandmaster is charged for the murder of his stepmother.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re in Benton County. A woman is shot while rehearsing an upcoming speech.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re in Lee County, where poison is found in a local farmer’s homemade pie.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Mahaska County. Two parents die within months of each other during a family feud.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Decatur County. An illegal surgery has fatal results.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Adams County. Capital punishment is reintroduced after it was previously abolished.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re headed to Linn County. A 40-year old cold case is solved, thanks to a family genealogy website.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re headed to Iowa County. A man sells a horse... and his body is found 2 months later.
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.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Page County. A famous bandleader boards a small plane and is never seen again.
This week on DIEOWA, we’re in Dallas County, and we’re talking about a classic criminal couple: Bonnie & Clyde.