Episode

THE MYSTERIOUS UNSOLVED MURDER OF LYDIA THOMPSON

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FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST
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Jan 25, 2026
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Summary

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 === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: The Mysterious Unsolved Murder of Lydia Thompson: The Unsolved Murder of Lydia Thompson , Troy Taylor's American Oddities Museum (October 13, 2025)· Cold Case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: L ydia 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 Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy. ===  All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠⁠ or the Public Domain.  ===  HEY! CONTACT US!  E-Mail: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodca…