Michigan Monsters

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S2 Ep60: Gone Girls Oct 27, 2020

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Halloween is a time for scary fun. But the fear that gripped one small Michigan town on Halloween night 1969 is the kind no one ever wants to experience. Two teenage girls ripped from their happy lives, never to be seen again. A killer on the loose. And a community that was nowhere near done experiencing tragedy. No one pays these cases much attention, so it's well past time we talk about the missing girls of Oscoda.
Cases: Pamela Hobley, Patricia Spencer, Pamela Hobley, Charlotte Loomis
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
Whereabouts Still Unknown
CBS News (Erin Donaghue, 10/31/14)
Investigations for the Missing (Robin Warder, 11/14/19)
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S2 Ep59: Ghosted 2.0 Oct 13, 2020

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It's that time of year again! The Halloween Special is upon us, which means ghost stories sent in by listeners. These are some good ones. Did yours make the cut?
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

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S2 Ep58: Murderess! Sep 29, 2020

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A dangerous parishoner with a flair for the dramatic, a lonely housewife, a scorned lover, and an absolute monster of a woman. Today's episode is all about infamous Michigan murderesses.
Cases: Nettie Barnard, Carrie Joslyn, Dorothy Hoffman, Nellie Pope
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:
newspapers.com

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S2 Ep57: Mountain Man Sep 15, 2020

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In the summer of 1973, a Farmington, Michigan family set off on a month-long road trip out west. What was meant to be a time of adventure and family bonding instead became a nightmare when the youngest member of the family, a seven-year-old girl, was stolen out of her tent in the middle of the night. Over the next year, the family was taunted and tormented by anonymous calls purportedly from the kidnapper. But would the calls lead to answers in the unsolved case?
Case: David Mierhofer
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
RESOURCES:
The FBI Files S5, E11 "Dark Woods"
newspapers.com
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S2 Ep56: The Boy Who Lived Sep 01, 2020

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The odds of a person surviving a plane crash where there is at least one fatality are one in 3.4 million. The odds of a person surviving two fatal plane crashes? They don't exist. Or at least, they didn't. Not until June 24, 2011.
Case: Austin Hatch
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
RESOURCES:
ESPN (Elizabeth Merrill, 2011)
ABC (Dana O'Neil, 2015)
MLive (Associated Press, 2012)
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S2 Ep55: Ride or Die Aug 18, 2020

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A hospital worker and nanny in Lansing, Michigan carries the weight of a dark past. In another life, she was half of a deadly duo responsible for the most notorious murder spree in American history. Or was she?
Case: Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
RESOURCES:
The Twelfth Victim (Linda Battisti and John Stevens)
The Conspirators, Episode 34
The Lincoln Journal Star
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S2 Ep54: Ninety Steps Aug 04, 2020

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When serial killer Marvin Charles Gabrion II brutally murdered a teenage mother in the shadows of Manistee National Forest, just ninety steps made the difference in jurisdiction, resulting in him becoming Michigan's first death row inmate in over half a century.
Case: Rachel Timmerman and Shannon VerHage
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman
RESOURCES:
The Color of Night (L.C. Timmerman and John H. Timmerman)
Beyond Contempt, Episode 22
Already Gone, Episode 84
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Presenting: The Cereal Killer Chronicles Jun 12, 2020

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I am stoked to present to you all the very first episode of The Cereal Killer Chronicles: A So Dead Miniseries. For future episodes, be sure to subscribe to The Cereal Killer Chronicles wherever you get your podcasts.
Part One: The Mad Doctor- John Harvey Kellogg was a walking contradiction. A religious fanatic and a man of science. A racist and a philanthropist. A man so obsessed with wellness, he paid no mind to how many died in his care, so long as it furthered his studies. A health fanatic with a creative mind, Dr. Kellogg invented machines designed for treatment that were better suited for a medieval torture chamber. But just how did a promising young prodigy become America's most infamous mad doctor? Find out in part one of The Cereal Killer Chronicles, The Mad Doctor.
THEME SONG
Bad Ideas (distressed) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3412-bad-ideas-distressed-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
RESOURCES
The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Kalamazoo (Howard Markel)
Dr. Kellogg Invented Cereal (Greg Daugherty, history.com)
Why Are There So Many Black Squirrels in Battle Creek? (Nick Buckley, Battle Creek Enquirer)
How John Harvey Kellogg Was Wrong on Race (Nick Buckley, Battle Creek Enquirer)
When Were Cereal Flakes Really First Made? (Tim Collins, wbckfm.com)
Wikipedia
Find A Grave

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Introducing: A So Dead Miniseries Jun 03, 2020

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The Cereal Killer Chronicles: A So Dead Miniseries
Before they created Corn Flakes and Froot Loops, the Kelloggs ran a deadly sanitarium and subscribed to a dangerous religion. The last name synonymous with breakfast foods is also linked to strange deaths, suspicious tragedies, and even murder. In this eight-part series, host Jenn Carpenter breaks down the complicated Kellogg legacy, from cereal to killers.
Coming June 11, 2020!
Song Credit: Bad Ideas (distressed) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3412-bad-ideas-distressed-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Edited by: Kelly K Audio

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S2 Ep53: Where There's Smoke May 19, 2020

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In 1977, a desperate act in a small Mid-Michigan town sparked a movement against domestic violence, and launched a battered housewife into the national spotlight.

Case: Francine Hughes

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

RESOURCES:
The Burning Bed (Faith McNulty, 1980)
The New York Times (William Grimes, 3/31/17)
UPI Archives
People (Gioia Diliberto, 10/8/84)
Washington Post (Lynn Darling, 11/5/1980)
Wikipedia
Find A Grave
newspapers.com
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