Episode 338 - Smoke on Wood Road – The Disappearance of Crystal Rasch

In June 2024, in Clyman, Wisconsin, 37 year old Crystal Rasch was just weeks away from starting over when she suddenly vanished. Her car was still at home, her family couldn't reach her, and someone claiming to be Crystal insisted she was fine. But when her family pushed investigators to look closer, they uncovered something far more disturbing.
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Featured Podcast:
CBC Uncover (cbc.ca/radio/uncover)
Sources:
‘I burned her’: Zachariah Rasch admits setting fire to estranged wife’s body (courttv.com/news/i-burned-her-zachariah-rasch-…)Dodge County homicide: Man convicted of killing wife, hiding body (fox6now.com/news/dodge-county-homicide-rasch-g…)
Wisconsin man's chilling $6500 shopping list (dailymail.com/news/article-13586623/Zachariah-…)
His wife has been missing for a week. Now he’s charged with using her credit cards (independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/mi…)
Husband of missing Dodge County woman arrested on identity theft charges (channel3000.com/news/crime/missing-dodge-count…)
Dodge County homicide; Zachariah Rasch accused in death of wife (fox6now.com/news/dodge-county-homicide-zachari…)
Missing woman's husband charged with identity theft in Dodge County (wisn.com/article/dodge-county-missing-woman-hu…)
Court TV Recap (courttv.com/news/wi-v-zachariah-rasch-the-toot…)
Law and Crime Trial Playlist (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT2snNGWwa673fT29SI…)
Justice Is A Process (justiceisaprocess.com/coverage-rasch)
Dodge County man charged with homicide; Wife's remains found on his property (wisn.com/article/dodge-county-missing-womans-h…)
Husband of woman initially thought to be missing in Adams County facing homicide charges (wsaw.com/2024/09/24/husband-woman-initially-th…)
Arrest made in connection to Crystal Rasch, the Missing woman in Dodge County (tmj4.com/news/dodge-county/arrest-made-in-conn…)
Estranged husband of missing Dodge County woman charged with hiding a corpse (tmj4.com/news/dodge-county/estranged-husband-o…)
Jury finds Dodge County man guilty of killing estranged wife, hiding her body (wmtv15news.com/2026/06/10/jury-finds-dodge-cou…)
Dodge County missing woman last seen June 11, husband arrested (fox6now.com/news/dodge-county-missing-woman-cr…)
Crystal Rasch, age 37 — WeSpoke (wespoke.org/motherslost/crystal-rasch?utm_sour…)
Not competent to stand trial in the death and disappearance of his estranged wife (wtmj.com/news/2025/07/22/not-competent-to-stan…)