Dixie Shanahan's guest appearances

Dixie Shanahan

The Generation Why Podcast

Texas 10-31: A Texas True Crime Podcast

Catching Up on Crime

Crime With My Coffee

Heartland Horrors

Olivia Mabel

Sandra Bland

Mark Cohen

Bridget Kelly

Joe Kenda

Gillian Jacobs

Amelia Earhart

Scott Peterson

Jens Soering

Rodney Reed

Amanda Knox

Katherine Knight

Matthew Hoffman

Lamonte McIntyre

Ryan Ferguson

OwlTail

In the summer of 2002, Scott Shanahan disappeared from the public eye in his small town of Defiance, Iowa.  His wife, Dixie, told everyone that asked that her abusive husband had up and left her after she got pregnant with their third child.  Eventually someone would contact the authorities and mention this super strange absence.  You won't believe what their investigation turned up.Sources for this episode:Wikipedia - Defiance, IowaMurderpedia - Dixie ShanahanDes Moines Register - Who is Dixie Shanahan Duty and why did she murder her husband?Oxygen - A Mother Shoots Her Habitually Abusive Husband, Hides Body Under Blanket In Bedroom For MonthsDixie's Last Stand by John FerakSupport the show

In the summer of 2002, Scott Shanahan disappeared from the public eye in his small town of Defiance, Iowa.  His wife, Dixie, told everyone that asked that her abusive husband had up and left her after she got pregnant with their third child.  Eventually someone would contact the authorities and mention this super strange absence.  You won't believe what their investigation turned up. Sources for this episode: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defiance,_Iowa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> - Defiance, Iowa <a href="https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/shanahan-dixie.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murderpedia</a> - Dixie Shanahan <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/06/20/troubled-life-dixie-shanahan-duty-domestic-abuse-violence-husband-defiance-iowa-work-parole-culver/713488002/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Des Moines Register</a> - Who is Dixie Shanahan Duty and why did she murder her husband? <a href="https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/woman-shoots-abusive-husband-hides-body" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oxygen</a> - A Mother Shoots Her Habitually Abusive Husband, Hides Body Under Blanket In Bedroom For Months <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dixies-Last-Stand-John-Ferak-ebook/dp/B08B827JCY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dixie's Last Stand</a> by John Ferak<a href="https://www.patreon.com/crimewithmycoffee" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

It's our 4/5's annual Halloween Episode and we do out of state murders!! Hannah tells the story of the murder Tynisha Ysais in Los Angeles. Cassie ends the episode with the murder of Scott Shanahan out in Iowa. Happy Halloween!  Sources: https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/shanahan-dixie.htm https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/woman-shoots-abusive-husband-hides-body https://bop.iowa.gov/offender/view/0808771 https://morbidnmacabre.com/2020/03/05/big-lurch-the-rapper-turned-cannibal-killer/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/rapper-killed-girlfriend-chewed-up-11566075 https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-08-its-all-bad-the-horrifying-story-of-big-lurch-on-disgraceland/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-08-me-rapper8-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-17-me-antron17-story.html https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/rapper-ate-flesh-for-gangsta-image-20030414-gdvjjh.html https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-rapper-that-murdered-and-ate-his-roommate-c4ceb16e1896 https://ourblackgirls.com/2018/05/11/tynisha-ysais-killed-by-rapper-roommate-who-ate-parts-of-her-body-raw/ https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lurch-big.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpG1CDWHzQ http://www.ok-tho.com/2018/11/they-convicted-me-over-lunch-break.html

It's our 4/5's annual Halloween Episode and we do out of state murders!! Hannah tells the story of the murder Tynisha Ysais in Los Angeles. Cassie ends the episode with the murder of Scott Shanahan out in Iowa. Happy Halloween! Sources: <a href="https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/shanahan-dixie.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/shanahan-dixie.htm</a> <a href="https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/woman-shoots-abusive-husband-hides-body" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/woman-shoots-abusive-husband-hides-body</a> <a href="https://bop.iowa.gov/offender/view/0808771" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bop.iowa.gov/offender/view/0808771</a> <a href="https://morbidnmacabre.com/2020/03/05/big-lurch-the-rapper-turned-cannibal-killer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://morbidnmacabre.com/2020/03/05/big-lurch-the-rapper-turned-cannibal-killer/</a> <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/rapper-killed-girlfriend-chewed-up-11566075" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/rapper-killed-girlfriend-chewed-up-11566075</a> <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-08-its-all-bad-the-horrifying-story-of-big-lurch-on-disgraceland/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-08-its-all-bad-the-horrifying-story-of-big-lurch-on-disgraceland/</a> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-08-me-rapper8-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-08-me-rapper8-story.html</a> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-17-me-antron17-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-17-me-antron17-story.html</a> <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/rapper-ate-flesh-for-gangsta-image-20030414-gdvjjh.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/rapper-ate-flesh-for-gangsta-image-20030414-gdvjjh.html</a> <a href="https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-rapper-that-murdered-and-ate-his-roommate-c4ceb16e1896" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-rapper-that-murdered-and-ate-his-roommate-c4ceb16e1896</a> <a href="https://ourblackgirls.com/2018/05/11/tynisha-ysais-killed-by-rapper-roommate-who-ate-parts-of-her-body-raw/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ourblackgirls.com/2018/05/11/tynisha-ysais-killed-by-rapper-roommate-who-ate-parts-of-her-body-raw/</a> <a href="https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lurch-big.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lurch-big.htm</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpG1CDWHzQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpG1CDWHzQ</a> <a href="http://www.ok-tho.com/2018/11/they-convicted-me-over-lunch-break.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ok-tho.com/2018/11/they-convicted-me-over-lunch-break.html</a>

Halloween Episode: Tynisha Ysais & Dixie Shanahan

An Iowa women shoots her husband while sleeping.  That is not the whole story though.  Listen to find out why and what she did after she shot him. 

An Iowa women shoots her husband while sleeping.  That is not the whole story though.  Listen to find out why and what she did after she shot him.

Dixie Shanahan. Author, and investigative journalist, John Ferak, joins the podcast to discuss the murder of Scott Shanahan by his wife, Dixie. The Iowan wife and mother had suffered domestic abuse for years before finally taking the law into her own hands. Once she was arrested, the question was whether or not she was justified […]The post Dixie Shanahan – 110 – Generation Why appeared first on The Generation Why Podcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dixie Shanahan. Author, and investigative journalist, John Ferak, joins the podcast to discuss the murder of Scott Shanahan by his wife, Dixie. The Iowan wife and mother had suffered domestic abuse for years before finally taking the law into her own hands. Once she was arrested, the question was whether or not she was justified […] The post Dixie Shanahan – 110 – Generation Why appeared first on The Generation Why Podcast. See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.