A true crime podcast focusing on murdered and missing cases within the midwestern United States, with the occasional out of region case.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA true crime podcast focusing on murdered and missing cases within the midwestern United States, with the occasional out of region case.
Midwest Mystery Files is hosted by Jeremiah Baustian. The show has published 46 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "40. The Murder of Wilma June Nissen" (17 July 2025, 65 minutes), "39. The Disappearances of Scott Hilbert and Wilbur Pate" (15 April 2025, 34 minutes), and "38. The Box Lady of Benton County" (22 November 2024, 36 minutes).
Midwest Mystery Files publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 46 episodes.
Booking probability for Midwest Mystery Files is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Midwest Mystery Files requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Midwest Mystery Files's contact route on record: public web form.
Jeremiah Baustian hosts Midwest Mystery Files, a true crime podcast with 46 episodes published.
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Episode #46
In October of 1978, a phone crew was working in a rural area of Lyon County, Iowa. One of the workers would stumble across the body of a deceased woman. She did not have any identification, and damage to her face made...
In March of 1988, 18 year old Morehead University student Scott HIlbert returned home to Milford, Ohio for spring break. While his family was out of the home, Scott left a note stating that he was leaving for Columbus...
Episode #44
It was a cool day in October of 1976. A farmer in Benton County, Indiana was working hard to catch up on harvest. It had rained for several days beforehand, and Norman Skoog was working against the rain tarnished...
Episode #43
Thirteen year old Rachel Mellon Skemp was an average middle school girl. She loved music, playing with her friends, and attending church. In January of 1996, on an unforgivingly cold Illinois Winter Day, Rachel would...
Episode #42
In October of 2021, a young girl would run from her home after her mom would arrive home and break up the gathering taking place inside. Shortly afterwards, in the early hours of the morning she would be seen at the...
Episode #41
It was a cold, frigid night in February of 2001. It was approximately 10:00 PM and a local police officer was patrolling the quiet streets of Pine River, Minnesota. The officer was driving by Ultimate Liquors when he...
Episode #40
Joe Bova was a man living the good life. He was married with a good job and a prominent position in his local union. He was well liked by everyone including neighbors, coworkers, fellow union members, members of his...
Episode #39
2003. Thirteen year old Rebecca Williams had just finished up her eighth grade year at Morton Middle School in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time she was living with her mother, but was set to move to Las Vegas, Nevada to...
I'm trying to do some additional digging on the next cold case episode so for this month I'm releasing May 2023's patreon episode. This epsiode focuses on Mormon fundamentalist and extremist Jeffrey Lundgren, who led a...
In March of 2008, father of five, soon to be six, MIchael Womack would vanish without a trace from Alton, IL. Only for his truck to be found almost 30 miles away, clean and wiped of any fingerprints. Then, in July of...
On a warm summer day in July of 2012, 10 year old Lyric Cook-Morrissey, and her cousin 8 year old Elizabeth Collins would head out in the town of Evansdale, Iowa on what was to be a typical bike ride. However, as the...
Episode #35
In November of 1998, 36 year old Anthony Klama was living a pretty good life. He was working as a maintenance supervisor in the same apartment complex with which he lived. Recently he had received some high praise and...
Episode #34
It was July of 2006 and 33 year old VIcki Eagleman, recently divorced and with five children, had moved in with her mother and step father on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Vicki had begun dating a...
Episode #33
Life had been hectic lately for 15 year old Rachel Pratt, she had recently found she was going to be a mother and was in her first trimester of pregnancy. Not being bogged down, she continued to live life as normally as...
Episode #32
On a cold morning in February 2001, twenty-three-year-old Stefanie Welch would drop her two young boys off at preschool and daycare. Hours later her vehicle would be parked at a local mobile home park, and an unknown...
Episode #31
In July of 2002, 19 year old Russell Turcotte was on his way home to Montana from a Rainbow Gathering in the Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He had stayed behind a few days after the gathering...
Episode #30
Update on Episode 10: The Opelika Jane Doe. Amore is her name, and suspects are in custody. Hear all the details within, apologies for some weird sound on the technical end for about 30 seconds towards the end of the...
My newest case isn't ready yet, so today's episode is my October bonus episode from Patreon, which focuses on the alleged possession and exorcism of Anna Ecklund in 1928 in Earling, Iowa. Was Anna really possessed? Or...
On a cold, cloudy day in December of 1995, a teller at the Bank One in Bloomfield, Ohio was working the drive up window when a red and silver pick up pulled up. The teller recognized the truck, and the couple inside, as...
On July 22nd, 2001, 28-year-old Niqui McCown was just weeks away from marrying the love of her life. She was set to address wedding envelopes with her fiancé that evening. However, a trip to the laundromat would soon...
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