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A Simpler Time True Crime

A Simpler Time True Crime

By: Megan Rose
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I’m Megan, your host, and each week I revisit unsolved cases from decades past—stories that have too often been forgotten or overlooked. Together, we examine the facts, question the myths of “the good old days,” and ask whether a simpler time was ever really a safer one.
This podcast honors the people at the heart of each case—focusing not on sensationalism, but on the lives affected and the justice still waiting to be served.

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  • Mystery at the Lake Superior Shoreline: The Unsolved Murder of Dale Wheeler
    Jun 23 2025

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    On an unseasonably beautiful fall day in Duluth, Minnesota, a 33-year-old mother decides to take time for herself to bike the beautiful scenic Highway 61 along the shoreline of Lake Superior. After pulling off to take a breather and enjoy the sunshine along the shore, she is brutally attacked in broad daylight. Even though there were bicyclists, drivers, joggers, and boaters everywhere - nobody seemed to have witnessed the brazen murder. More than four decades have passed, but investigators taking a fresh look at the case are still holding out hope that someone knows something that can break the case wide open.

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    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

    Sources Material:

    https://haubrichnoir.medium.com/1983-minnesota-cold-case-may-point-to-uncaught-serial-killer-b00ab8b4bef9
    https://charleyproject.org/case/cindy-may-brown
    https://portal.dps.mn.gov/bca/unsolved-cases/UnsolvedCasesDocuments/Wheeler-Dale.pdf
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-murder-victim-ac/174736324/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-murder-victim-ac/174736324/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-all-about-dale-p/174737024/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-murdered-in-front-of-witnes/174737787/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-in-broad-daylight-part-2/174738305/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-found-strangled/174738684/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-discarded-bag-un/174739109/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albert-lea-tribune-fisherman-found-b/174739181/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-obituary/174739440/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-pilot-age-of-ch/174739580/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-witness-now-a-su/174740019/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-reward/174808416/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-first-reward/174808528/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-murdered-storeke/174827492/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-murdered-storeke/174827492/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-fbi-involved-wit/174827861/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-betty-ford/174828677/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-reward-letter/174828644/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-prime-suspect-wh/174829663/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-10-years-laters/174830344/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-1991-possible-s/174830594/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-2021-page-1/174831237/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-2021-article-pag/174831592/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/brainerd-dispatch-pamela-sweeney-murder/175045126/

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  • Untitled Episode
    Jun 18 2025

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  • The Fishing Trip: The Unsolved Disappearance of Walter "Greg" Fowler
    Jun 16 2025

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    On this podcast, I often share cases filled with mystery — where there are multiple suspects, possible outcomes, and unanswered questions about what happened or who was responsible. But for every one of those cases, there are just as many where both the loved ones of the missing or murdered person and law enforcement feel certain they know what happened — they just don’t have the evidence to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt in court. In the summer of 1999, a Kentucky man takes the day off from work to go on an overnight fishing trip and never comes home. Early signs point to a possible accident while out on the water. But it doesn’t take too long for certain clues to not add up and police announce they are investigating his case as a homicide.
    Despite very suspicious circumstantial evidence, nobody has been held accountable for his death and his body has never been found.

    TIPS: FBI ViCAP at (800) 634-4097 or vicap@leo.gov or Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Bowling Green, Kentucky, at (270) 842-1633

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    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

    Sources (additional found on newspapers.com. Some may not be listed here due to character limitations but are publicly linked on the newspapers.com website).

    https://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=86494
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/warren-county-kentucky-woman-convicted-setting-fire-horse-cave-kentucky-dollar-general
    https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4206dmky.html
    https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/walter-greg-fowler
    https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/usedtobedoe/fowler-greg-6-30-1999-ky-t29825.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-glasgow-daily-times-missing-one-year/174534819/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-glasgow-daily-times-missing-one-year/174534671/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-enterprise-nothing-to-gain/174534268/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-bankruptcy-frau/174534212/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-trial-set/174534159/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-convicted-of-ar/174534058/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-messenger-facing-arson-charges/174510736/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-messenger-restitution-ordered/174510512/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-bankruptcy-frau/174510354/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-messenger-conviction-upheld/174509628/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-remains-found-l/174509054/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-mention-of-wife/174503081/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-new-cold-case-c/174503018/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-early-investiga/174499997/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-co-workers-put/174499806/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-

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