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Dina Herkert
Longtime Starved Rock Murders case researcher and author, guest on The Starved Rock Murders with Andy Hale podcast.
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Oct 1, 2026
Supporters Perspectives| DiscussingThe Starved Rock Murders| Part One
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Andy HaleHOST
So Dina, uh, how did you first hear about this case? Like, how did the Starved Rock murders get on your radar screen? Tell me organically how that kinda came about with you.
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1:32Dina HerkertGUEST
I went out to the Starved Rock Lodge and started working as a bus girl and a dishwasher, and I was reading The Starved Rock Murders by Steve Stough.
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1:42Dina HerkertGUEST
And here, I was surprised that here I was working with two people that worked with Chester back in the day when the murders happened.
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1:55Dina HerkertGUEST
So one of 'em was Josephine Schmidt, and she was around, um, back then working for, uh, Nick Spiros as a bookkeeper.
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2:04Dina HerkertGUEST
So I approached her and asked her whether she thought Chester was innocent, and she said she did.
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