The natural born podcasters are back with another installment of Fifty States of Murder! The setting is the Midwestern powder keg of 1950's America when a teenaged boy with nothing to lose joins forces with his questionably-aged girlfriend and lights the fuse on a killing spree that leaves eleven people dead and a community terrorized by its own greatest fear: juvenile delinquency. Charles Raymond Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate have been elevated to cultural icons, romanticized, fictionalized, misunderstood, denigrated in the media, condemned by the courts, and ultimately became a mirror held up to the darkest aspects of American society. The forces that drove them to strike back against an unfair world hit a little too close to home even today in... Nebraska!

Fifty States of Murder puts the pedal to the metal and takes on one of the biggest cases of serial murder in American history: BTK, aka Dennis Rader. His brutal crimes went unsolved for decades as he taunted the police through cryptic letters, dropped out of sight for years at a time, and crafted a wholesome public persona. Dark humor abounds as Eli and Mel try to reconcile the antics of a man who consistently flubbed the details of his attacks while also leaving a trail of bodies behind him and was so good at living a double life he was able to fool both his family and his entire community. In fact, his identity might still be a mystery today if he hadn't gone one step too far with the cops in... Kansas!

What do mashed potatoes have to do with murder? Tune in and find out as Eli and Mel travel back in time to 1981 to investigate the family values of John Mathis, a mid-western pig farmer who may or may not have used a .22 caliber to re-enter the singles market. As a bonus for our loyal listeners Eli shares his top-secret recipe for garlic pudding. YUM! So if you're about to ride a horse into a public fountain you better make sure it's wearing pants in... South Dakota!