My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark MFM Minisode 480
Mar 23, 2026
Short hometown tales honoring Women's History Month. Incredible survival stories from a woman who escaped Nazi Germany and a Scottish frontline hospital nurse in WWI. A near-disastrous grenade souvenir, mob-era Michigan recollections, LimeWire sibling chaos leading to an FBI visit, and the viral Olive Garden review that changed a local columnist's life.
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Great Grandmother Escaped Nazis And Reinvented Herself
- Lieselette "Lottie" Burke fled Nazi Germany with her husband and daughter using fake British passports to survive.
- She became a famed dancer, smuggled jewelry back to Britain during the war, and later invented the Bar exercise method at age 40.
Great Grandma Knew Al Capone And Lived To Tell It
- Meemaw (Mae) worked as a waitress at the Shadowland Ballroom and earned Al Capone's attention and nightly protection.
- Capone slipped her envelopes of cash and arranged escorts home while she raised herself and later lived modestly in a trailer.
Combat Nurse Stayed Calm During Carjacker Hostage Incident
- Aunt Dolly (Anna Etter), an Army Corps nurse in WWII, survived being handcuffed and briefly held hostage by Joe Kalzinski.
- She calmly talked him into uncuffing her, packed him food, and later recovered a bullet-riddled car from a motel shootout.
