Ep 50 A Death in White Bear Lake by Barry Siegel, Pt 1-"All-American City"

Part 1: White Bear Lake, a picturesque American town where kids freely ride bikes, play two-square and parents throw neighborhood BBQs—and where 3 ½ year old Dennis Jurgens died on Palm Sunday 1965. WHAT happened?  Family members immediately begin whispering "she killed him", referring to his adoptive mother, Lois Jurgens.  Others ask how Lois and Harold Jurgens were ever allowed to adopt a child, let along two! The silence is profound, until as Dennis' birth mother, Jerry Sherwood, presses police to reinvestigate:  What happened to the little boy she never forgot? Sources, photographs, links, food and drink information for A Death at White Bear Lake is found on Jill's blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Nov 2022.   ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast! Share your thoughts with me at  [email protected], on X,  Facebook,  Instagram or YouTube.  OR join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST! Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions. See you in 2 weeks!