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Missing Paperboys /// 6 Part Series #podcast #truecrimepodcast #iowa

April 23, 2026 / 01:03

This episode focuses on true crime literature, featuring insights from experts on missing paperboy cases. Key discussions include Robert Ressler's book, Whoever Fights Monsters, and Peter Vronsky's FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil, which cover cases in Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska. Harry Trimbachis' My Life as an FBI special agent provides a closer look at Christopher Walden and his family. The episode also highlights Mark Pettit, author of A Need to Kill: The Life and Crimes of John Joubert, discussing Nebraska's notorious serial child killer.

TLDR

True crime experts discuss missing paperboy cases and notable books.

Episode

1:03
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For our missing paperboy series, we chose to push away much of the noise and we focused heavily on telling the story
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from the perspectives of the experts who worked on these cases and later wrote about them in great works of true crime.
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There were chapters about both the Des Moines, Iowa cases and Omaha, Nebraska cases in Robert Ressler's book, Whoever
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Fights Monsters and Peter Vronsky's book, FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil. We got to know much about Christopher
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Walden and the Walden family in Harry Trimbachis' book, My Life as an FBI special agent.
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Book two of the Dark Places series. And we also had the distinct honor of sitting down with Mark Pettit, the man
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who authored the highly acclaimed A Need to Kill: The Life and Crimes of John Joubert, Nebraska's most notorious
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serial child killer.

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Episode Highlights

  • Missing Paperboy Series
    A deep dive into true crime through expert perspectives.
    “We focused heavily on telling the story.”
    @ 00m 07s
    April 23, 2026
  • Mark Pettit Interview
    An insightful conversation with the author of a notorious true crime book.
    “We had the distinct honor of sitting down with Mark Pettit.”
    @ 00m 46s
    April 23, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • We chose to push away much of the noise.
    Missing Paperboys /// 6 Part Series #podcast #truecrimepodcast #iowa
  • We got to know much about Christopher Walden.
    Missing Paperboys /// 6 Part Series #podcast #truecrimepodcast #iowa
  • We had the distinct honor of sitting down with Mark Pettit.
    Missing Paperboys /// 6 Part Series #podcast #truecrimepodcast #iowa

Key Moments

  • True Crime Focus00:07
  • Expert Perspectives00:09
  • Notorious Figures01:00