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Searching For Closure
by Searching for Closure
On March 27th 1973, the nude lifeless body of 15 year old Tina Davidson was found on the cold rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan. She had been brutally stabbed 61 times and her killer has never been identified. This podcast attempts to shed light on the murder and possibly bring in new tips and leads.
Episodes
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50 Years
It's been 50 years since Tina Davidson was murdered. It's been 3 years since there has been a new episode. This is a brief update on Tina's case and the podcast.
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MCM6 - Shirley Stewart
The sixth suspected victim was 17 year old Shirley Stewart. On January 2nd, 1980, she was last seen leaving her job at a at a maid clinic in madison. Almost a year and a half later, on July 16th, 1981, four archaeology students where mapping a state park in the town of westport. Westport is a…
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MCM5 - Susan Lemahieu
The case of Susan Lemahieu is honestly one of the more tragic cases I've looked into since I started to investigate the mad city murders.. Normally when I run a newspaper search of victims names, I get hundreds of articles. When I ran Christine Rothschild name and narrowed the search results to...
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MCM4 - Julie Speerschneider
The fourth suspected victim in the Mad City Murders, was 20 year old Julie Speerschneider. She was described as a physically striking free spirit, who never held back when it came to speaking her mind. At the same time, she would never tease or come on to a guy who picked her up hitchhiking, but...
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MCM3 - Julie Ann Hall
The third suspected victim in the Mad City Murders, was 18 year old Julie Ann Hall. She had just moved to Madison two months earlier, after studying for a short time at a technical school . For the previous month and a half she worked as a library assistant in the archives section at the…
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MCM2 - Debra Bennett
The second suspected victim in the Mad City Murders, was 20 year old Debra Bennett. She was a popular girl, who always had a lot of friends but was not very good at keeping secrets. She was a good hearted person who trusted almost everyone. After she graduated high school, Debra grew restless in...
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MCM1 - Christine Rothschild
The first suspected victim in the Mad City Murders, was 18 year old Christine Rothschild. She was an intelligent, beautiful, modest, and motivated young woman who was attending the University of Wisconsin Madison to pursue her dream of becoming a journalist. On May 25 1968, her bright future…
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Case File 7: Murder in a Mad Town
On August 22nd 1972, 17 year old Elizabeth Flannery was attacked as she rode her bike on a pedestrian railroad underpass on highway 51 on the north side of Portage, WI. The unidentified man dragged her about 30 feet away from the sidewalk and up a hill, before he stabbed her over 30 times in the...
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Case File 6: Human Sacrifices
Pagans, and witches, and satanists, oh my! One of the first rumors about Tina's death that I heard, was that she was the victim of a satanic sacrifice. Now I already covered satanic panic on this podcast, but for today's case file I really wanted to answer a question. How common is talk of human...
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Case File 5 - Stab Wounds
Despite all the research and testing I've done to try and understand this murder, the one thing I never considered was the forensic aspect of identifying stab wounds. What tale does a stab wound tell? Can you determine the size or type of instrument involved? One of my forensic classes I was…
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Case File 4: The Murder of 7 year old Rose Ahnen
Seven year old Rose Ahnen was walking to school on Friday, March 2nd 1973, when a car stopped and abducted her. Her body would soon be discovered in a dump in Racine. Since this happened just weeks before Tina's murder, it leaves us to wonder, could her killer have also killed Tina? I give a...
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Case File 3: Memories
No one should be remembered for the actions of someone else. One of my main goals since I started this podcast, was to find out more on who Tina was as a person. All we've heard so far is the brutal details of her death. I wanted to shed more light on her life, to show her as a person as opposed…
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Case File 2: Searching for Answers
Has there been any update on last years tip regarding a possible suspect? Was there any blood or semen found? Has Tina’s clothing ever been located? What type of stabbing instrument do police believe was used? Do police know the identities of the two boys or the man at the ice cream shop? Are...
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Case File 1: Inside the mind of a killer
Just a little bit of a warning, this episode might get a little uncomfortable, especially if you have been a victim of rape or abuse, or if you are close to someone who has been. I'm going to touch upon scenarios that are downright disgusting. I’m going to explore sexual deviancy. Some of the...
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The way back, is sometimes the way forward
Welcome back, to the Searching for Closure Podcast. It's been over 9 months since I last released an episode, so forgive me if I'm a little bit rusty. On this episode, I examine two killers who were active near the time of Tina's murder. I investigate Patrick Arrowood, a man convicted of beating...
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4 - 900 Balloons
Off the top of your head, what's your worst memory from 9 years ago? Chances are, unless it was something catastrophic, you probably don't remember anything of importance. If you try hard enough, I'm sure you'll remember something. But chances are, you've most likely forgotten the bad things that...
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Breaking News Regarding Tina Davidson
Originally I had planned on releasing an episode exposing Arnie Anderson as a parasite, but after giving it a lot of thought and talking to a few listeners, I've decided that he's not worth the time or attention. I have rather an incredible amount of information on him, and if need be I can…
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3 - Muddy Banks Of The Rumor Mill
There are a multitude of theories out there. While theories can be beneficial, helping explore avenues not yet thought of, it can also hinder Investigations by creating tunnel and by muddying the water. Kayla's disappearance is one of those mysteries that, once you begin examining it, is the same...
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2 - Afraid Of The Dark
“My daughter was extremely afraid of the dark. She had nightmares about people taking her and doing bad things to her. So for her to get out at a vacant house that is completely dark with no one around, that’s not my Kayla.” That was a quote by Hope, that really stood out to me. It leads me to...
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1 - Missing Kayla May Berg
On Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 15 year old Kayla called her mother to let her know that she’s going to be spending the day with a friend. The two hung out at home for awhile before heading out to spend some time at the local park in Antigo, WI. A small, rural town, some 160 miles northwest of...
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Season 2 Teaser: Missing Kayla May Berg
In August of 2009, 15 year old Kayla Berg went for a drive with her 24 year old family friend. They left the small northwest town of Antigo, WI for a night of driving. That night was the last night anyone saw Kayla again. Season 2 of the Searching for Closure podcast is dedicated to investigating...
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10 - Missing and Unsolved
Originally I had a much different episode recorded, but in light of recent events, I decided to record something different. 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche has a great quote that I feel fits in well with my investigation into this case. He said, “Whoever fights monsters should...
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9 - A History of Violence Against Women
In the last episode I traveled up to Fond Du Lac WI to investigate the 1973 murder of 9 year old Lisa French. She was murdered by Gerald Turner, also known as the halloween killer. As hard as I tried, I couldn't find anything to really tie the two killings together, besides the fact that they…
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8 - The Long Halloween
Our investigation takes us to the night of Halloween 1973, in Fond du lac WI. 9-year-old Lisa French stepped off her front porch for what should have been a fun autumn evening of trick or treating She was on her way to her friends house, for a night of trick or treat. On her way though, she…
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7 - "I Leave With A Tear And A Smile"
Satanic panic. A phrase that was wide spread during the 1980s. But where did it start? And how did Satanism factor into Tina's case? A number of factors contributed to the increased interest in, and fear of, the occult during the late 1960s and 1970s. Early in this investigation I found a long…
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6 - "I'm Just Warning You"
Before I started this podcast, I never would have thought that Racine had many murders. I knew that sure, there were bad elements. Drug deals gone wrong, gangs, domestic violence that ended tragically, but I never expected so many unsolved homicides. In the last episode I only investigated up to...
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5 - Developing a Pattern (audio fixed)
Serial killers are often attracted to victims who are very similar. Maybe they want to kill older women who resemble their mother. They were never able to fight back against an abusive or controlling mother, so they take their rage and frustration out on women of the same age range that look...
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4 - "She was my refuge."
What? Who? When? Where? Why? With what? And How? These are the 7 circumstances. They constitute a formula for getting the complete story on a subject. Principles that I learned getting my diploma in Journalism. Answering each one of these questions just brought more questions. During my...
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3 - Hit The Bricks
In order to really understand what happened on the night of March 26th, 1973, I needed to... hit the bricks, as they say. I had to get out onto the street and see the actual places where these events actually happened. I wanted to go to all the locations I had read about. Tina's house on 20th st....
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2 - Things Become Real
A lot of people have asked me, how did I hear about the Tina Davidson murder, and how did this podcast come to be. On this episode, I go through my want and drive to produce this podcast. I also break down the locations of the events the night of the murder, along with the distances and times. I...
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1 - March 27th 1973
Welcome to the Searching for Closure podcast. An on going real time investigation dedicated to not only trying to solve the murder of a 15 year old girl from 1973, but also celebrating her life, which was tragically cut short. In this introductory episode I break down the events leading up to the...
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On March 27th 1973, the nude lifeless body of 15 year old Tina Davidson was found on the cold rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan. She had been brutally stabbed 61 times and her killer has never been identified. This podcast attempts to shed light on the murder and possibly bring in new tips and leads.
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