
About this episode
Pull up a chair, meet our grandma, and listen to our family lore behind the Starkweather murders that horrified our hometown of Lincoln Nebraska in the 1950s.
Before the fear spread across Nebraska, before Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate became household names, there was just a quiet city — our city.
In this Spirits Uncorked episode, Elizabeth and Erica trace the shocking 1958 murder spree that paralyzed Lincoln and the surrounding plains — a story woven into their own family’s history in ways they never imagined.
Join us for our full conversation with our grandmother, Shirley, who lived through those terrifying days and shares her vivid memories of a city gripped by fear.
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