The Peacemaker
Episodes
Episode 9: Bonus Episode - Research Chemicals
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode of The Peacemaker features an interview with a former Truman State student who was close with members of the Alpha Kappa Lambda fra...
Episode 8: Sanctuary
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the years following the suicide cluster, Brandon Grossheim decided he’d had enough of the small college town of Kirksville, where he was incr...
Episode 7: Sex, Drugs, and Trauma
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if Brandon wasn’t responsible for these deaths? What if the real reason was right under our noses the entire time? Though many victims&rsqu...
Episode 6: The Journal Building
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Journal Building was where young Kirksville residents went to rage. The apartment building was known for drugs, booze, and wild parties. When two ...
Episode 5: Glenna
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following Alex Vogt’s suicide in the Journal Building, things didn’t quiet down. In fact, in the very same room, only five months later, a...
Episode 4: Off Campus
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After Brandon Grossheim was kicked out of the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, he moved into an off-campus apartment. Soon afterwards, a friend from acr...
Episode 3: Depressed Girls
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The suicide victims all had one thing in common: they trusted Brandon, and told him intimate details from their lives. The fourth suicide victim, Josh...
Episode 2: Grimm’s Fairy Tales
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Truman State suicides hit the town of Kirksville, Missouri hard. In this episode we investigate the deaths of the first two victims, Alex Mullins ...
Episode 1: The Fraternity Suicides
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This introductory episode is set at the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity at Truman State University, in the small college town of Kirksville, Missouri. I...
Introducing: The Peacemaker
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Starting in 2016, a series of student suicides shook Truman State University. At first, they were seen only as tragedies. But when the same young man ...