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Thursday, January 5, 2023
The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth on the Murder Shelf Book Club: Episodes 53, 54, 55
Ep 53, 54, 55- The Midnight Assassin Pecan Pie recipe and wine pairing!
Paleo-Pecan Pie and Lustau Dry Oloroso Don Nuno

Lustau Dry Oloroso Don Nuno (750ml)Sherry from Jerez, Spain |
Friday, December 23, 2022
UPDATE! MINI-CAST Bone Deep! The Russ-Betsy Faria case!
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Sources for the Mini-Cast Update on the Faria Case
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Hosts of the Sugar-Coated Murder podcast publish new book, Click, Click, Click and I love it!
Click, Click, Click by Anne Varner and Karen DeVanie!
From heartfelt, altruistic motivation comes this new book, set
in that authors’ hometown, Franklin, Virginia, when high school student, Raymond Trent Whitley went missing in 1990.
Moving at a breath-taking pace, packed with personal anecdotes
and humor, you get a sense of what it was to
be Trent, growing up in Franklin, an enclave of 8,000 people. Authors, Anne Varner and Karen DeVanie, also neatly
bring you into the mind of a killer, bend on launching his criminal career,
even as he strives for normalcy in the aftermath. The killer’s evolution is meticulously detailed
as the blueprint of murder is formulated, and finally enacted. The story moves to the anguish of the Whitley’s,
the gaping hole in their family dynamic as they wait years to find out what
happened to their precious son, as the investigation unfolds.
Hosts of the Sugar-Coated murder podcast, Anne and Karen, deftly
and responsibly navigate the many emotions tethered to any case with a missing
child, and they do so brilliantly. These
ladies also grant us a rare insight into the psychological ramifications of
committing a murder, as the killer devolves into a shadow of his former self, haunted,
and paranoid for good reason. These
ladies have robustly achieved their goal of remembering Trent as a person, putting
him at the center of the story in this tribute to his life, and the struggle
for answers to tragically painful questions.
Click, Click, Click is the first in the ‘Say My Name Series’, an auspicious undertaking by the authors, and amazing first! Jill highly recommend it to anyone who believes in justice and has a hankering for all things true crime.
You can listen to Anne and Karen, hosts of the Sugar-Coated Murder Podcast here:
https://linktr.ee/sugarcoatedmurder .
ENJOY!
Dec 2022
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Glorified Rice Recipe- A Minnesota favorite! A Death in White Bear Lake by Barry Siegel
Glorified Rice Ingredients
1 cup cooked white rice, cooled
½ cup granulated sugar
1 can (13 ½ oz) crushed pineapple, drained
½ tsp vanilla
1/3 cup of miniature marshmallow
1 Tbsp maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Directions
1. Mix together the rice, sugar, pineapple, and vanilla.
2. Stir in the marshmallows and cherries.
3. Fold in the whipped cream.
4. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Note: Rumor has it that Cool whip can be used instead of the heavy
cream. Just sayin’!
Oh, and I added extra cherries, because I love these cherries.
Thank you Irmgard! This was amazing!
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Irene Paiva Qu Reserva Curico Valley Chardonnay 2021
from Nakedwines.com
An our wine for book club is--- This dry Chilean wine, it boasts flavors like crisp green apple and juicy citrus in Irene Paiva's zesty and delicately creamy take on this versatile white. The suggested pairing is with shellfish, baked, smoked salmon, and soft cheese like Brie and Camembert. It was simply delicious with sweet dessert, Glorified Rice, which was complimented by the dryness of the Chardonnay. Bon appetite, Murder Bookies!
Ep 50-52 A Death in White Bear Lake by Barry Siegel- Sources, Photos, Articles
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*** REPORT CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT ***
*** 1-800-4.A.CHILD OR 1-800-422-4453 ***

SOURCES
1964 Blizzard hits Mid-west and East Coast, Newsreel Public Domain Footage.com, Sept 2022.
Autopsy 2- A Mother's Instinct, Sept 25, 2002.
Autopsy shows Jurgens died of heart disease, not poisoning, St Cloud Times, Feb. 15, 2000.
Barry Spiegel, Sept 2022.
Barry Spiegel, A Death in White Bear Lake, Bantam Books, New York, 1990.
Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics, US Dept of Health and Human Services, 2022.
Child Maltreatment 2020, Children's Bureau, US Dept of Health and Human Services, 2022.
Conrad deFiebre, Jurgens seeks seclusion after leaving prison, Star Tribune, June 7, 1995.
Dan Oberdorfer, Prosecutor says Jurgens beat child from onset; Star and Tribune, May 13, 1987.
Dan Oberdorfer, Witnesses describe Harold Jurgens' account of call before boy died, Star and Tribune, May 28, 1987.
Dan Oberdorfer and Pat Doyle, Psychiatrist testifies Jurgens believes son could not feel pain, Star and Tribune, June 4, 1988.
Daniel Heimpel, Abused children may become abusive adults, The Imprint, March 4, 2014.
Debra Neutkins, A Death in White Bear Lake: Notorious crime in city history marks 50 years, White Bear Press Club, April 22, 2015.
Denise Mann, HealthDay Reporter, Child Abuse Rose during Pandemic, US News.com, Oct 8, 2021.
Dennis Cassano, Brother tells of Dennis Jurgens 's beatings, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, May 21, 1987.
Gregg Aamot, Husband of Child Killer Dies, APNews.com, Jan. 14, 2000.
Irene Paiva Qu Reserva Curico Valley Chardonnay, Naked Wines.com 2021.
Irmgard, Glorified Rice, Food.com, Sept 2022.
Jurgens lawyers: Judge Failed, Winona Daily News, March 16, 1988.
Lois Jurgens released after serving eight years, The Winona Daily News, June, 7, 1995.
Man held is death of retarded foster child, Minneapolis Star, May 21, 1971.
Matt McMillan, White Bear Lake true crime page-turner turns 30, White Bear Press Club, June 17, 2020.
Notification of death or terminal illness, Office of Revisor of Statues- Minnesota, 1992
Pennsylvania: Coroner/Medical Examiner Laws, CDC.gov, Sept 24, 2022.
Roger Worthington, Search for son gets an abuse case closed, Chicago Tribune, June 7, 1987.
Sheriff says probe of Jugens' death was respectful, Star Tribune, Feb 15, 2000.
Sherrie Mazingo, White Bear Lake Celebrates Honor- All-American City, Minneapolis Star, April 8, 1965.
State vs Loss, Supreme Court of Minnesota, Feb 2, 1973.
State vs Jurgens, Court of Appeals- Minnesota, July 6, 1988.
The State of Child Abuse in 2022, Mandated Reporter, Sept 2022.
What is Learned Helplessness, Medical News Today, Sept 1, 2022.
What qualifies as Reasonable Suspicion of Child Abuse, Mandated Reporter, Sept 2022.
Woman Who Killed Adopted Son Released After Eight Years in Prison, APnews.com, June 6, 1995.
Friday, September 23, 2022
Alaskan Shrimp Toast recipe- Ep 46: American Predator by Maureen Callahan
Ingredients
6 ounces Shrimp (peeled,
deveined, frozen or fresh doesn’t matter)
3 Tbsp. of mayonnaise
3 Tbsp. melted butter
1 ½ Tbsp. thinly sliced scallion ( about 2 stalks
of scallions)
1 ½ tsp. grated garlic
Generous amount of
black pepper
Baguette or ciabatta
bread (think crusty bread)
Basil- thinly slices
Parmesan cheese
(optional)
1.
Preheat oven to 400
degrees.
2.
Slice bread with a
significant crust, cut in half horizontally; so, it’s about 1 inch thick.
3.
Chop shrimp into small
pieces- you can use those tiny shrimps as well, and even a food processor set
to ‘coarse’.
4.
Mix all the
ingredients together including a generous amount of black pepper. Spread mix on the cut upside sides of the bread.
5.
Bake for 15 minutes,
until slightly golden brown. Sprinkle with slice fresh basil (the dry stuff
works too) and parmesan cheese (optional)
Note: The amount of shrimp here covers a 6” x
8” slide of bread or 10-15 baguettes.
Bon Appetit!