37 – The Wellnitz Family
Joe and Beth Wellnitz and their son, Dennis were killed in their home, in Columbia, Kentucky. The case went cold for 10 years and when it unravelled, the perpetrators were not strangers to the family.
Joe and Beth Wellnitz and their son, Dennis were killed in their home, in Columbia, Kentucky. The case went cold for 10 years and when it unravelled, the perpetrators were not strangers to the family.
Show Credits:
Research, Writing, Editing, Audio Production, and Music Scoring by Renee Lynn
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MOVE Altered by Bill Conn (PodcastMusic)
The Light of Moon and Sea by Emanuel Wilde (Epidemic Sound)
The Tired Summer by Franz Gordon (Epidemic Sound)
Sneak Back by Red Licorice (Musicbed)
Stories They’ll Tell When You’re Gone by Francis Wells (Epidemic Sound)
Greylock (With Sunshine Recorder) by Kyle Mcevoy (Musicbed)
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Meg Wellnitz Appleton enters guilty pleas by Colombia Magazine
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