We are so HAPPY to officially announce Crystal Werger as Jane Kennedy

Crystal Werger grew up in Murdock, a very small town in eastern Nebraska between Omaha and Lincoln. After graduating from Elmwood-Murdock High School in 1991 she attended the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and graduated in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences with an emphasis in History/Art History. In 2002, Crystal and her husband, Mike, moved to Lexington, Nebraska. In 2014 she became the Director of the Dawson County Historical Society and Museum in Lexington. Talking about history and historic preservation is her passion but she also enjoys working in her flower gardens, looking at the moon, COFFEE, shopping, and reading/listening to books on Audible. Crystal has two grown sons who no longer live with her, but they left behind their three dogs to keep her company. She secretly loves them more than her children.

 When Stacey and I (Lisa M.) asked Crystal to look back at the last few months of recording and tell us what line stood out the most she replied, “Why would he do this?” A line near the end of the book titled Traffic Stop: Human Division. Keep reading to hear more from Crystal.

I’m Crystal and I do the voice for Momma Jane. My favorite line of hers is in
chapter 34 at the bottom of page 262… “Why would he do this?” Momma Jane has just seen the dead body of her husband, Otis, and she’s really upset. I love the progression of her feelings in this paragraph leading up to this line. When I read over this before I really got into the character, I didn’t realize the depth of her thoughts or emotion that is captured in this one little line. But when I got to this place in the book when recording and I had to become her, feel her, and essentially embody her emotions over a lifetime spent married to Otis, I understood what these words really meant. “Why would he do this?” isn’t just
about the moment that brought him (Otis) to the mortuary its about every decision he made during their life together and how ALL of it brought them to this place. She’s feeling (and maybe reliving) EVERYTHING at this point, and she just wants to know why. And the sad thing is she’ll never know. And I think she’s feeling the grief of that as well.

As a newly formed non-profit and the furthest thing from professional audio-book publishers we want to say a heart felt thank you to this incredibly strong women.

-Stay tuned dear readers!!!!!