University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Associate Anthropology Professor Jordan Karsten said the new season of his podcast series focuses on Laurie Depies, who vanished from a northeast Wisconsin parking lot almost 30 years ago.
Karsten said the first episode of Season 2 of Cold Case: Frozen Tundra details Depies’ disappearance and provides background on the case. The first episode arrived Tuesday and quickly ranked in the top 150 of Apple podcasts and attracted more than 3,000 unique listeners.
Laurie Depies
Depies was 20 years old when she disappeared on August 19, 1992. She worked a shift at the Fox River Mall, then drove to her boyfriend’s apartment in the Town of Menasha―now known as the village of Fox Crossing. Depies’ friends heard her car pull into the parking lot but she was never seen. The only clue left behind was a cup on top of her locked car.
“We’ve been contacted by many people hoping to share information on the case and we are passing leads on to investigators,” Karsten said, adding that they are working with local and state authorities.
Cold Case: Frozen Tundra is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher, among other services, and at frozentundrapodcast.com.
Starkie Swenson cold case solved
Karsten and his podcast partner, Matt Hiskes, focused the first season of Cold Case: Frozen Tundra on the disappearance of Starkie Swenson. John Andrews was convicted of murdering Swenson in 1983 in Neenah, but until recently Swenson’s body had never been found.
Karsten and his UW Oshkosh anthropology students spent last spring and summer digging and searching at a potential burial site in Omro. Swenson’s remains were found in the fall at High Cliff State Park near Chilton.
Andrews, who is 82 years old, was charged last week in Calumet County Circuit Court, with the felony charge of hiding a corpse.
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