Coal Corn & Corpses
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCorn Coal & Corpses is a podcast that came about due to our love and fascination for true crime, mysteries, and the supernatural. After spending a long time listening to other large podcasts. We realized that after living in and around the Southern Illinois Region, we wanted to share and discuss a lot of the creepy history, famous (and not so famous) cases, and all around weird things that have been located in this region. Using our combined years in public safety, as well as family members who worked in law enforcement in this region. We wanted to do the absolute most accurate and in depth research on each subject we discuss. Yet allowing ALL of our listeners and followers to come up with each of their own conclusions. Most of the topics that are discussed will be of a serious nature, but we provide our listeners a bit of a twisted dark humor and light hearten fun in telling of these stories (no one wants to listen to boring, mono-toned, and dry discussions). So we try to inform listeners these events and accounts with a different style.So if you enjoy this podcast look us up on our social media accounts, as well as if you have any suggestions for an upcoming episode. Send us an email with your suggestion.
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Episodes
Dark Waters, Darker Secrets, & Broken Wings
February 13, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBWelcome back to the next episode of the Sidnee Stephens series. Sidnee was a beautiful and quirky soul. Only at the age of 15 she was struggling to figure out life like any other teenager. But just as she believed she was starting to understand and figure out a form of balance in her life. She was taken in the middle of the night and her wonderful life was cut short. The family desperately wanting answers after the investigation leads to arrests of group of local teens. Instead of answers th...
Dark Water, Darker Secrets, & Broken Wings
February 05, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBWhat happens when you wake up and your teenage child has just vanished. You turn to family and friends, hoping for a simple explanation. Phone call after phone call your simple explanation now gives way to fear. As minutes now become hours you turn to authorities for help. Yet receive very little. A persons past is now defining their future. You turn to your community and it’s the same response. Those hours now are turning into days. After almost a week, you’re informed that yo...
The Case of Serial Killer John Paul Phillips
February 03, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBSouthern Illinois is famously known for a lot of things. One thing most people don't think or even realize is actual number of serial killers who have either grew up, lived, or committed their gruesome crimes right here in the heart of "Little Egypt". We are going to tell you about one of those killers who was thankfully caught before his terror on this region would have continued. Unfortunately three young women would lose their lives to this monster before he was caught and brought to just...
Part 2 of the Nitz (Spillway Murder) Finale
January 29, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBThis is part 2 of the Finale for the Nitz story and of the Spillway Murder. If you were in disbelief from the last episode, this will drop bombshell after bombshell that will make you serious think what really happened and why? Did they convict the right people for this crime or was there serious injustice done to two people. We dont tell you what to think, we leave that up to you, but we will bring you all the facts so you can make that decision yourself, right here on Coal Corn and Corpse...
Part 1 of the Nitz (Spillway Murder) Finale
January 29, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBWe tried and tried to condense this down into one episode, but there was just too much detail we wanted to share with you all in this finale of this story. So we told you the crazy story and beginning or Richard Nitz and his story. We told you all about Rita Brookmyer - Nitz and her insane story of how she got here. Now comes the bomb shell shocker of this story that will leave you shaking your head and wondering what, why, how did that...... As this episode begins the story of an absolutel...
Richard & Rita Nitz (The Spillway Murder) - Part 2
January 15, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBWe are back with part 2 of this 3 part series on the Spillway Murder - The case of Richard and Rita Nitz (Brookmyer). If Richards story wasn't crazy enough, now you get to hear the crazy story of Rita, from how she grew up, all the way till she meets Richard. To say this was a match made in hell is truly an understatement. We hope you enjoy part 2 and we will have part 3 dropping soon to conclude this adventure. The Rita Nitz Story: Life Without Parole - Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com...
Richard & Rita Nitz (The Spillway Murder) - Part 1
January 06, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBOn April 9th of 1988 a gruesome discovery is made south of Crab Orchard Lake, on a small country road in Union County. A car is found flipped over and appears to have been torched. When looked upon further, the truck opens up and out rolls a headless body of a man. Later investigation will discover that body is Michael Miley of Murphysboro Illinois. A 23 y/o local who had been reported missing just a few days earlier. The investigation quickly turns to one suspect, a convicted felon well kno...
The Case of Jana Reynolds of Mt. Vernon IL
December 22, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBIn 1988 the city of Mt. Vernon was already trying to get back to a feeling of normalcy after already experiencing the unthinkable Tommy Odle murders of his entire family, the completely unimaginable and brutal rape and murder of 10 year old Amy Shultz. Only to be followed up by the absolute horrific and gruesome murders of the Dardeen Family in Ina. A year had pasted and just as the city of Mt. Vernon and the residents of Jefferson county believed that a possible return to a sense of normal ...
Listener Tales - 01
November 01, 2021 23:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBSo in this episode we are sharing some of our listener tales and crazy things that happened to them. We apologize so much as we ran into some technical issues that prevented us from getting this up on Halloween. Even though its a day late in getting up, we REALLY hope you guys enjoy this episode as much as we did making it. Please don't forget to leave us a rating on whatever platform your listening to and check us out on our facebook page. Till next time..... Support the show (https://www....
Trailer for the upcoming New Episodes
October 22, 2021 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.77 MBWe know we have been super busy and couldn't get an episode up this week. So we wanted to give you guys a sneak peek on whats coming as well as what we've been working on. So here ya go!!! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coalcorncorpses)
Dou-Nut Take Me To The Cleaners - The Kathy Woodhouse Case
October 14, 2021 19:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn January of 1992, a weird 911 phone call comes into Herrin Illinois Police Dept. The caller advises there has been a rape and murder and where it happened at as well as where the body was located. Upon the police arrival they find a middle aged woman, by the name of Kathy Woodhouse. Shes been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted. An investigation takes off trying to find the monster who committed this evil crime. The investigation will lead police to look at several different people bef...
The Dardeen Family Murders - The Final Part
October 05, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBThis is our conclusion to the horrible and horrific murders that occurred to a single family living outside of a tiny community in Southern IL. This case has some many bizarre details, twists, turns, and umm ok moments that even a fiction crime writer couldn't come up with. From the horrendous manners of death, to the investigation that uncovers everything from Satanic Worship to, Scorn Lovers, a famous race car driver, to gangs, a well known and famous serial killer, all the way to the Mafi...
The Dardeen Family Murders
September 28, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBThis week’s episode we are covering one of this regions, as well as the nations, most horrific set of killings. We have spent weeks researching, locating, and retrieving archived information, being able to one-on-one interview some of the very close friends of the family. We also had the opportunity to sit down and personally discuss this case with one of the first (and longest) investigators on this case. With all this information, we have been able to give you an episode with the MOST ACCU...
Monsters & Creatures in Southern Illinois
September 18, 2021 09:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBHave you ever wondered about things outside you think you've seen but just not sure? Ever been in Jackson County and ran into the local Mud Monster, or spent time near Alton and other places in Southern Illinois and seen the famous Piasa or "Thunderbird"? We all have thought we've heard strange sounds in the night, but never really sure what they are.... well follow us along on this journey into some of the creatures that supposedly haunt Southern Illinois. Support the show (https://www.pat...
Hundley House & Murders Final Part
September 10, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBThe Final Part of this dramatic conclusion to the Hundley House and its dark past. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coalcorncorpses)
Hundley House & Murders Part One
August 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBWelcome to Coal Corn and Corpses inaugural episode. For our very first episode we will be covering the Hundley House located in Carbondale Illinois. The house was built circa 1903 and holds a lot of dark secrets, even still today in 2021. From the owners being brutally and viciously murdered in cold blood to the well know and not so well known past of its owners John Charles (J.C.) Hundley and his wife Luella (Ella) Hundley. From affairs to bad business deals, to murders committed by the ow...