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Malice in the MittenS10 E24 - F-bomb - The Hauntings of Dice RoadDice Road, a quiet stretch of pavement in rural Michigan, has earned a reputation as one of the most haunted locations in the state. In this F-Bomb Friday trilogy, we explore the chilling legends, documented encounters, and terrifying stories tied to Dice Road — from shadow figures and phantom children to violent poltergeist activity and homes that refuse to stay silent. These aren’t just campfire stories. This is Michigan folklore that still breathes.
#DiceRoad #FBombFriday #MichiganHaunted #MichiganFolklore #HauntedMichigan #CreepyTok #HorrorTok #DarkHistory #MidwestHorror #FolkloreFriday
Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston
Story researched and written by T...
2026-01-3018 minMalice in the MittenS10 E23 - Round Robin - Strange Deaths, Strange endings, and the 27 ClubFrom laughing yourself to death to legends that refuse to fade, this episode of Round Robin explores some of history’s strangest endings. We dive into bizarre deaths and the mystery of the 27 Club. Darkly fascinating, surprisingly human, and just the right amount of spooky, this episode looks at how myth and reality collide.
Hosted and produced by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Original music by Tracy Preston
2026-01-2847 minMalice in the MittenS10 E22 - The Deroo Case - Acquitted but not Answered -Final Episode in Shadows of Macomb CountyIn July 1981, a young mother and two children were found murdered inside their Macomb County, Michigan home. Another child survived. More than two years later, the husband and father, Robert Deroo, was charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder — only to be acquitted in 1984.
In this episode of Malice in the Mitten, we take a careful, deeply researched look at the Deroo case: who Deborah Deroo was beyond the headlines, what investigators believed happened inside the home, how the trial unfolded, and why the case remains unresolved decades later.
This ep...
2026-01-2625 minMalice in the MittenS10 E21 - F-Bomb - The Black Nun of DetroitA dark Michigan urban legend haunts the ruins of Detroit—an apparition known as the Black Nun. Said to roam abandoned convents and church hallways, her presence is marked by silence, cold air, and the feeling of being watched. In this episode of F-Bomb Friday, we explore the origins of the Black Nun of Detroit, the history behind the legend, and why religious folklore continues to cling to the city’s forgotten spaces.
This is not a story of monsters. It’s a story of belief, decay, and the things that refuse to stay buried.
#FBombF...
2026-01-2322 minMalice in the MittenS10 E20 - Round Robin - Museums, Sports, and Human ChaosFrom the world’s strangest museums to sports that should never exist, this episode of Round Robin dives headfirst into human curiosity and chaos.
We explore some of the most unusual museums on Earth, wildly bizarre sporting events, forgotten and unhinged Olympic history, and real sports injuries that didn’t even happen during the game.
We wrap things up with Round Robin Recommendations, including a psychological thriller worth watching this week.
Smart, funny, strange, and surprisingly educational — this episode proves that history, sports, and people have always been a little weird.
#RoundR...
2026-01-2148 minMalice in the MittenS10 E19 - Shadows of Macomb County – Part Two: The Murder of Lisa PutmanIn Part Two of Shadows of Macomb County, we examine the murder of Lisa Putman, a Michigan Child Protective Services worker killed while performing her duties. This episode follows the investigation into her disappearance, the arrest of Jacqueline and Josephine Verellen, and the legacy Lisa left behind — including why social worker safety matters.
This is a victim-centered, factual account of a case that changed how risk is understood for frontline social workers in Michigan.
#TrueCrime #Michigan #MalliceInTheMitten #MichiganTok #SocialWorkerSafety #CPS #SayHerName #LisaPutman
Produced and hosted by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by To...
2026-01-1934 minMalice in the MittenS10 E18 - F-Bomb - Yellow Mike - Forgotten Asylums, & the Legend that Learned to WatchYellow Mike is one of Michigan’s darkest folklore legends — a forgotten asylum patient, a sealed crate, and a being that learned how humans move, breathe, and fear. Some say he escaped. Some say he never existed. Others say he’s still watching.
#FBombFriday #MichiganFolklore #DarkFolklore #MidwestLegends #AmericanFolklore
Story researched and written by Todd Preston
Produced and hosted by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Original music by Tracy Preston
Sources:
https://libraries.udmercy.edu/archives/special-collections/cfa/index.php?field=loc_text&start=150&term=LOCAT...
2026-01-1627 minMalice in the MittenS10 E16 - Shadows of Macomb County - A Trilogy - Jennifer KuklaJennifer Kukla | A Michigan Family Betrayal
In Michigan, a home is supposed to be a place of safety.
For one family, it became something far darker.
In the first episode of this series, Malice in the Mitten examines the case of Jennifer Kukla — a story of domestic trust, quiet warning signs, and a crime that unfolded behind closed doors. Through careful research and restrained storytelling, we explore what happened, how it escalated, and the devastating impact left behind.
This episode focuses on facts, accountability, and remembering the victims — not glorifying violence, but unde...
2026-01-1237 minMalice in the MittenS10 E15 - F-Bomb - The Kalamazoo River DragonDive into the legend of the Kalamazoo River Dragon, one of Michigan’s most enduring cryptid mysteries. From 19th-century sightings to connections with Indigenous water spirits and river lore, we explore what people have claimed to see along the Kalamazoo River, why this creature became part of local storytelling, and what it means for Michigan folklore today. Featuring firsthand accounts, historical research, and cultural context — this episode unravels the mystery, myth, and meaning behind the elusive River Dragon.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston
Produced and hosted by Tracy Preston
Original Music by T...
2026-01-0924 minMalice in the MittenS10 E14 - Round Robin - Michigan Sand Dunes - Fun, Weird and Mind Blowing FactsMichigan’s sand dunes aren’t just beaches — they’re ancient, moving landscapes with secrets beneath the surface.
This week on Round Robin, we explore Michigan’s massive freshwater sand dunes, wild fun facts, hidden dangers, and the eerie truth about dunes that shift, swallow forests, and sometimes catch people off guard. From Silver Lake to Sleeping Bear, we break down why Michigan’s dunes are unlike anywhere else on Earth — with curiosity, laughter, and just a hint of creepiness.
#RoundRobinPodcast #Michigan #MichiganSandDunes #GreatLakes #MichiganNature
Produced and hosted by Tracy Preston
Original music...
2026-01-0729 minMalice in the MittenS10 E13 - Danielle Dani Stislicki - The Parking Lot, the Tip and the Evidence WarOn December 2, 2016, Danielle Stislicki left her job at a MetLife office in Southfield, Michigan, planning to meet a friend for dinner. She never arrived.
Her Jeep was found the next morning outside her Farmington Hills apartment — purse and belongings inside — but Dani was gone. Nearly a decade later, her disappearance has led to a murder charge, a complex legal battle, and a trial scheduled for February 2026.
In this extended episode of Malice in the Mitten, we tell Dani’s story from the beginning — who she was, the ordinary day she never came home from, and the deta...
2026-01-0552 minMalice in the MittenS10 E12 - The Gugwe: Michigan's Forgotten Forest Monster - F-Bomb Friday Folklore & FrightsDeep in Michigan’s forests, hunters whispered about a towering creature that walked like a man, screamed like something inhuman, and vanished without a trace. Known as the Gugwe, this forgotten legend predates modern Bigfoot sightings and carries a far darker reputation.
In this F-Bomb Friday episode, we explore the origins of the Gugwe, eyewitness accounts, Indigenous lore, and why some believe this creature was never meant to be found. This is Michigan folklore at its most unsettling — where the woods are watching, and something ancient still remembers us.
Researched and written by Todd Preston
2026-01-0224 minMalice in the MittenRound Robin - New Years Eve!!Cheers to the New Year 🥂 reflections, resolutions & real talk on this New Year’s Eve Round Robin #NewYearPodcast #RoundRobinShow #PodcastLife
Produced and hosted by Tracy Preston
Original Music by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
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2025-12-3147 minMalice in the MittenS10 E10 - Forgotten Michigan Women - The Final Episode in the TrilogyIn the final chapter of The Silent Killers Trilogy, Malice in the Mitten turns its focus to Michigan women whose stories disappeared entirely. These were not famous cases. Many never became cases at all. Recorded as illness, misfortune, or family tragedy, their deaths were quietly absorbed into history without investigation or remembrance.
This episode explores how unnamed women, unexamined deaths, and institutional blind spots allowed patterns of violence to repeat — and what it means when silence replaces accountability. This is not a story about spectacle. It’s a story about absence, and the cost of not looking clos...
2025-12-2916 minMalice in the MittenS10 E9 - F-Bomb - The Ghosts of Michigan ChristmasChristmas is not always warm lights and joyful songs.
In this episode of F-Bomb (Fables, Fiction, Folklore & Frights), we uncover the ghostly side of Christmas past—haunted traditions, lingering spirits, and winter folklore steeped in sorrow, memory, and fear.
From spectral carolers and cursed celebrations to echoes of Victorian Christmases long buried beneath snow and time, these are the stories that remind us why the longest nights of the year were once feared. This episode blends dark folklore, historical superstition, and chilling holiday atmosphere, accompanied by an original ghostly Christmas score designed to linger like a me...
2025-12-2620 minMalice in the MittenS10 E8 - Bah, Humbug: The Many Faces of ScroogeOn today’s Round Robin, Tracy leads the table through the many faces of Ebenezer Scrooge — from the dark, musical rage of Albert Finney’s 1970 Scrooge, to the sharp corporate cruelty of Bill Murray’s Frank Cross in Scrooged.
Along the way, the team dives into:
How many Scrooges have appeared on screen (and why each era gets the one it deserves)
Dickens’ real anger behind A Christmas Carol
Victorian-era language we no longer use — and what it actually meant
Holiday trivia, modern parallels, and the Scrooge that feels uncomfortabl...
2025-12-2435 minMalice in the MittenS10 E7 - Part 2 of the Quiet WidowIn Part Two of The Quiet Widow, the story deepens — and the line between accident and intent begins to blur.
What happens when care turns into control?
When silence replaces concern?
When neglect becomes something far more deliberate?
This episode explores the psychological unraveling at the center of the case — the warning signs, the isolation, and the choices that allowed a slow death to continue unseen. There are no dramatic outbursts here. No sudden violence. Just quiet decisions, made over time, with irreversible consequences.
This is a true crime story about powe...
2025-12-2224 minMalice in the MittenS10 E6 - F-Bomb - The Ice Bound Giants of the U.P.In the frozen wilderness of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, stories have endured for generations—whispers of Ice Bound Giants, massive figures said to roam the snow-choked forests during the dead of winter.
In this episode of F-Bomb Friday, we explore one of the U.P.’s most chilling pieces of folklore. Lumber camps spoke of towering shapes moving through blizzards. Hunters reported impossible footprints frozen deep into the ice. Entire communities passed down warnings meant to keep people indoors after dark.
Are the Ice Bound Giants a cautionary legend born from isolation and winter madness—or somet...
2025-12-1925 minMalice in the MittenS10 E5 - Ancient Egypt Cleopatra and Modern Times vs Ancient EgyptWhat if ancient Egypt had better city planning than modern suburbs… but worse HR policies?
In this episode of Round Robin, the table dives headfirst into the weird, funny, and wildly misunderstood truths about ancient Egypt and Cleopatra. From the fact that Cleopatra wasn’t Egyptian and lived closer to the moon landing than the pyramids, to beer for breakfast, sacred cats, and cities designed with astronomical precision, this conversation proves history is stranger—and funnier—than fiction.
This episode will change how you think about Cleopatra, pyramids, and one of the most advanced civilizations in human...
2025-12-1743 minMalice in the MittenS10 E4 - The Quiet widow: Euphemia Mondich - A Michigan Story History Almost ErasedIn early 20th-century Detroit, men were dying quietly inside their own homes — and no one was asking why.
In this episode of Malice in the Mitten, we examine the forgotten case of Euphemia Mondich, a woman convicted of murder after two men close to her fell mysteriously ill and died under strikingly similar circumstances. At a time when wives and caregivers were rarely suspected of violence, Mondich lived unnoticed, protected by domestic trust and social assumptions that allowed her crimes to remain hidden for years.
Through period newspaper reporting, courtroom reconstruction, and modern criminological context, th...
2025-12-1521 minMalice in the MittenS10 E3 - Winter Whispers - Michigans Cold Season Spirits & Yuletide ShadowsStep into the frozen heart of Michigan with Michigan's Col Spirits & Yuletide Shadows an original dark-winter theme crafted for true folklore, fables and supernatural storytelling. Inspired by icy forests, haunted legends, and bone-cold nights of the Great Lakes.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story and Todd Preston original artwork by Todd Preston
Recorded, edited and original music by Tracy Preston
#MichiganFolklore #WinterSpirits #YuletideShadows #GreatLakesLegends #MichiganMyth #HolidayHorror #MichiganGhosts #WinterHauntings
2025-12-1223 minMalice in the MittenS10 E2 - Round Robin - Christmas Gets Strange: Weird Holiday FactsOn this festive Round Robin, we're taking Christmas off the nice list and digging into the weirdest holiday facts you’ve probably never heard. Why do Catalonians hide a pooping figurine in their Nativity scenes? Why does Japan eat KFC for Christmas dinner? And why did Massachusetts once make Christmas illegal?
From Victorian ghost storytelling traditions to Iceland’s 13 mischievous Yuletide trolls, we’re bringing you bizarre global customs, strange history, Santa lore, and some jaw-dropping holiday trivia that’ll wow your family at dinner. Funny, weird, and unexpectedly dark — this is Christmas like you’ve never heard it bef...
2025-12-1040 minMalice in the MittenS10 E1 - The Murder of Rebecca Kay "Becca" ParkIn November 2025, 22-year-old Rebecca “Becca” Park — 38 weeks pregnant — vanished from Boon Township, Michigan. Days later, volunteer searchers found her body in the woods of the Manistee National Forest. Prosecutors allege that her biological mother, Cortney Bartholomew, and Cortney’s husband, Brad, lured her into a vehicle, forced her into the forest, and brutally murdered her — allegedly removing her unborn baby from her womb.
This episode chronicles Becca’s life, the desperate community search, the gruesome discovery, and the early days of a legal case that has shaken Michigan. We speak her name, we honor her life, and we present the...
2025-12-0831 minMalice in the MittenS9 E29 - The Michigan Krampus - The Great Lakes Legend that Punishes the NaughtyKrampus is coming to Michigan . . . and he's not bringing gifts.
In this chilling episode of F-Bomb: Fables, Fiction, Folklore & Frights, we dive into the terrifying legend of Krampus - the horned winter demon who punishes the naughty and prowls the snow-covered nights of December. From European origins to Great Lakes lore, explore how this monstrous Christmas figure found his way into MIchigan storytelling, winter festivals and dark holiday tradition.
We unravel the ancient alpine roots of Krampus. Why he appears with chains, bells and a sack of stolen children. How Krampushnacht and Yule traditions shaped mod...
2025-12-0518 minMalice in the MittenS9 E28 - 14 Strange Facts You Won't Believe are True - Round RobinGet ready for one of the funniest, quirkiest Round Robin episodes ever. Today we’re diving into 14 strange, unbelievable, and completely real facts about the world around us — the stuff you absolutely don’t need in your life but will definitely tell someone later.
Original music by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Recorded and edited by Tracy Preston
2025-12-0452 minMalice in the MittenS9 E27 - Murder in a Teacup - Poisoning the Pecks of Grand RapidsMurder, poison, and deception inside a quiet Grand Rapids home.
In 1916, Stanley Peck nearly died after months of mysterious illnesses. What looked like a simple case of “gastric troubles” soon unraveled into one of Michigan’s most twisted domestic plots. Behind it: a domineering mother, her conflicted daughter, and a smooth-talking fraud who called himself a doctor.
In this episode of Malice in the Mitten, we dive deep into the shocking true story of the Peck family poison plot — a scandal involving morphine, atropine, false diagnoses, secret vials, and a slow, methodical attempt to kill a husband...
2025-12-0132 minMalice in the MittenS9 E26 - F-Bomb - The Thanksgiving VisitorThere are stories carved into the old logging camps: tales of a Thanksgiving guest who never eats, never speaks… just watches.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story researched and written by Todd Preston
Recorded and edited by Tracy Preston
Sound effects from Uppbeat: wind-howling-low-intense-smartsound-fx-1-00-57.mp3
Sources:
Stories from the Woods— Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center, Northern Michigan University. This archive is foundational for U.P. oral traditions.
Haunted stories in the Upper Peninsula — comlists a variety of local ghost lore.
Pa...
2025-11-2814 minMalice in the MittenS9 E25 Round RobinHappy Thanksgiving everyone! Let's spatchcock!!
Music by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Recorded and edited by Tracy Preston
Sound effects from uppbeat: turkey gobble
2025-11-2644 minMalice in the MittenS9 E24 - The Grim in the Straits - The Unsolved Murder on Mackinac IslandMackinac Island.
No cars. No crime. Just summer light and lake air. Until July 1960 — when a widow went for a walk and never came back.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Story researchd and written by Tracy Preston
Recording/editing by Tracy Preston
If you have any information on the murder of Frances Lacey, please contact the Michigan State Police - Cold Case Unit
Tip Line: 313-215-06785 / www.michigan.gov/msp
Author Reference
Rod Sadler — Grim Paradis...
2025-11-2419 minMalice in the MittenS9 E23 - The Witches BallIn the back of a Michigan cemetery lies a black marble sphere.
Legend says it moves on its own.
Reflections appear. Whispers echo from the woods.
This… is The Witches Ball.
Theme Song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story researched and written by Todd Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Recorded and edited by Tracy Preston
Sound effects from Uppbeat: breathing-close-up-dan-barracuda-reverb-1-00-18.mp3 / axe-impacting-metal-weapon-smartsound-fx-1-00-01.mp3 / haunted-forest-ambience-gfx-sounds-intense-2-00-27(1).mp3 / plastic-button-switch-clicked-volo-1-00-00.mp3
Sources:
Lost In Michigan – The Enigma of th...
2025-11-2125 minMalice in the MittenS9 E22 - Round RobinDo you ever think about how old certain foods are?
Written by Tracy Preston
Original music by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Sound effects uploaded from uppbeat: censor-profanity-beep-long-om-fx-1-00-01.mp3
Sources:
https://historyfacts.com/famous-figures/article/fascinating-facts-about-every-first-lady/
https://historyfacts.com/world-history/article/5-historical-coincidences-that-blow-our-minds/?lctg=01d933ad-120b-443f-b98b-69cdfe6511ac
2025-11-1953 minMalice in the MittenS9 E21 - Murder in Morenci - The Skelton BoysFifteen years after three brothers vanished over Thanksgiving weekend in Morenci, Michigan, their father—John Skelton—has been charged with their murders. Once convicted only of unlawful imprisonment, he was days from release when prosecutors reopened the case. Malice in the Mitten revisits the evidence, the haunting scene inside his home, and a mother’s long wait for answers in one of Michigan’s most chilling cold cases.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston.
Sound effects and addition...
2025-11-1725 minMalice in the MittenS9 E20 - F-Bomb - The Witch of NovemberThis night the lake turned ruthless. . .and the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared without a trace.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Editing and sound effects by Tracy Preston
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Sources:
NTSB Report – SS Edmund Fitzgerald (1978)
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR7803.pdf
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Casualty Report
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Por...
2025-11-1425 minMalice in the MittenS9 E18 - The Artist and the Crime Scene- The Murder of Joseph GattoA senseless murder of a beloved father and mentor, a son's endless pursuit for answers. Please listen, and just maybe we can inspire that one person to finally come forward. It was an honor and a privilege to tell Joseph's story, as well as to have had the opportunity to interview Mike Gatto. Our interview is at the end of the show.
Theme song written and recorded Alan Hunt
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston
Additional mustic from uppbeat: time-spiral-tim-schaufert-main-version-43507-02-03.mp3
If so...
2025-11-1001 minMalice in the MittenS9 E17 - F-Bomb - The Memegwesi (Little People)November is Native American Heritage month. A time celebrate the traditions, languages and stories.
Story by Todd Preston
Music by Tracy Preston
2025-11-0724 minMalice in the MittenS9 E15 - The Vanishing of Khristine SmithIn Kalamazoo, 1994, a wife vanished - and a husband had an answer too conveinient to be true. Four years later, detectives opened the bathroom wall and found the first crack in his story.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story from Angela Hoefler additional research and writing by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
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2025-11-0323 minMalice in the MittenS9 E14 - F-Bomb - Halloween SpecialA few Michigan halloween tales just for you!
Story by Todd Preston
original artwork by Todd Preston
Sound effects from uppbeat: werewolf-howl-distant-dark-locran-1-1-00-10.mp3 / horror-ident-creepy-music-box-boom-tomas-herudek-1-1-00-07.mp3 / haunted-forest-ambiance-fjx-sounds-intense-2-00-27-14-mp3 / creepy-piano-meody-om-fx-1-1-00-12.mp3 / jumpscare-haunted-piano-hit-gjfx-sounds-1-1-00.mp3 / horror-impact-metallic-clank-echo-om-fx-1-00-10.mp3
2025-10-3122 minMalice in the MittenS9 E12 - Still Riding for Kelly - The Unsolved Hitand Run of Kelly Boyce-HurlbertJuly 5th around 2am, a horrific hit and run has left a family, and a community still searching for justice 15 years later. Does anyone know who fled the scene?
If you or someone you know has any information, please contact the Traverse City Police Department at 231-995-5170, or submit a tip to your local FBI office. Tips can remain anonymous. You can also email: TCPDTips@traversecitymi.gov
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:...
2025-10-2725 minMalice in the MittenS9 E11 - F-Bomb - The Ghost of Minnie QuayYoung love can be so powerful, that when lost, you do the unthinkable.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story researched and written by Todd Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
2025-10-2417 minMalice in the MittenS9 E10 - Joe Beyrle - The Paratrooper Who Fought for Two FlagsParatrooper Joseph “Jumpin’ Joe” Beyrle dropped into Nazi-occupied France before D-Day, was captured, escaped German POW camps not once, but twice, joined a Soviet tank unit under a female commander, and helped storm Berlin — all before his 22nd birthday.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston
Original artwork by Todd Preston
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Sources:
U.S. Army Official History:
U.S. Army article...
2025-10-2034 minMalice in the MittenS9 E4 The Coldwater Girl - The Murder of Nellie Griffin 1891In 1891, a man calling himself Mr. Hendershot walked into the Coldwater State Public School in Michigan and adopted 12-year-old Nellie Griffin. Weeks later, Nellie was found murdered — and “Hendershot” was unmasked as Russell Canfield, a killer hiding in plain sight.
Our latest episode dives deep into this chilling case: the deception, the failure of the orphanage system, the public outrage, and the haunting questions that still linger more than a century later.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Story researched and written by Tracy Presto...
2025-10-0625 minMalice in the MittenS9 E1 - Ashley Young - A Mother Will Never StopAshley was beautiful. She believed everything was sunshine and rainbows, until the night with Jared.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound effects from Upbeat: knocking-on-metal-door-aggressive-soundroll-1-00-03.mps
Sources:
https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/crime/2023/10/30/murder-of-ashley-young-chronicled-on-final-moments/71379730007/
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/10/jared-chance-sentenced-to-100-years-for-killing-dismembering-ashley-young.html
https://www.oxygen.com/final-moments/crime-news/jared-chance-parents-arrested-ashley-young-murder-dismemberment
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/a-body-in-the-basement-investigation-discovery-atve-us/cant-find-her
2025-09-2951 minMalice in the MittenS8 E27 - F-Bomb - The Michigan MothmanBeware of the Mothman!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Fables & Folklore created by Tracy Preston
Sound effects from Uppbeat: tyre-screetch-joshua-chivers-1-00-4.mp3
Sources: www.wkmi.com/ixp/690/p/lake-michigan-mothman-legend/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/west-virginia-mothman/
https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/mothman/
https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia
2025-09-1235 minMalice in the MittenS8 E26 Round RobinIt's all about the magic!
Speaking of magic, grab your tickets to see us live at Awaken Haunted Attraction!! Only a few more days until the show! 9/13/25
https://app.hauntpay.com/events/malic-in-the-mitten-live-a-michigan-true-crime-folklore-podcast
Sound Effects from Uppbeat: robin-birdsong-in-springtime-ivo-vick-1-01-39.mp3 / film-reel-spinning-gamemaster-audio-3-3-00-04.mp3
Round Robin song created by Tracy Preston
Sources:
https://www.historyhit.com/how-did-harry-houdini-die/
https://michiganology.org/stories/stories/
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Jocelyn_Gordon_Whitehead
https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2012/01/this-is-j-gordon-whitehead.html
https://metro.co...
2025-09-1054 minMalice in the MittenS8 24 - The Ghosts of MackinacA beautiful island, fudge, salt water taffy and of course hauntings!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Origial artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound effects from Uppbeat: fire-explosion-with-debris-fizz-gregor-quentdel-1-00-03.mps / windy-beach-ambiance-ftus-1-01-51.mp3
Sources:
https://themorbidlibrary.com/the-haunted-mackinac-island/
https://www.mackinacisland.org/blog/post/ghost-stories-from-mackinac-island/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/mackinac-island-mi/
https://www.mackinacisland.org/stay/?msclkid=291063fc7d581238a4ea0b465243ea9a&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=M...
2025-09-0535 minMalice in the MittenS8 E22 - A Box in the Basement - The Story of Maud TaborThis hope chest contained the unthinkable.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Song at closing created by Tracy Preston.
Sound effects downloaded from Uppbeat: vinyl-record-rewind-jeff-kaale-1-00-00.mp3
We're getting close to showtime folks! Click below to secure your tickets!
https://app.hauntpay.com/events/malic-in-the-mitten-live-a-michigan-true-crime-folklore-podcast
2025-09-0129 minMalice in the MittenS8 E21 - F-Bomb - Bear Walkers of the U.P.Would you use it for good or for bad?
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Fables and Folklore created by Tracy Preston.
Sound Effect from Uppbeat: gun-shot-1-176892.mp3
2025-08-2925 minMalice in the MittenS8 E13- Ammar Al-YasariDeceit & adultery turned to into a brutal murder of a husband.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://chatgpt.com/c/68974949-9af0-832d-9b1f-28cf53acea9e
https://thecinemaholic.com/ammar-al-yasari-murder-where-are-bdour-al-yasari-and-jacob-ficher-now/
https://play.hbomax.com/video/watch/20c3c2d6-f378-402c-ae60-6b38e0dbcea1/5aa08797-9abc-476a-a98c-894eb14fce69
https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Al-Yasari-back-in-court-seeking-pre-trial-rulings-568732541.html
https...
2025-08-1152 minMalice in the MittenS8 E9 F-Bomb = Legends of the DeepYou just never know what's under the water.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
www.legendsofnativemaerica.com
2025-08-0120 minMalice in the MittenS8 E7 - Who was John Burns - Unsolved Mystery to the Rescue!This guy was a slickster!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://aadl.org/aa_news_19701120_p3-murder_suspect
Photo of John Burns
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1282668961809379/posts/2977122252364033/
Facebook house
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133468566/eleanor-farver
Eleanor find a grave
https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-1987-false-teeth-hint/67444745/
Detroit Free Press living in barn
https://www.proquest.com/hnpdetroitfreepressshell/docview/1819964094/4883A7A6EE2747CDPQ/1?accountid=12091&sourcetype=Historical%20Ne...
2025-07-2836 minMalice in the MittenS8 E6 -F-Bomb - Munchkin LandIt's not the one you were thinking, this I promise.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
Sound effects from Uppbeat: Children-laughing-excitedly-smartsound-fx-1-00-02.mp3 & creepty-little-girl-singing-na-na-na-tomas-herudek-1-00-10.mp3
http://99wfmk.com/haunted-michigan-the-child-ghosts-of -miunchkin-land-cemetery/
http://vocal.media/horror/munchkin-land-michigan
2025-07-2515 minMalice in the MittenS8 E5 - Round RobinRound and round we go, RIP Trappa.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound Effects from uppbeat: Robin birdsong in springtime by Ivo Vicic. ba-da-tss-drum-rimshot-om-fx-1-00-14.mp3, boom-deep-distant-joshua-chivers-1-00-04.mp3
2025-07-2344 minMalice in the MittenS8 E4 - The Nortorious Purple GangThey were uneducated, young, and absolutely brutal!
Theme music written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Angela Hoefler.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/gang/purple/6.html
https://www.facebook.com/detroithistory/posts/the-purple-gang-1930s/1009493394545456/
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=973c07562d464363&hl=en-us&q=Purple+Gang+hideouts+Michigan&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBvLaGzY2NAxVW_8kDHYfLNgQQ1QJ6BAhyEAE&biw=834&bih=1070&dpr=2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Gang
2025-07-2101 minMalice in the MittenS8 E3 - The Horrible HagBeware of the back bedroom!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston
2025-07-1820 minMalice in the MittenS8 E2 - Round RobinFrom Mary Lou Retten to Ozzy, yup we talk about it all!
Sound Effects from Uppbeat: robin-birdson-in-springtime-ivo-vicic-1-01-39.mp3
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
2025-07-1641 minMalice in the MittenS8 E1 - Leon Angelini & Benny Evangelista - More Questions Than AnswersThis is one twisted tale of who did it! Bottom line is WHO KNOWS!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/evangelista
Background
https://husheduphistory.com/post/728229027017588736/mystic-murder-and-mystery-the-detroit-tragedy
More background
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3575846,-83.0398355,3a,75y,67.33h,70.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sujrB3KtgtkxxHyngoRqLkw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26...
2025-07-1437 minMalice in the MittenS7 E30 - F-Bomb - The Battle of the Michigan WolvesThree very powerful wolf legends of lore, all ready to battle for dominance. Who will win?
Theme song written and recorded by Alan hunt.
Story by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound effects from Uppbeat: wind-howling-softly-in-vast-space-smartsound-fx-1-01-34.mps / Blood-curdling-creature-screaming-jam-fx-2-2-00-04.mp3 / zombie-heavy-walking-growling-dan-barracuda-1-00-12.mp3 / alien-monster-growling-slowly-gfx-sounds-2-2-00-06.mp3 / wolf-attack-growls-jeff-kaale-1-00-04.mp3 / monster-attack-snarl-gfx-sounds-1-00-02.mp3 / demon-growling-death-epic-stook-media-1-00-02.mp3 / large-beast-eating-flesh-gfx-sounds-1-1-00-04.mp3 / monster-attack-growl-gfx-sounds-1-1-00-03.mp3 / demonic-monster-rora-smartsound-fx-1-001-09.mp3
2025-07-1117 minMalice in the MittenS7 E27 - F-Bomb - The Blue Man of Lake Forest CemeteryAhhh beautiful Grand Haven, guarded by the Rev. Happy 4th everyone!!
Music written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound effects from Uppbeat: star-spangled-banner-low-guitar-solo-dan-barracuda-long-1-00-46.mp3 and firework-pops-cracks-whistles-fascinatedsound-3-00-32.mp3
2025-07-0418 minMalice in the MittenS7 E25 - The Prolific Poisoner - Mary McKnightWhatever you do, stay away from Mary!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound effects from Uppbeat: vinyl-record-rewind-jeff-kaale-1-00-00-mp3 and no-no-no-no-denial-male-tomas-herudek-1-00-03.mp3
Sources:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24727-arsenic-poisoning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide_poisoning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123786904/james_d-ambrose
First husband
https://www.findagrave.com...
2025-06-3041 minMalice in the MittenS7 E24 - F-Bomb - The Corn Monster of Winn MichiganThe things we do for love.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Sound Effects from Uppbeat: Punchline-drum-sting-jam-fx-1-00-05.mp3 / For-more-awesome-content-tv-voice-movie-guy-2-modern-4-00-04.mp3
2025-06-2717 minMalice in the MittenS7 E22 - Andrew Israelson - The Beechwood Murders - Till Death Do Us PartAll the nagging finally took its toll!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
Sound effect from Uppbeat: gun-shot-1-176892.mp3, gun-shot-rife-gamemaster-audio-1-00-02.mp3
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+are+the+maccabees+in+the+united+states&sca_esv=ec820d6b74279399&sxsrf=AE3TifMb3TIVPenySudPvWxHjKWVHY6DXg%3A1750132292580&ei=ROZQaLuRI_2k5NoPkK6dmAQ&oq=what+are+the+maccabees+in+the+Un&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIHdoYXQgYXJlIHRoZSBtYWNjYWJlZXMgaW4gdGhlIFVuKgIIADIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRifBUi-K1DTAVjfGnABeAGQAQCYAWagAfEGqgEDOC4yuAEByAEA-AEBmAILoAK6B8...
2025-06-2327 minMalice in the MittenS7 E21 - F-Bomb - The Le Loup Garou - The Werewolf of Gross PointeKeep your ladies close!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound effects from Uppbeat: werewolf-howl-distant-dark-locran-1-1-00-10.mp3 and for-more-awesome-content-tv-voice-movie-guy-2-modern-4-00-04.mp3
Sources: www.gphistorical.org/legends03.html
www.hourdetroit.com/recreation-topics/the-strange-michigan-legends-we-tell-around-the-fire/
www.mythfolks.com/michigan-folklore#cryptids-mythilocial-creatures
2025-06-2028 minMalice in the MittenS7 E19 - The Michigan Hex Murder - The Death of Etta FairchildIt may be a really good idea to really evaluate the out of the blue dinner invite!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources.
Eugene worked for Checker Cab company as a frame worker.
Suicide in kzoo county jail sept 24 1929
Born in new york parents webster and helen
Pearls parents George and Anna died 07-03-52
Etta Fairchild murdered 07 18 29
Lived in the Merril home 479 N...
2025-06-1633 minMalice in the MittenS7 E18 - F-Bomb - Dr. Blood and the Blood CemeteryBack off with that axe Dr. Blood!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story Researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound Effect from uppbeat: ba-dum-tss-rimshot-om-fx-1-00-14.mps
fire-raging-in-hell-smartsound-fx-1-01-00(1).mp3
scared-heartbeat-jam-fx-1-00-12.mp3
gun shot (rifle)
Sources:
www.99wfmk.com/bloodcemetery/
www.fox47new.com/neighborhoods/dewitt-st-johns/blood-cemetery-and-its-haunted-history
www.rockmountainparanormal/.com/bloodcemetery.html
2025-06-1323 minMalice in the MittenS7 E16- The Final Episode of the SMiley Face KillersWhat do you think? Is there a connection, or just coincidence?
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston.
Sources:
FBI National Press Office, FBI Statement Regarding Midwest River Deaths (April 29, 2008)[14]
https://sl.bing.net/kBjnSKZGhhc
https://pathology.oit.duke.edu/siteParts/Typical%20Organ%20Weights.pdf
https://www.oxygen.com/smiley-face-killers-the-hunt-for-justice/crime-time/william-hurley-phone-potential-smiley-face-killers
https://www.oxygen.com/smiley-face-killers-the-hunt-for-justice/crime-time/william-hurley-phone-potential-smiley-face-killers
https://www.oxygen.com/smiley-face-killers-the-hunt-for-justice/crime-time/luke-homan-new-evidence
https://www.oxygen.com/smiley-face-killers-the-hunt-for-justice/cri...
2025-06-0950 minMalice in the MittenS7 E15 - F-Bomb - Fate. Beyond the Gate - The Witch of Seven GablesListen here, I will out run you!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
www.wzzmi3.com/article/news/local/michigan-life/seven-gables-road-haunted-michigan/69-ezf92018-59a-473c-ae32-1d7de68dd65e
www.99wpmk.com/seven-gables-road-two-houses/
www.mysteriousmichigan.com/the-legends-of-seven-gables-road
Books:
Haunted Lansing by Jenn Carpenter
The Witch of Seven Gables: Vol 1 by Christopher Greenshields
2025-06-0625 minMalice in the MittenS7 E13 - Tommy Booth and the Smiley Face KillersJust like Todd Geib, there is no way this man was in the water for 14 days!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston.
Sources:
Sources:
https://www.bing.com/search?qs=LS&pq=when+does+rigor&sk=CSYN1&sc=16-15&pglt=299&q=when+does+rigor+mortis+set+in&cvid=1c1cf8f6eb1e4b34861a636ae77ada0e&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgcIABAAGPkHMgcIABAAGPkHMgYIARBFGDkyBggCEAAYQDIGCAMQABhAMgYIBBAAGEAyBggFEAAYQDIGCAYQABhAMgYIBxAAGEAyBggIEAAYQNIBCDQ5MTBqMGoxqAIAsAIA&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=U531
https://www.medicinenet.com...
2025-06-0246 minMalice in the MittenS7 E12 - F-Bomb - The Witch of Pere CheneyOh what humans will do!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sound Effects from Uppbeat: alien-spacecraft-engine-fluttering-epic-stock-media-01-00-08.mp3
Sources:
www.clickondetroit.com/features/20234/10/17/the-story-of-michigans-most-infamous-ghost-town/
www.99wfmk.com/pere-cheney-2020/
www.en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/pere_chene
2025-05-3022 minMalice in the MittenS7 E10 - Todd Geib and the Smiley Face KillersTodd's death doesn't make any sense. A drowning, I think not!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Tracy Preston.
Sources:
https://www.oxygen.com/smiley-face-killers-the-hunt-for-justice/season-1/todd-geib
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_face_murder_theory
https://www.consumershield.com/articles/blood-alcohol-level-chart
2025-05-2635 minMalice in the MittenS7 E9 - F-Bomb - The Snake Goddess of Belle IsleShe was too beautiful for this mortal world.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original Artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://99wfmk.com/belle0isle-snake-goddess/
https://mysteriousmichigan.com/ghosts-of-detroits-belle-isle
https://gandernewsroom.com/community/try-to-explain-these-8-urban-legends-haunted-hotspots-and-ghosts-in-michigan/
https://leelanau.com/legend-of-the-sleeping-bear/
2025-05-2325 minMalice in the MittenS7 E8 - Round RobinGet that rhumba, we're going into the tomb!
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Sound Effect from Uppbeat: woman-vomiting-in-toilet-herukek-1-00-06.mp3
2025-05-2150 minMalice in the MittenS7 E7 - The Double Black Widow of Baraga MichiganA little arsenic isn't that bad for ya is it?
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston
Sources:
Spouses
Oliver Morrow
1865–1945 (m. 1891)
Pvt John Ziolkowski
1896–1932 (m. 1928)
John Boston
1888–1928
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_River_First_Nation
Chippewa
First husband ½ Chippewa ½ french
Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery
Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, USAAdd to Map
1900 presque isle home, mary rosa george lilly
Parents Michael Clark/MaryPassineau
Mar...
2025-05-1933 minMalice in the MittenS7 E6 - F-Bomb - The Waheela of Northern MichiganThis beast is frightening!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
2025-05-1620 minMalice in the MittenS7 E4 - Ethel Marie BeaversEthel like to play the men, but this is a very dangerous game and one that ended her life.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111452088/noah_vincent-beavers
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/william-beavers-obituary?id=56948904
https://www.proquest.com/hnpdetroitfreepressshell/pagelevelimagepdf/1816744132/pagelevelImagePDF/29D4B6A3280F44ACPQ/1?t:lb=t&accountid=12091&sourcetype=Historical%20Newspapers
https://www.proquest.com/hnpdetroitfreepressshell/pagelevelimagepdf/1816744117/pagelevelImagePDF/$N/1...
2025-05-1229 minMalice in the MittenS7 E3 - F-Bomb - P.K. Small Snap Jaw - The Ogre of SeneyA fowl smelling lumberjack who would do anything, and I mean anything for a drink!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
Sound effects from Uppbeat:
man-gulping-drink-in-satisfaction-tomas-herudek-1-00-07.mp3.
footsteps-stomping-slowly-glitchedtones-1-00-08.mp3
twistingmyths.substack.com/monster/hunting/this/michigan/monster/really/exists
99wfmk.com/thismichiganlegendisactuallytrue/snapjawtheogreofseney
a-z-animals.com/11michigancryptids/appearance/behavior/andlocation
2025-05-0920 minMalice in the MittenS7 E1 - Daniel FurlongIt's POS's like this one, that make my blood boil! - TRIGGER WARNING - CHILDREN
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Rebecca Hires.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://woodtv86.rssing.com/chan-49593388/article50.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jodi_Parrack
https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/exonerated-man-in-jodi-parrack-case-seeks-12-million-from-cold-case-detective/
https://www.fox17online.com/2017/02/23/survivor-speaks-on-helping-police-find-jodi-parracks-killer
https://wwmt.com/news/local/updated-man-arrested-accused-of-holding-girl-at-knife-point
https://www.fox17online.com/2014/04/21/full-report-dna-ties-former-constantine-officer-to-11-year-olds-body
2025-05-0527 minMalice in the MittenS6 E30 - F-Bomb - Our Haunted HometownWho knew there were so many haunted places back home!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://99wfmk.com/charlotte-old-courthouse/
https://99wfmk.com/eatoncharlotte/
https://charlottemihistory.weebly.com/eaton-theater
https://99wfmk.com/two-oak-parks/
Facebook - Demented mitten tours.lcc
https://www.facebook.com/dementedmitten
2025-05-0217 minMalice in the MittenS6 E28 - Erik CrossSo, what do you think really happened?
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Angela Hoefler.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://youtu.be/-Sp-YLI6q9Q?si=MJOFyBVsJEiDD0RJ
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7658424/erik_stirling-cross
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo`1/2020/01/insufficient-evidence-for-charges-in-36-year-old-kalamazoo-county-death-attorney-general.html
https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Investigation-of-1983-death-given-to-prosecutors-9150857.php
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2017/07/26/michigan-cold-case-1983-death-of-16-year-old-erik-cross-remains-unsolved/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg,_Michigan
2025-04-2833 minMalice in the MittenS6 E27 -F-Bomb - The Giant Green Squirrel of AmbleGiant squrrel = One Giant Walnut!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
Sound effects from Uppbeat: chewing-a-crunchy-snack-joshua-chivers-2-2-00-03.mp3 and burp-male-joshua-chivers-100-00.mp3
http://99wfmk.com/monster-squirrel-amble/
http://crypttic/archives.fandom.com/wiki/giant-squirrel
2025-04-2514 minMalice in the MittenS6 E26 - Round RobinWas landing on the moon all a hoax?
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
2025-04-2355 minMalice in the MittenS6 E24 - F-Bomb - The Sh!t Elves of the Upper PeninsulaNasty little buggers!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Show researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
Sound Effect from Uppbeat: mischievous-cartoon-laugh-swoop-1-00-02.mp3
www.en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltija
www.kansallisuseumandcastles.com
www.chreonical.press/2025/03/06/michigan-stories-finnish-shit-elves/
2025-04-1817 minMalice in the MittenS5 E22 - William LonsberryThis was one heavy handed man!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Show researched & written by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016689/1911-07-20/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=&index=0&date2=&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Lonsberry+William&proxdistance=5&state=Michigan&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=William+lonsberry&dateFilterType=range&page=1
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016689/1911-09-08/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=&index=1&date2=&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=LONSBERRY+Lonsberry+William&proxdistance=5&state=Michigan&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext...
2025-04-1420 minMalice in the MittenS6 E21 - The Drowning Pool Witch Trials of Mackinac IslandOh the things men will do!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
Original Artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
https://WPMK.com
https://promotemichigan.com
https://seekghosts.blogspot.com
2025-04-1120 minMalice in the MittenS6 E19 - Warren Lee IrwinDrive! I'm wanted by the FBI!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Rebecca Hiers.
Original artwork by Todd Preston.
Sources:
Sound Effects from Uppbeat: gunshot-sfx-foley-impact-shot-gun-xploson-sound-chakongaudio-182540. hand-gun-pistol-shot-gfx-sounds-1-1-00-01.mp3 / Police-car-siren-smartsound-fx-1-00-04.mp3/heavy-rainfall-thunder-ftus-1-00-06.mop3
https://books.google.com/books?id=GXpHAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=warren+irwin+kills&article_id=3119,6126&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf4qj80bKMAxUdv4kEHZHwObYQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=warren%20irwin%20kills&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=DE4_A...
2025-04-0731 minMalice in the MittenS6 E18 - F-Bomb - THe Detroit Pig LadyDon't call her name!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story researched and written by Todd Preston
Original Artwork by Todd Preston
Sources:
https://99wfmk.com/the-pig-lady/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig-faced_women
2025-04-0420 minMalice in the MittenS6 E15 - F-Bomb - The Ghosts of the Calumet Opera HouseFrom entertainment to hauntings.
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched by Todd Preston
2025-03-2814 minMalice in the MittenS6 E12 - F-Bomb - Bessie, The Lake Erie MonsterAhoy!! What is that?
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Story researched and written by Todd Preston.
2025-03-2120 minMalice in the MittenS6 E9 - F-Bomb - The Devils BridgeKeep an eye on that Friske!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story researched and written by Todd Preston
2025-03-1417 minMalice in the MittenS6 E6 - F-Bomb - Paul Bunyan and BabeThis one brings back memories!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Todd Preston
2025-03-0723 minMalice in the MittenS6 E3 - F-Bomb - The Lake Michigan TriangleBe careful if you plan to sail on Lake Michigan!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Show researched and written by Todd Preston
2025-02-2825 minMalice in the MittenS5 E30 - F-Bomb - The Michigan BigfootIf you smell something quite stinky, and you're in the woods, RUN!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Todd Preston
Sound Effects uploaded from Uppbeat: fire-explosion-with-debris-fizz-gregor-quendel-1-00-03
2025-02-2122 minMalice in the MittenS5 E27 - F-Bomb - Buried AliveDing, ding, ding!! Let me out!!!
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Todd Preston
Sound Effect from Upbeat: fire-explosion-with-debris-fizz-gregor-quendel-1-00-03, https://uppbeat.io/
https://jwt-f.uppbeat.io/audio-files/11edf406df29dfe7ba59a4750cf22dbf/2738a40be0f2fdee889c436017b5467c/00a70a558b44e72abc9fed370e956bea/help-me-sad-male-dan-barracuda-1-00-03.mp3?auth=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJrZXkiOiJrZXkxIiwiaWQiOiIxODY5ODQzIiwiczMiOiJodHRwczovL2Nkbi51cHBiZWF0LmlvLyIsImFzc2V0IjoiYXVkaW8tZmlsZXMvMTFlZGY0MDZkZjI5ZGZlN2JhNTlhNDc1MGNmMjJkYmYvMjczOGE0MGJlMGYyZmRlZTg4OWM0MzYwMTdiNTQ2N2MvMDBhNzBhNTU4YjQ0ZTcyYWJjOWZlZDM3MGU5NTZiZWEvaGVscC1tZS1zYWQtbWFsZS1kYW4tYmF...
2025-02-1323 minMalice in the MittenS5 E24 - F-Bomb - The Nain RougeIf you run into this little bugger in Detroit, you better be nice and respectful!
Theme music written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story researched and written by Todd Preston
Sound effects from Upbeat: Mischievous laugh – little goblin by Gamemaster Audio and Fire explosion with debris–fizz by Gregor Quendel 1-00-03.mp3
2025-02-0714 minMalice in the MittenS5 E21 - F-Bomb - The Michigan MermanWhat would you do if you saw one?
Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched & written by Todd Preston
Sound Effects downloaded from uppbeat: fire-explosion-with-debris-fizz-gregor-quendel-1-00-03.mp3
https://uppbeat.io/
https://jwt-f.uppbeat.io/audio-files/b7c9c31af312304d2baa0b6434e93928/72df53ecbe0957fd912b728d09115830/5c8f2d43de08d40d99c5fdeb2be306d4/submerging-underwater-joshua-chivers-1-00-04.mp3
2025-01-3123 minMalice in the MittenS5 E19 - Sister Mary JaninaA young, vivacious, fun-loving nun - Missing and murdered in the early 1900's. Who do you think did it?
Sources:
Music written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Rebecca Hiers & Angela Sinclair
Artwork by Todd Preston
The Washington times: Monday March 3, 1918 - Balitmore Parish Knew. Slain Nun
The Evening World: Thursday October 14, 1919 - Say Bishop Told of Nun's Murder and Church Burial
The Menace: Number 444 - November 1, 1919. Felician Sisters Knew Four Years Ago Nun's Remains Were Under Isadore Church
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2025-01-2756 minMalice in the MittenS5 E18 - F-Bomb- The WendigoWhen starvation consumes you, a deal with the devil is just around the corner!
Music written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Todd Preston
Sound effect from Upbeat: Fire explosion with debris fizz by Gregor Quindel 1-00-03.mp3
2025-01-2417 minMalice in the MittenS5 E15 - F-Bomb - The Melon Heads of Allegan CountyWould you go out to the woods of Holland & Saugatuck at night in the woods to see if the legend is true?
Sources:
Theme music written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Todd Preston
Sound Effect from Upbeat: Thunder crash & crackle by Jeff Kaale
2025-01-1814 minMalice in the MittenS5 E9 - F-Bomb - The Five Ghost Ships of the Great LakesHave you ever seen a ghost ship? If you live in the Mitten, you just might see one!
Intro and exit music written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Researched and written by Todd Preston
Sounds effect from Upbeat:
ship-foghorn-joshua-chivers-1-00-05.mp3
ship-hull-creaking-large-joshua-chivers-1-00-09.mp3
wooden-ship-creaking-underwater-joshua-chivers-1-00-13.mp3
2025-01-0329 minMalice in the MittenS5 E6 - F-Bomb - The Ada WitchIt's the late 1800's when a young bride sneaks from her marital bed to meet with her lover in the woods, but on this night
her husband follows.
Sources:
Intro and exit music written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Todd Preston
Sounds effects from Upbeat:
Horror-scream-in-abaonded-place-long-ftus-1-00-08.mp3
fire-explosion-with-debris-fizz-gregor-quendel-1-00-03.mp3
what-the-f-angry-male-dan-barracuda-1-00-02.mp3
punch-wet-thump-betacut-1-00-00.mp3
2024-12-2717 minMalice in the MittenMalice in the Mitten IntroductionThis is an introduction to your host Tracy Preston and her sidekick Christine Mulligan for Malice in the Mitten!!! True Crime only in the Mitten (Michigan)
2024-01-2202 min