Michigan Monsters

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S2: Taco Break 7 May 12, 2020

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True crime queen Ann Rule wrote dozens of best-sellers about crimes around the globe, including 'The Stranger Beside Me,' about her unlikely friendship with serial killer Ted Bundy. Ann's love for true crime began in Michigan, where she was born, and where she spent her summers working for her grandfather, a celebrated sheriff in a small Mid-Michigan town.

Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman

RESOURCES:
A Tangled Web (Leslie Rule, 2020)
Wikipedia
Goodreads
findagrave.com

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S2 Ep52: Ladykiller May 05, 2020

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An almost unbelievable tale of online dating turned fatal attraction, and the tragic life of the Michigan woman at the center of the scandal.
Case: Shanna "Liz" Golyar
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
RESOURCES:
A Tangled Web (Leslie Rule, 2020)
Dateline (Season 26, Episode 1)
True Conviction (Season 2, Episode 1)
Snapped (Season 24, Episode 16)
My Favorite Murder (Episode 208)
Wikipedia
newspapers.com

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S2: Taco Break 6 Apr 28, 2020

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Picture this: You see a single shoe lying on the beach. Curious, you pick it up. Inside are the remains of a human foot. This horrendous scene has unfolded over 20 times on the beaches of the Salish Sea since 2007. Is there a serial killer with a foot fetish stalking British Columbia and Washington State? Listen in for the truth behind the Salish Sea Foot Phenomenon.
Case: The Salish Sea Foot Phenomenon
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
RESOURCES:
vox.com
vancouversun.com
herald.net
Wikipedia

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S2 Ep51: Where's Lenny? Apr 21, 2020

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Glenn "Lenny" Hustin was 30 years old when he disappeared from his Middleton, Michigan apartment in 2001. With the assistance of a frustrated police department, Lenny's family has spent the past two decades searching for him. Lenny's parents are now gone, but his sisters continue the search despite threats and intimidation from locals. They believe one man in particular, a man Lenny trusted with his life, holds the answers. And they have vowed not to back down until he comes clean.
Case: Glenn "Lenny" Hustin, Jr.
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
RESOURCES:
charleyproject.org
The Morning Sun (Linda Gittleman, 2/6/11)
The Carson City Gazette (Elisabeth Waldon, 2/13/06 and 2/8/10)

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S2: Taco Break 5 Apr 14, 2020

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Netflix's "Tiger King" is everything we never knew we needed to make it through the COVID-19 pandemic. While the documentary was filmed primarily in Oklahoma, a surprising Mid-Michigan tie has been uncovered.
Case: Tiger King
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
RESOURCES:
WILX (Rachel Sweet, 3/31/20)
Lansing State Journal (Sarah Lehr and Megan Banta, 3/31/20)
wynnewoodzoo.org

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S2 Ep50: The Unthinkable Apr 07, 2020

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It's been 108 years since one of the most notorious disasters in American history, known simply by one name- Titanic. The ship was said to be unsinkable, so no one was prepared when the unthinkable happened. Over 2,200 souls were on board when Titanic collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on that fateful April night. 69 of them were bound for Michigan. Miners, farmers, newlyweds, families. Less than half of the passengers bound for Michigan survived, and those that did were far from safe, as the "Titanic Curse" would continue to claim lives for years to come.
Case: The Titanic
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Produced By: Ben Goldman

RESOURCES:
encyclopedia-titanica.com
premiereexhibitions.com
titanicfacts.net
thoughtco.com

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S2: Taco Break 4 Mar 31, 2020

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More stories about the Night Hag and the Hat Man, sent in by listeners who have experienced sleep paralysis.
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Edited by: Ben Goldman

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S2 Ep49: Swamp Monster Mar 24, 2020

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Two suspicious deaths at the Dudgeon Swamp in White Cloud, Michigan resulted in some of the most sensational national headlines of the 1920s. Amid rumors of incest, murder, and buried secrets, the Dudgeon family was persecuted by the town, as well as by the backwoods legal system of Stump Country. But were they really a family of killers? Or simply the victims of small-town gossip gone horribly wrong?

Case: The Dudgeon Swamp Murders
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Produced By: Ben Goldman

RESOURCES:
Ruin Road: Incest, Murder and Ghosts
John Robinson’s Haunted Michigan: Ghosts, Murder and Insanity at Dudgeon Swamp
The David and Romie Hodell Murders, Lee Keippel
theoctoberproject.com
Looking Back: Meda Hodell (Dave LeMieux, MLive, 8/2/2010)
The Detroit Free Press, Elden Smalls (April 1923)
Wikipedia
findagrave.com

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S2: Taco Break 3 Mar 17, 2020

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For centuries, stories have persisted about a demon that visits in the night, quite literally paralyzing victims as they lie in bed, helpless. From the night hag to the hat man, this week is all about the phenomena of sleep paralysis.
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
RESOURCES:
nerdist.com
Wikipedia

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S2 Ep48: Children of Thunder Mar 10, 2020

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Born in Lansing, Michigan in 1970, Glenn Taylor Helzer seemed destined for greatness. By his early teens, he was the spiritual head of his family and a rising star in the Mormon church. But Helzer chose a different path. One that led to him founding an extremist cult, and ended with body parts floating in bags down a river in Northern California.
Case: Children of Thunder
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
RESOURCES:
People Magazine Investigates: Children of Thunder (S3/EP11)
True Crime with Aphrodite Jones: Children of Thunder (S2/EP9)
The False Prophet: Conspiracy, Extortion, and Murder in the Name of God- Claire Booth
Wikipedia
Murderpedia
findagrave.com
elvinbishopmusic.com
The Independent (Andrew Gumbel 6/15/04)
Los Angeles Times (John Glionna and Richard Chon 8/11/200)
The Berkeley Daily Planet (9/29/00)
The San Francisco Gate (Peter Fimrite and Charlie Goodyear 8/11/00)

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