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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 249 - My Mother's a Witch - The Murder of Jennifer Dazey

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.46.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Join us, as we examine the tragic murder of Jennifer Dazey - a 46-year-old mother of three found slain in her own bed. 

You'll hear about the shocking and horrific scene discovered by a woman expecting a coffee date with her best friend and about the strange reactions by Jennifer’s family that caused police to question everything.

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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

Editing:
Aiden Wolf

Sources:
Mom and Family Dog Found Savagely Murdered at Iowa Home 
Son Accused of Murdering Mom Over Witchcraft: 'He Gave Me a Bad Vibe'
Dubuque woman made $51,000 worth of unauthorized purchases with company credit cards
Jennifer Obituary
Tyler Dazey deemed not competent to stand for trial 
Mom Witchcraft Murder Trial - IA v. Tyler Dazey Day 1 Part 1
Mom Witchcraft Murder Trial - IA v. Tyler Dazey Day 1 Part 2
Mom Witchcraft Murder Trial — IA v. Tyler Dazey — Day 2
Mom Witchcraft Murder Trial — IA v. Tyler Dazey — Day 3
Iowa 'witchcraft murder' with woman's fingers severed and dog killed in horrific incident
Testimony begins in the trial of a Dubuque man charged with killing his mother
Tyler Dazey sentenced to life in prison for murder, animal abuse
Handwritten Letter to Court
Kylie Dazey 

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in the following episode

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do not necessarily reflect

0:29.0

those of the minds

0:29.8

of madness podcast.

0:31.6

Listener discretion is advised.

0:33.3

The The Grief doesn't follow a rule book.

1:09.4

People like to think they know how they'd react to devastating

1:12.7

news, crying, shock, maybe even quiet disbelief. But in real life, it doesn't always look like

1:21.3

that. Sometimes it's messy, confusing, or downright unsettling.

1:28.7

And when someone reacts in a way that doesn't make sense, people start asking questions.

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They ask themselves, how could grief possibly look like that?

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This is exactly what happened in Dubuque, Iowa, in January 2004, when police uncovered a brutal

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murderer. Two siblings faced with the same tragedy, handled the news in very different ways.

1:57.8

The son, distant and detached, blamed his mother's death on witchcraft. The daughter, on the

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