Pearl Bruns
3/26/202653 min
On August 11th, 1991, Pearl Bruns disappeared after an intense argument with her husband, who did not report her missing for several days.
Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Pearl Bruns. From the beginning, Bill Bruns was the prime suspect, but it took over a year to find enough evidence for an arrest.
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First 90 secondsMike Ferguson· Host0:00
Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 483 of the True Crime All the Time podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson, and with me, as always, is my partner in true crime, Mike Gibson. Gibby, how are you?
Mike Gibson· Host0:09
I'm changing my name.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:10
To what?
Mike Gibson· Host0:11
I will let you know. I think I'm gonna be- Turd Ferguson?
Mike Ferguson· Host0:15
[laughs] [laughs] Did you ever see that skit- Yeah ... with Burt Reynolds?
Mike Gibson· Host0:19
Yeah. It's good.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:20
It cracks me up. I mean, first of all, 'cause that's my last name, so.
Mike Gibson· Host0:24
Yeah.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:24
That, I don't know why, that just cra- any of those skits where Will Ferrell is playing Alex Trebek.
Mike Gibson· Host0:31
Yeah.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:32
Those Jeopardy! ones, they always crack me up.
Mike Gibson· Host0:34
It is. That was good stuff. I was just gonna go be the, uh, podcaster formerly known as Gibby.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:39
Okay.
Mike Gibson· Host0:39
You know? Kinda like a spinoff of Prince.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:42
Yeah, maybe go with the symbol, or- Yeah.
Mike Gibson· Host0:44
Yeah.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:45
Okay.
Mike Gibson· Host0:45
We're gonna do the, you know, fancy little, you know, symbol.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:49
Well, whenever you come up with it, we'll put it on your nameplate.
Mike Gibson· Host0:51
Until then, I'll remain Gibby, though.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:53
Okay. All right, you ready to get into this episode of True Crime All the Time?
Mike Gibson· Host0:56
I am.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:57
We're talking about Pearl Bruns. On August 11, 1991, Pearl Bruns disappeared after an intense argument with her husband, who did not report her missing for several days, and that's always kind of a sticky situation.
Mike Gibson· Host1:14
It's not good.
Mike Ferguson· Host1:14
No, it doesn't make you look good.
Mike Gibson· Host1:16
No.
Mike Ferguson· Host1:16
Right? And from the beginning, rightfully so, her husband was considered by police as the prime suspect.
Mike Gibson· Host1:25
Yeah.
Mike Ferguson· Host1:25
But it, it took some time, right? To figure out who actually