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THE MYSTERIOUS UNSOLVED MURDER OF LYDIA THOMPSON

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In 1945, Lydia Thompson was killed in a very strange murder near Detroit, Michigan. There were multiple suspects, including her husband and his mistress, as well as dozens of unanswered questions.Support this Podcast!⁠===EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  01/25/2026.===HISTORICAL REFERENCES:The Mysterious Unsolved Murder of Lydia Thompson:The Unsolved Murder of Lydia Thompson, Troy Taylor's American Oddities Museum (October 13, 2025)·Cold Case Michigan 1945: Lydia Thompson, 95.3 - The Ticket (Jan. 20, 2022). The Fatal Obsession of Lydia Thompson, Strange Company (⁠⁠⁠November 3, 2014).NARRATOR: ⁠Kit Caren⁠, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast. ===Police Blotter & Court News: The Whittier Daily News, Whittier, Cal. (May 28, 1931).NARRATOR: ⁠Ashee Craft⁠, Voice Artist. Title Voice: ⁠⁠Samantha Thompson⁠, Voice Artist.Judge: ⁠Jerry Kokich⁠, Voice Artist===Kit's Corner:The Strangest "Missing Girl" Mystery?NARRATOR: ⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast. Joanna Lopez Mystery, Urban Legends Wiki (2025).Missing: Joanna Lopez, Defrosting Cold Cases (may 3, 2022).r/joannalopez (subreddit), reddit. com (2021-2026). ===MISCELLANEOUS:Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.Exit Aohorism - quoted from ⁠ by G.K. Chesterton, Eugenics and Other Evils (1922), at Page 4. Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Suminsby⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Voice Artist.===MUSIC:Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.At RestThe Curtain RisesI Knew A Guy.===All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠⁠ or the Public Domain.===HEY!  CONTACT US!E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FNP Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren's Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky:⁠⁠⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠===

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