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The Italian Hall Disaster was a tragedy that occurred on December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan. Seventy-three men, women, and children, mostly striking mine workers and their families, were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted “fire” at a crowded Christmas party. Lump of Coal beer is served!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

In 1929, share-cropper Charles Lawson brutally murdered his wife and 6 of his children after buying them Christmas outfits and having a family photo taken. Rumors of his motive range from financial stress to incest. Join us at the quiet end for a Christmas beer and a Christmas crime.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

In our first installment in the 12 Beers of Christmas, we discuss trends in domestic violence over the holidays and how to help and support victims of domestic abuse. Dick shares his thoughts on Anchor Christmas Ale!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Erin Corwin thought she was being taken into the desert for a marriage proposal. Excited, she texted a friend in Tennessee, eager to share the big news. And then she vanished without a trace. We would later learn that Erin was lured to a remote location and brutally murdered. What kind of ruthless person would […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

When 8 month old Matthew Eappen died of severe head trauma, his 18 year old Au Pair was arrested for murder. What followed was a trial second only to the O.J. Simpson trial in media attention and controversy. In this episode, Jill and Dick discuss the Eappen family, the life of Louise Woodward, and the […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Lacey Spears’s struggle seemed to be every mother’s worst nightmare. From the day he was born, her son Garnett was afflicted with multiple illnesses. She shared all of his struggles on social media along with her struggles to be a perfect single mom. Apparently a courageous and selfless mother whose entire life was dedicated to her son, Lacey […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

The recent news is shocking and we’re learning more each day. Todd Kohlhepp, successful real estate agent and convicted sex offender, has been arrested in 7 murders after his latest kidnapping victim was saved from her chained and caged torture chamber–a storage container—for 3 months. We will discuss the lives and deaths of his victims, […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

On December 6, 1991, Jennifer Harbison and Eliza Thomas, both 17, were scrubbing down counters and sweeping the floors at a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas, anticipating going home and having a sleepover. Jennifer’s 15-year-old sister , Sarah, and her 13-year-old friend, Amy Ayers, were sitting at one of the tables in the shop, waiting […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Born again Christian Chris Coleman had a great life: an intelligent and loving wife, two healthy and robust young sons, and a six figure income from his job as televangelist Joyce Meyers’ chief of security. Then Chris began getting threats related to his job, putting a target on the backs of his family. The horrible […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

On June 6th, 1996, Darlie Routier’s throat and arms were slashed. Her two oldest sons, 6-year-old Devon and 5-year-old Damon, were brutally stabbed to death in their suburban Texas home. By the time the police and paramedics arrived, Devon was already dead. They tried to save Damon, but he died in the ambulance on the way to […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

After nearly four decades behind bars, an Arizona man who long maintained that his ex-wife had framed him for a double murder left prison as a free man. With the help of the Arizona Justice Project, Bill Macumber gained national attention as a man wrongly convicted. It was less than one year after his release […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

The Friedli family home in Pinyon Pines, California was burned to the ground in 2006. This was no accident. Inside, investigators found the charred remains of Vicki Friedli and her boyfriend, Jon Hayward. Out front, posed grotesquely in a wheelbarrow, were the remains of 18 year old Becky Friedli. She, too, was burned beyond recognition. […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

On a cold evening in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two professors had been brutally murdered in their own home. Investigators searched in vain for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their murderer or murderers. The residents of Hanover, New Hampshire, speculated about who could have been […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Etan Patz was just 6 years old when he disappeared from his Manhattan neighborhood in 1979. His disappearance helped in the establishment of new legislation and new methods for tracking missing children. He was the first child to be pictured on milk cartons. In 2010, Etan’s case was reopened. The case was tried in 2015, ending […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Greg Williams was a divorced father and wealthy businessman when he met and married Michele. Known to her own family as a promiscuous and dishonest person with a habit of destroying her relationships, she was the primary suspect when Greg was found dead in their bed. But Michele would turn out to be her own […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Eric and Ann Miller were two attractive, intelligent, successful people who met at Purdue University and married in 1993. In December, 2000, Eric died of arsenic poisoning. Over the next 4 years, investigators would find out that Ann wasn’t who she seemed. To the astonishment of everyone who knew the couple, Eric was murdered through a viscous […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

On May 1, 1990, Pamela Smart came home from a work meeting to find her condominium ransacked and her husband, Gregg, dead and bleeding on the floor. Police initially said that the crime scene looked like an interrupted burglary. Later, it was determined that Pamela Smart seduced 15-year-old Billy Flynn and threatened to stop having sex with him unless he […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

On February 4, 2013, when Kelsie Schelling was 21 years old, she went to Pueblo to meet her boyfriend and was never heard from again. Kelsie had just learned she was pregnant with her boyfriend Donthe Lucus’ child the day before. On February 4th, Donthe lured her to his hometown of Pueblo, telling her he had […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Six-year-old Timmothy lived with his parents, James Pitzen and Amy Fry-Pitzen, in Aurora, Illinois at the time of his disappearance. He is their only child. Without telling anyone of her plans, Amy removed Timmothy from his kindergarten class at Greenman Elementary School on the morning of May 11, 2011. After checking him out of school, […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Drew Peterson is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, who has been missing since 2007. Stacy’s disappearance led police to reopen the Kathleen Savio case. On September 6, 2012, Drew Peterson was found guilty of the premeditated murder of Kathleen Savio, his third wife. Jurors admitted that the most compelling […]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.