Michigan Monsters

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S3 Ep69: Killing Season Apr 27, 2021

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The Lincoln assassination. Titanic. Waco. Columbine. What common thread do these tragic historical events share? And what does any of it have to do with Michigan? The answer may shock you.
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S3 Ep68: Party Girl Apr 13, 2021

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Life in Northern Michigan was rough at the turn of the 20th century, and death was not uncommon. But when the family and friends of Mary McKnight began dying at an alarming rate, authorities took notice. And what they found shocked not only a small lumber town, but the entire nation.

S3 Ep67: The X Factor Mar 30, 2021

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In the 1920s and 30s, an ultra-violent sect of the KKK called the Black Legion ran rampant in the Midwest. When a proud black man and activist moved his family to Lansing, Michigan to escape death threats from white supremacists, he had no idea he was walking into a snake pit. The violence that ensued destroyed a family and shaped the life of a man who went on to shake the world.

S3 Ep66: The Witness Mar 16, 2021

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Over a year after a Michigan man's brutal murder, a surprise witness comes forward with a shocking retelling of events, in what is easily one of the strangest cases in true crime history.
Case: The Murder of Marty Duram
Theme song and audio by SuZen Marie
Promo: Crimes and Closets

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S3 Ep65: False God Mar 02, 2021

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Born in 1902 Detroit to a prominent family , Charles Lindbergh was handsome, talented, and charismatic. When he made aviation history in 1927, he instantaneously became the most famous man in the world. But when his young son was kidnapped from the family home in 1932, Lindbergh's secret life began to unravel, leaving the world wondering just what kind of man they'd been worshipping for so long.
Case: The Lindbergh Kidnapping
Theme song and audio by SuZen Marie
Promo: Re-solved Mysteries

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S3 Ep64: Lost Boy Feb 16, 2021

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Twenty years ago, 12-year-old Stevie Kraft disappeared from his Benton Harbor neighborhood while out walking his dogs. Could a tip from true crime aficionado Michelle McNamara finally lead to answers?
Case: Steven Earl Kraft, Jr.
Theme song and audio by SuZen Marie
Promo: Obsessed With Disappeared

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S3 Ep63: Brotherhood Feb 01, 2021

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Only once in recorded history have two individual serial killers hailed from the same household. Brothers Danny and Larry Ranes did not kill together. Their murder sprees occurred in different decades, their MOs were different, and their victim demographic was vastly different. But their motive was the same- to win. Raised in an abusive home, conditioned to compete against one another in all aspects of life, when Danny and Larry battled it out for the title of most lethal serial killer, no one in their hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan was safe.

Case: The Ranes Brothers
Theme song and audio by SuZen Marie

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Season Three Trailer Jan 24, 2021

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A first listen of So Dead's new theme song, and a sneak peek at some of the cases that will be covered in 2021.

S2 Ep62: Massacre Nov 24, 2020

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On a dark and stormy night in 1883, there was a massacre in Jackson County. Unknown assailants murdered wealthy land owner Jacob Crouch and his entire family as they slept in their beds. While authorities raced against the clock to find the killers, bodies continued to pile up, and the case became more twisted and scandalous than anyone could have imagined.
Case: The Crouch Murders
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
Edited by: SuZen Marie
RESOURCES
MLive (Leanne Smith, 11/20/10)
michigansotherside.com
Wikipedia
newspapers.com

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S2 Ep61: A Family Matter Nov 10, 2020

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When a young wife and mother disappeared from her Hartford, Michigan home in the middle of the day, suspicion fell upon her high school sweetheart and husband of 12 years almost immediately. But the truth of what happened to Amy Henslee was much more complicated, and more sinister, than anyone could have imagined.
Case: Amy Henslee, Tonya Howarth
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
Edited by: SuZen Marie
RESOURCES
Evil Lives Here, S6 E4
MLive (Gabrielle Russon, Rex Hall Jr.)
ABC News (Andrea Canning, Jessica Hopper)
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