DIEOWA
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsThe “heart of America” may not be as warm and loving as you think. Join Alli and Beth—native Iowans—as they share stories of murders and cold cases across the state of Iowa, one county at a time. And the best part? Taps, our anonymous former homicide detective/lawyer, is there to answer all of our loosely-related questions about the case.
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Episodes
Adair County: Kathryn Schrader
March 28, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Adair County. A man with a criminal history shoots a woman over a simple question.
Johnson County: Ronald Lipsius
March 21, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Johnson County. A grocery store owner is shot dead after chasing a lady robber.
Bremer County: Willis Kingsley
March 14, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Bremer County. A prominent lawyer is accused of murdering a former colleague and friend.
Henry County: Elizabeth Syperda
March 07, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Henry County. A 22-year old goes missing in 2000 and her estranged husband is arrested 17 years later for her murder.
Hancock County: James Zrostlik
February 28, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Hancock County. A farmer is murdered by three machine gun killers.
Webster County: Kathlynn Shepard
February 21, 2023 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Webster County. Two girls are abducted after walking home from school.
Jasper County: Steven Fisher & Melisa Gregory
February 14, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Jasper County. A man and his girlfriend are found dead inside a trailer on a ranch they worked on.
Monroe County: Mary Cannady
July 19, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Monroe County. A woman answers a knock at her door and is greeted by her former lover and two bullets.
Lucas County: Dorothy Coon
July 12, 2022 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Lucas county. A farmer finds a badly decomposed body in a ditch while he’s mowing the lawn.
Warren County: Tom Lyon
July 05, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Warren County. A feud between two farmers escalates until one is found dead in a cistern.
Marshall County: Anna Wiese
June 28, 2022 13:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Marshall County. Rumors swirl in a small town when a well-liked, friendly woman is brutally murdered while on her way home.
Mitchell County: Price Evans
June 21, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.03 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Mitchell County. A young principal goes for a walk but is found dead from a gunshot wound the next day.
Wapello County: Earl Nichols
June 14, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Wapello County. A man disappears on Christmas Eve, and his body is found in a mine a few days later.
Fremont County: Gary Sebek
May 24, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Fremont County. A man is dropped off at home after the birth of his son but is never seen again.
Appanoose County: Curtis Ross
May 17, 2022 02:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Appanoose County. A man takes a trip to the woods to go hunting over Thanksgiving, and doesn’t come back.
Black Hawk County: Ora Randol
May 03, 2022 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Black Hawk County. A BBQ proprietor is shot in his restaurant’s parking lot.
Worth County: Chris Myers
April 26, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Worth County. There’s a shootout in rural Iowa between a teenager and a deputy.
Sioux County: Samuel Crofton
April 19, 2022 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Sioux County. A blind preacher’s body is found hidden in a cornfield.
Des Moines County: Kedarie Johnson
April 12, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Des Moines County. A gender-fluid teen is brutally murdered behind an alley.
Calhoun County: Ellen Aden
April 05, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Calhoun County. A woman is murdered in her apartment while being robbed.
Humboldt County: Paul Voss
March 29, 2022 05:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Humboldt County. A 15-year old boy murders his step father in a cow pen.
Davis County: John Wisdom
March 22, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Davis County. A disagreement between two livestock farmers turns fatal.
Kossuth County: Minnie Benjamin
March 15, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Kossuth County. The wife of the former church organist is found lying in a pool of blood.
Madison County: Ethel Meyer
March 08, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Madison County. A woman’s death starts rumors of murder.
Pocahontas County: Mamie Sime
March 01, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Pocahontas County. An old woman is found after a house fire, but the autopsy reveals she had been beaten and stabbed before the fire started.
Taylor County: Treasure!
February 22, 2022 06:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Taylor County. Rumors of buried treasure lead to a murder charge 47 years after a double homicide occurs.
Allamakee County: Inga Magnusson
February 14, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Allamakee County. A young, rural teacher is found dead in the basement of her schoolhouse.
Keokuk County: Larry Grove
February 08, 2022 06:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Keokuk County. A 29-year old man is shot to death… on Valentine’s Day.
Audubon County: Hiram Jellerson
February 01, 2022 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Audubon County. An old farmer is drug out of bed and hung by three masked men.
Wright County: Devin Resh
January 25, 2022 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Wright County. A teenage boy is struck in the head with a hatchet while on a fishing trip.
BONUS! Episode: John Dillinger Robbery
December 10, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re talking about one of the most famous American gangsters of all time. John Dillinger robs a bank in Mason City, Iowa.
BONUS! Episode: Squirrel Cage Jail
November 16, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we're doing another bonus episode on a jail... the Squirrel Cage Jail!
BONUS! Episode: Iowa Exorcism
October 26, 2021 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re doing a Halloween BONUS EPISODE! A woman arrives in Shelby County...for an exorcism.
BONUS! Episode: Iowa Exorcism
October 26, 2021 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re doing a Halloween BONUS EPISODE! A woman arrives in Shelby County...for an exorcism.
BONUS! Episode: Erica Spiller
July 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we interview Erica Spiller, the Assistant Director of Student Development at DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College) and author of Iowa Women’s Corrections: A History.
Harrison County: Cari Farver
July 06, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Harrison County. One member of a love triangle is accused of digitally harassing the others, while also being reported missing by her family.
Tama County: Frank Mommer
June 29, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Tama County. A night marshal is murdered after surprising two boys committing a burglary.
Washington County: Kent Nelson & Edward Elmer Jones
June 22, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Washington County. A man murders two people, forty years apart.
Ringgold County: John B. Williams
June 15, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Ringgold County, where remains of a farmer’s body are found in his hog lot.
Guthrie County: Lillian O'Hara
June 08, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Guthrie County. The wife of the wealthiest man in town is found dead in her car, 60 miles from her home.
Grundy County: Florence Whaylen
June 01, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re discussing Grundy County. A former bandmaster is charged for the murder of his stepmother.
Benton County: Myrtle Cook
May 25, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Benton County. A woman is shot while rehearsing an upcoming speech.
Muscatine County: Oran Pape
May 18, 2021 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Muscatine County, where we’re discussing the first instance of an Iowa State Patrolman being murdered in the line of duty.
Lee County: George Marion
May 11, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.38 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Lee County, where poison is found in a local farmer’s homemade pie.
Mahaska County: Mary Ann Green
May 04, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Mahaska County. Two parents die within months of each other during a family feud.
Decatur County: Maude Stone
April 27, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Decatur County. An illegal surgery has fatal results.
Adams County: Lucinda and Nellie Coons
April 20, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re featuring Adams County. Capital punishment is reintroduced after it was previously abolished.
Linn County: Michelle Martinko
April 13, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re headed to Linn County. A 40-year old cold case is solved, thanks to a family genealogy website.
Iowa County: Frank Searway
April 06, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re headed to Iowa County. A man sells a horse... and his body is found 2 months later.
Crawford County: Elsie Nollen & Kids
March 30, 2021 05:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBThis week on DIEOWA, we’re in Crawford County, a hose connected to a running car’s exhaust is found a home… along with 7 bodies.