On Easter morning, 1994, 40-year-old Ruben Borchardt was murdered in his own home by 2 intruders. Ruben was a life-long resident of Jefferson County, well-known, liked and respected in his community.

Ruben was a loving father and also a widower, losing his wife and mother of two of his children in a tragic car accident in front of the home that he built by himself for their family.

The investigation into Ruben's murder would shatter sercrets of a seemingly happy family, ripping open old wounds clearly still unhealed, and would become storyline material for scripted TV series, docu-dramas and Hollywood talk shows gracing televisions in homes across America.

Scott and Mickey discuss this case and the pattern of behaviors seen in countless relationships, throughout time, of manipulation, gaslighting, domestic violence, abuse, and worse.

In the opening banter we discuss several ongoing high-profile true crime cases in our state, and just where in our world was Carmen San...er..no... Al Capone?

Only here, on Episode 38 of Badger Bizarre, "The Ballad of Ruben Borchardt."

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Opening Trailer:

Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion

Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI

Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media

Attribution for Music:

Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/

Intro: https://pixabay.com/

Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/

Attribution for logo design:

Red Claw Scratch Photo

Sources:

"American Justice; S13, Ep 15, Diane Borchardt" - A & E Network

Bartlette , DeLani - "Diane Borchardt; The Murderous Mrs. B."

Court TV - Nicolae Mui

Daily Jefferson County Union - Archives

Fond du Lac Reporter - Archives

Kirtscher, Tom - "Fact or fiction: Al Capone's Wisconsin Stomping Grounds"

"Snapped" Oxygen Network - Diane Borchardt

USA Today - Sade Robinson

Wisconsin State Journal - Archives