Fox Cities Murder & Mayhem

We last left Ron Huff in a Wisconsin prison for the murder of Ronald Burnham. Years later, he has moved to Minnesota.

On June 22, 1996, Maria Silva was found dead in her Duluth apartment she shared with Ronald Huff. A neighbor noticed a bad smell and decided to check on the apartment. Inside he found Silva’s badly decomposed corpse. The doors of the third-floor unit were deadbolted – whoever killed Silva had locked the door on leaving. Police had two possible suspects: Ron Huff, the man with whom Silva had been living, and Faye Wenell, the woman Silva had left for Huff.

For more information: https://gavinschmitt.com/maria-silva-murdered-by-ronald-huff/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

Gavin discusses his book "Great Lakes Pirate: The Adventures of Roaring Dan Seavey" - the tale of the only man ever arrested for piracy on the Great Lakes.

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

In 1968, three teenagers are accused of murdering a man in a Seymour barn after he makes sexual advances on them. But is there more to the story?

More information can be found at https://gavinschmitt.com/ronald-huff/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

In 1968, a young husband and father (Martin Jansen) is killed by Robert Mitchell, who the police call a "real maniac." In this episode, we cover the murder of Martin Jansen as well as a streak of connected bank robberies.

For more information: gavinschmitt.com/martin-jansen-1968-murder/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

Following the Frank Frye episode, we wondered: how bad was Stroebe Island and that stretch of Prospect in the 1960s-70s? This time we look a little bit closer at the island and its history.

For more information: gavinschmitt.com/stroebe-island/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

Frank Frye was a retired police officer and motel night watchman. One night, he is not only killed but brought several miles away and dumped. Who wanted Frank dead and why?

More information can be found at gavinschmitt.com/frank-frye-murdered-1969/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

Waupaca is the seat of government for a county of the same name. Even today, the county is largely composed of farms, forests and lakes, with a noticeable absence of big city crime. Despite this, the City of Waupaca once hosted one of the regions more notorious murders, the murder of Henry Mead – one that probably has yet to be surpassed, 140 years later. 

Henry Mead’s skull, with its face smashed in, was on display at the Waupaca County courthouse for 97 years – from 1893 to June 1990, when Judge Philip Kirk declared the skull of H. C. Mead served no further evidentiary purpose and should be reburied with the body.

More information can be found at gavinschmitt.com/henry-mead-murdered-waupaca-1882/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

Hilda Lingle, 27, was shot on April 19, 1943 as she assembled lunch in the kitchen of her Kaukauna, Wisconsin home. A bullet from a small caliber rifle struck her in the back of the neck and ranged upward into the head. John Lingle, 28, found his wife on the floor and immediately called their doctor, who rushed over. Upon arriving, the doctor quickly realized there was nothing he could do. Lingle said the shot was fired while 4-year old Marjorie, at his request, was taking his rifle to its upstairs place of safekeeping. The doctor decided that the shooting – whether an accident or not – was a matter for authorities, and he contacted the police. 

For more information: gavinschmitt.com/hilda-lingle-murdered-1943/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

Throughout its history, many strange things have happened in Appleton. This week, there's no murder and only a hint of mayhem... but a story you may never have heard before. In the 1970s, Appleton was home to a world famous "UFO Education Center." Some say it was a cult, some say it was collecting valuable data. Whatever the truth, it was run by an interesting character: Charlotte Blob.

For more information: https://gavinschmitt.com/appleton-ufo-education-center-charlotte-blob/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia

The first bullet struck Charles McCarty's back, knocking him to the ground. The metal lodged in flesh under his right shoulder blade. McCarty took a second bullet in the back of the head not far from his right ear. WC Rawlinson stood above him emptying his pistol, but missing every time, except for a shot through the calf of McCarty’s left leg. Seven witnesses saw it all. McCarty died from his injuries that afternoon.

(Charles McCarty was raised in Kaukauna, WI.)

For more information: https://gavinschmitt.com/charles-mccarty-murdered-1907/

Links

• Murder & Mayhem Podcast website
• Gavin's Books (Amazon)
• Gavin and Eric's other podcast: Milwaukee Mafia