The Crime Shack

Michelle Pense

The Crime Shack is a true crime podcast covering cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, infamous crimes, and current cases with clear, fact-based storytelling. We focus on real victims, verified sources, and updates when new information emerges. Topics we cover: cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, serial killers, current investigations, case updates, wrongful convictions, forensics, trials, crime psychology.

  1. EP44: Ed Gein • The Butcher of Plainfield

    OCT 22

    EP44: Ed Gein • The Butcher of Plainfield

    In 1957, police in a quiet Wisconsin town entered a farmhouse and uncovered one of the most disturbing crimes in American history. What they found inside revealed a life consumed by grief, isolation, and madness. This episode explores the true story of Ed Gein - the man whose obsession with his mother and the dead blurred the line between devotion and horror, and whose crimes still cast a shadow over modern culture and film today. Follow  / Support The Crime Shack and Host Michelle Pense: Website: www.thecrimeshack.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/thecrimeshackpodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@thecrimeshack SUPPORT THE SHOW: Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that could save your life! RESOURCES:  Ed Gein (overview, trial, myth-vs-fact anchor): https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Gein“How Many People Did Ed Gein Kill?” (victim count context): https://www.britannica.com/topic/How-Many-People-Did-Ed-Gein-Kill“Body of Ed Gein’s final victim, Bernice Worden, is found” (Nov. 16, 1957): https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-16/ed-gein-kills-final-victim-bernice-worden“Ed Gein dies” (1984 death at Mendota): https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-26/real-life-psycho-ed-gein-diesEd Gein Farm Auction notice (IM2022): https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM2022Ed Gein at State Crime Lab (photo, Nov. 17, 1957): https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM41777Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo gallery (includes the shed photo; graphic): https://www.jsonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2023/09/15/images-from-the-strange-highly-disturbing-case-of-ed-gein/70863276007/“Who Did Ed Gein Kill?” (Mary Hogan & Bernice Worden, tape details echoed): https://people.com/who-did-ed-gein-kill-11823922“Was ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Inspired by Ed Gein?” (media influence context): https://people.com/is-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-based-on-a-true-story-11828098House fire & planned auction (farm burned 10 days pre-auction): https://www.biography.com/crime/a68908579/ed-gein-house-monster-netflix/Listener Supported Support the show

    37 min
  2. EP43: The Murder and Abduction of Mollie Tibbetts

    OCT 3

    EP43: The Murder and Abduction of Mollie Tibbetts

    A small-town run on a warm July evening should have been routine for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts. Instead, it became the last time anyone would see her alive. What unfolded next gripped the nation: a massive search, hidden clues, and a chilling story that unraveled in the courtroom. In this episode, we step into Mollie’s final hours, the investigation that shocked Iowa, and the twisted defense that left more questions than answers. Follow  / Support The Crime Shack and Host Michelle Pense: Website: www.thecrimeshack.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/thecrimeshackpodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@thecrimeshack SUPPORT THE SHOW: Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that could save your life! RESOURCES:  ABC News – Jury gets case after hearing contrasting claims of how Mollie Tibbetts was killedKCRG – The Disappearance and Death of Mollie Tibbetts: A TimelineRunner’s World – Mollie Tibbetts Disappearance: How Fitbit Data Became Part of the InvestigationKCCI – The Trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera: Complete CoverageABC News – Guilty Verdict in Murder of Iowa Student Mollie TibbettsDes Moines Register – What to Know About the Life and Murder of Mollie TibbettsABC7 News – A Timeline of Mollie Tibbetts’ DisappearanceFor Iowa – Mollie Tibbetts Memorial Fund Surpasses $125,000MPR News – After Daughter’s Killing, an Iowa Mother Holds on to Her HumanityColumbia Journalism Review – How The Des Moines Register Built on Credibility for Its ReportingWikipedia – Murder of Mollie TibbettsTIME – Mollie Tibbetts Died of ‘Multiple Sharp Force Injuries,’ Preliminary Autopsy SaysListener Supported Support the show

    36 min
4.6
out of 5
182 Ratings

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The Crime Shack is a true crime podcast covering cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, infamous crimes, and current cases with clear, fact-based storytelling. We focus on real victims, verified sources, and updates when new information emerges. Topics we cover: cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, serial killers, current investigations, case updates, wrongful convictions, forensics, trials, crime psychology.

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