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George Jares – 6 of Clubs, Wisconsin

George Jares – 6 of Clubs, Wisconsin

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...
Lisa Staes – Jack of Diamonds, Wisconsin

Lisa Staes – Jack of Diamonds, Wisconsin

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...
Robert “Bob” Christian – 4 of Spades, Wisconsin

Robert “Bob” Christian – 4 of Spades, Wisconsin

by Ashley Flowers | Apr 16, 2025 | Episode, Midwest Cold Cases, Wisconsin Cold Case

In the Fall of 1977, Bob was just weeks into his freshman year at UW-Madison. He was a math whiz with a knack for computers and a big heart. At 18-years-old, there was no telling how far he’d go.But no one ever expected to be asking the question… Where did he go? Yet...
Susan “Susie” Poupart – 7 of Spades, Wisconsin

Susan “Susie” Poupart – 7 of Spades, Wisconsin

by Ashley Flowers | Feb 26, 2025 | Episode, Midwest Cold Cases, Wisconsin Cold Case

When 29-year-old Susie went to a house party on her reservation, surrounded by friends and so close to home, she should’ve been safe. But when the mother of two left the party in a car with some younger men, things took a turn for the worse.  Susie never made it home,...
Catherine Sjoberg – 8 of Hearts, Wisconsin

Catherine Sjoberg – 8 of Hearts, Wisconsin

by Ashley Flowers | Dec 21, 2022 | Episode, Midwest Cold Cases, Wisconsin Cold Case

In June 1974, 17-year-old Catherine Sjoberg was enjoying all the festivities of prom night when a heated argument with her boyfriend at the post-prom dance sent her storming off into the cool summer night, never to be seen or heard from again. For nearly 50 years, law...
Bobby Joe Fritz – 5 of Spades, Wisconsin

Bobby Joe Fritz – 5 of Spades, Wisconsin

by Ashley Flowers | May 25, 2022 | Episode, Midwest Cold Cases, Wisconsin Cold Case

On May 14, 1983, 5-year-old Bobby Joe Fritz asked his sister to walk him back home after playing a game of kickball with the neighborhood kids in the Wisconsin village of Campbellsport. After walking him toward their house and watching as he made it to the end of...
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About The Deck

State prison systems and local law enforcement agencies have replaced the faces traditional playing card decks with images of missing and murdered people and then distributed those cards throughout prisons, hoping someone will recognize a case and come forward with information. In audiochuck’s weekly show, host Ashley Flowers is revealing the stories behind some of the cards with the help of detectives and victims’ family members who have gone on record hoping to see justice served.

Recent Episodes

Clarence and Marjorie Paulson (2 of Clubs, Minnesota)

In July 1984, Clarence and Marjorie Paulson, father and daughter, were reported missing from their home in Minnesota. At first glance, sheriff’s deputies didn’t see any obvious signs of a struggle. Marjorie and Clarence didn’t have driver’s licenses, and the...

Edwin “Eddie” Heath Sr. (King of Hearts, Delaware)

For the last eleven years, the mystery of who murdered 33-year-old Eddie has haunted the New Castle County Police. It looked to them like Eddie had been targeted – shot just steps from where he lived and in front of his children. But a few BIG questions remain: Who...

Angelica Sandoval – 3 of Hearts, Colorado

When police arrived at the scene of Angelica Sandoval’s disappearance on February 24th, 2011, what they came across seemed eerily frozen in time: her 1995, four-door, green Oldsmobile sedan was parked on 13th Street, in front of her two-bedroom duplex. Her keys were...

 Jimmy “Jamie” Riddle – 9 of Diamonds, North Carolina

In the fall of 1991, just as the season was starting to change, a couple fishing at sunrise at a small lake in Fayetteville, North Carolina, noticed something floating near the surface of the water. At first, they thought it was a blow-up doll. But upon closer...

Tonya Teske – The 2 of Spades, Idaho

This week, we’re resurfacing an important old episode for you because we just learned more information about a person of interest who’s never been ruled out. His name is Mark Douglas Burns, and he's a terrifying individual. He came up in a Crime Junkie episode we...

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