by Ashley Flowers | Jan 21, 2026 | Episode, Iowa Cold Case, Midwest Cold Cases
Nothing causes the true crime community to stir more than a case with the open-ended question of did he? Or didn’t he? Well, except that is, when the question is did SHE? For longer than 32-year-old Thomas Mather was alive, a rural town in Iowa has been haunted by...
by Ashley Flowers | Dec 24, 2025 | Episode, Midwest Cold Cases, Minnesota Cold Case
On a snowy December night 35 years ago, 25-year-old Donna Ingersoll stormed outside and disappeared into the darkness after a heated argument with her boyfriend, leaving behind several important belongings and a twisted web of mysteries investigators have spent...
by Ashley Flowers | Dec 10, 2025 | Episode, Iowa Cold Case, Midwest Cold Cases
In 1971, 21-year-old Karen tried hitching a ride to go and meet her husband after work. She never made it and a week later her body was found floating in a canal nowhere near where she’d left or her destination. Was Karen a victim of a predator passing through? Or...
by Ashley Flowers | Nov 26, 2025 | Episode, Indiana Cold Case, Midwest Cold Cases
Charles’ bold suits and charismatic personality made him stand out. He was also a man who liked money — earning it, flashing it, and spending it. And trying to untangle Charles’ different threads of income – and what may or may not be connected to his...
by Ashley Flowers | May 28, 2025 | Episode, Midwest Cold Cases, Wisconsin Cold Case
From the outside, 43-year-old George was a family man: a former greeting card salesman turned restaurant owner who loved his kids, the outdoors, and working hard. But after George was shot three times and left for dead in his restaurant’s parking lot, details of his...
by Ashley Flowers | Apr 30, 2025 | Episode, Midwest Cold Cases, Wisconsin Cold Case
In the winter of 1976, Lisa Staes was trying to figure out what exactly she wanted to do with her life. Like so many 20-year-olds, she’d just moved out of her parents’ house and started classes at a community college. She was embracing her independence as a young...
