7 episodes

An unsolved Grand Island triple murder unsolved 50 years later. Nebraska's first serial killer. Brazen bank robberies in Cairo and Doniphan. A love affair that ends in homicide.

Join The Grand Island Independent's Josh Salmon as he takes listeners through Central Nebraska's sordid past in the six-part Murders and Mysteries podcast. Hear from guests including Michelle Setlik and Jim Dean of the Hall County Historical Society, Dr. Nathan Tye of the University of Nebraska at Kearney and others.

Learn about a family murder that is still unsolved 50 years later. A love triangle gone wrong. Nebraska’s first serial killer and what a ruthless person he was. A mid-day downtown bank robbery with bandits still at large.

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Episodes will be released on Tuesdays, starting Feb. 7. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google Play and elsewhere.

Murders and Mysteries Josh Salmon

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An unsolved Grand Island triple murder unsolved 50 years later. Nebraska's first serial killer. Brazen bank robberies in Cairo and Doniphan. A love affair that ends in homicide.

Join The Grand Island Independent's Josh Salmon as he takes listeners through Central Nebraska's sordid past in the six-part Murders and Mysteries podcast. Hear from guests including Michelle Setlik and Jim Dean of the Hall County Historical Society, Dr. Nathan Tye of the University of Nebraska at Kearney and others.

Learn about a family murder that is still unsolved 50 years later. A love triangle gone wrong. Nebraska’s first serial killer and what a ruthless person he was. A mid-day downtown bank robbery with bandits still at large.

Cold Case fans, who found your series.

Episodes will be released on Tuesdays, starting Feb. 7. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google Play and elsewhere.

    Doniphan and Cario bank robberies

    Doniphan and Cario bank robberies

    In the series finale hear about two small town bank robberies that were anything but small-time crimes. One robbery took place in Doniphan in 1887, and the other in Cairo in 1909. 

    Host: Josh Salmon

    Guest: Fred Roeser, Hall County Historical Society.
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    • 16 min
    The death of Nevin Nelson

    The death of Nevin Nelson

    An illicit love affair that ended with one dead, but who's to blame?

    Host: Josh Salmon

    Guest: Michelle Setlik, Hall County Historical Society
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 18 min
    Grand Island bank robbery

    Grand Island bank robbery

    Everyone loves a parade, especially when you are robbing a bank. Find out about a 1932 downtown Grand Island bank robbery in the middle of the day while a parade was going on. Did they get away with it?

    Host Josh SalmonGuest Michelle Setlik, Hall County Historical Society.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 13 min
    Stephen Richards, Nebraska's first serial killer

    Stephen Richards, Nebraska's first serial killer

    Hear about Nebraska's first serial killer and the heinous crimes he committed. Richards confessed to nine murders.

    Host Josh Salmon

    Guest: Dr. Nathan Tye, assistant professor of history at University of Nebraska at Kearney
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 23 min
    Who killed Alice Culbertson?

    Who killed Alice Culbertson?

    Hear the story about Alice Culbertson's murder. Is her newlywed husband a suspect? Does he have an alibi? Is there a witness?

    This story has many twists and turns.

    Host Josh Salmon

    Guest: Michelle Setlik, Hall County Historical Society
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 11 min
    Killing of the Peak family

    Killing of the Peak family

    Hear the story about the killing of the Peak Family. Three deaths, was it murder or something else? This 50-year-old cold case has yet to be solved.

    Host Josh Salmon

    Guest: Jim Dean, Hall County Historical Society
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 18 min

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