THE MYSTERIOUS UNSOLVED MURDER OF LYDIA THOMPSON

<p>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.</p><p><a href="http://www.paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Support this Podcast!</em>⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>===</p><p>EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  01/25/2026.</p><p>===</p><p><br></p><p><strong>HISTORICAL REFERENCES:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Mysterious Unsolved Murder of Lydia Thompson:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/troytayloroddities/posts/the-unsolved-murder-of-lydia-thompsonon-october-13-1945-the-body-of-47-year-old-/122142861878651114/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>The Unsolved Murder of Lydia Thompson</em></a>, Troy Taylor&#39;s American Oddities Museum (October 13, 2025)·</p><p><a href="https://theticket953.com/cold-case-michigan-1945-murder-lydia-thompson/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Cold Case Michigan 1945: L</em>ydia Thompson</a>, 95.3 - The Ticket (Jan. 20, 2022). </p><p><a href="https://strangeco.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-fatal-obsession-of-lydia-thompson.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>The Fatal Obsession of Lydia Thompson</em></a>, Strange Company (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-News-Crime-Century-Stories-ebook/dp/B00E9HR03U" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a>November 3, 2014).</p><p><br></p><p><strong>NARRATOR:</strong> <a href="⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong>Kit Caren</strong>⁠</a>, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast. </p><p><br></p><p>===</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Police Blotter &amp; Court News: </strong></p><p><em>The Whittier Daily News</em>, Whittier, Cal. (May 28, 1931).</p><p><br></p><p><strong>NARRATOR: </strong>⁠<a href="" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Ashee Craft</a>⁠, Voice Artist. </p><p><strong>Title Voice: </strong> <a href="" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Samantha Thompson</a><a href="https://morbidology.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠</a>, Voice Artist.</p><p><strong>Judge: </strong>⁠<a href="" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Jerry Kokich</a>⁠, Voice Artist</p><p><br></p><p>===</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Kit&#39;s Corner:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Strangest &quot;Missing Girl&quot; Mystery?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>NARRATOR:</strong> <a href="⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠<strong>Kit Caren</strong>⁠⁠</a>, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast. </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://urbanlegend.fandom.com/wiki/Joanna_Lopez " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Joanna Lopez Mystery</a>, Urban Legends Wiki (2025).</p><p><a href="https://defrostingcoldcases.com/missing-joanna-lopez/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Missing: Joanna Lopez</a>, Defrosting Cold Cases (may 3, 2022).</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/joannalopez/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">r/joannalopez</a> (subreddit), reddit. com (2021-2026).</p><p> </p><p>===</p><p><br></p><p><strong>MISCELLANEOUS:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the <a href="https://podbay.fm/podcast/1109927634" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<em>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone</em>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> podcast.</p><p>Exit Aohorism - quoted from <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20897/20897-h/20897-h.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠</a> by G.K. Chesterton, <a href="https://ia801307.us.archive.org/19/items/cu31924013462555/cu31924013462555.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Eugenics and Other Evils</em></a><em> </em>(1922), at Page 4. </p><p>Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://www.suminsbyproductions.com/" t