Malice in the Mitten
by Tracy Preston
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About this podcast
Three Michigan shows, one voice.
Malice in the Mitten - Michigan-Focused True Crime.
Round Robin - Upbeat round-table talk.
F-Bomb - Michigan folklore and frights
New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Episodes
The newest 50 of 365 episodes
- S14 E14 - F-Bomb - 25,000 Eels - A Stolen Soul - The Legends of Goguac Lake · 22 min · Season 14 Episode 14What lurks beneath Goguac Lake in Battle Creek, Michigan? For more than a century, this seemingly ordinary lake has inspired stories of mysterious creatures, giant eels, a hidden…
- S14 E13 - He Knew they Were Coming - The Chesaning Murder - The Body in the Burning Barn · 31 min · Season 14 Episode 13In September 1876, Chesaning farmer Charles Smith was found horribly burned inside the ruins of his barn. His wife claimed he'd entered the burning building—but investigators…
- S14 E12 - F-Bomb - Avenger Red - The Fighter Jet That Vanished Over Lake Superior · 47 min · Season 14 Episode 12On November 23, 1953, a U.S. Air Force F-89C Scorpion known as Avenger Red took off from Kinross Air Force Base in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to intercept an unidentified radar…
- S14 E11 - Round Robin - The Final Spin - Knowing When to Say Goodbye · 26 min · Season 14 Episode 11After countless laughs, strange discoveries, unforgettable Women of the Week, and more than a few conversations that went completely off the rails, Round Robin takes its final…
- S14 E10 - The Michigan Nurse Ted Bundy Never Faced a Jury for - Caryn Cambell & The DNA Still Speaking · 39 min · Season 14 Episode 10Michigan nurse Caryn Eilene Campbell vanished from a Colorado ski resort in January 1975 and became the center of a murder case against Ted Bundy—a case that never reached trial…
- S14 E9 - F-Bomb - Devils Night - The Night Detroit Burned · 20 min · Season 14 Episode 9Before Halloween came Devil’s Night—a Detroit tradition that began with pranks, eggs, soap, and toilet paper before evolving into something far more terrifying. By the 1980s…
- S14 E8 - Round Robin - Dating by Cabbage - Who Knew That Was a Halloween Tradition · 45 min · Season 14 Episode 8Halloween gets weird on Round Robin! Tracy, Christine and Nina uncover bizarre old-school Halloween dating rituals, terrifying turnip jack-o'-lanterns, the strange history behind…
- S14 E7 - Halloween Behind the Mask - The Murder of Willie Wilborn · 25 min · Season 14 Episode 7On Halloween night in 2019, Willie Lawrence Wilborn was standing inside a Detroit gas station when a gunman wearing a clown mask approached and fatally shot him. But the story…
- S14 E6 - F-Bomb - The Hospital That Wouldn't Let Go - Stimson Hospital - Where the HIstory Ends & the Haunting Begins · 45 min · Season 14 Episode 6Deep in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, stands a Victorian mansion that once became a twenty-bed community hospital—and later one of Mid-Michigan's most enduring paranormal legends…
- S14 E5 - Round Robin - Animals Gone Wild · 59 min · Season 14 Episode 5A black bear walks into an Alaska shopping mall, steals a peach, poops in the hallway, and leaves. Beavers in Poland destroy a sign warning people about… beavers. And a…
- S14 E4 - A Fatal Diagnosis - The Poisoning Case of William Vanderhoof · 33 min · Season 14 Episode 4In December 1883, William Vanderhoof died after years of unexplained illness in Berrien County, Michigan. His wife, Elizabeth, was accused of poisoning him with arsenic. A jury…
- S14 E3 - F-Bomb - The Door to Nowhere - The Haunting of Henderson Castle · 44 min · Season 14 Episode 3High above Kalamazoo, Michigan, stands a magnificent Victorian castle built in 1895. But according to decades of paranormal accounts, some of its former residents may never have…
- S14 E2 - Round Robin - What The Hell is WrongWith Everybody · 51 min · Season 14 Episode 2What happens when common sense takes a vacation? This week on Round Robin, Tracy, Christine, and Nina explore some of the most outrageous and extraordinary stories making…
- S14 E1 - Rough on Rats - A Farm, a Fortune, and a Fatal Promise · 24 min · Season 14 Episode 1In 1883, sixty-year-old Michigan farmer John Guild transferred his property to a woman who promised him a home for the remainder of his life. Not long after the deal, he was…
- S13 E30 - F-Bomb - Don't Stop on Purgatory Road - Michigan's Goat Man and the Devil Dog · 21 min · Season 13 Episode 30Deep in southwest Michigan, Purgatory Road cuts through woods, wetlands and the Three Rivers State Game Area—a place associated with strange local stories for years. By 2019, one…
- S13 E29 - Round Robin - Malibu, Movie Stars & Money in the Banana Stand · 35 min · Season 13 Episode 29What do Malibu Beach, surfing, frozen bananas, John Wayne, Shirley Temple and Barbie have in common? More than you'd think. This week on Round Robin, Tracy, Christine and Nina…
- S13 E28 - The Woman They Tried to Erase - The Death of Emily Hal · 35 min · Season 13 Episode 28In 1895, a young Englishwoman named Emily Hall crossed the Atlantic and arrived at a house on Lincoln Avenue in Detroit while pregnant. Less than two weeks later, she was dead…
- S13 E27 - F-Bomb - The Friendless Dead - Grave Secrets & Anatomy Lessons · 28 min · Season 13 Episode 27This week on F-Bomb Friday, we uncover one of Michigan's darkest medical history stories: the resurrectionists, grave robbing, and the unclaimed dead who supplied 19th-century…
- S13 E29 - Round Robin - Duct Taped at 30,000 Feet - Did COVID Break Public Behavior? · 44 min · Season 13 Episode 29What happened to basic human behavior—especially at 30,000 feet? This week on Round Robin, Tracy, Christine, and Nina dive into the wild case of an American Airlines first-class…
- S13 E25 - Four Graves and a Pardon - The Sparling Family Poisonings · 42 min · Season 13 Episode 25Between 1908 and 1911, four men from Michigan's Sparling family died after suffering eerily similar illnesses. When arsenic was discovered, suspicion fell on their family…
- S13 E24-F-Bomb- The Red Harbinger-Detroit's Nain Rouge-Before the Fire, Before the Bloodshed, Before Disaster...Detroit Saw Red · 38 min · Episode 37Detroit has a monster of its own—and according to generations of folklore, he appears when something terrible is coming. In this episode of F-Bomb Friday, Tracy and Todd explore…
- S13 E23 - Round Robin - Grave Diggers, Opera Snakes & Things We Thought Were Fancy · 46 min · Season 13 Episode 23This week on Round Robin, Tracy, Christine and Nina chase the chaos through some of the strangest stories of the week. A boa constrictor auditions for the Metropolitan Opera…
- S13 E22 - The Perfect Alibi - The Murder of Mary H. Latimer & the Prison Escape That Killed Again · 37 min · Season 13 Episode 22In January 1889, Jackson widow Mary H. Latimer was found murdered inside her home. Her only son, young druggist Robert Irving Latimer, appeared to have an extraordinary alibi: he…
- S13 E21 - F-Bomb - Something Guards the Dead - The Witchy Wolves of Omer Plains · 26 min · Season 13 Episode 21Deep in Michigan’s Omer Plains, near the winding Rifle River, an old legend tells of strange wolf-like guardians said to watch over the resting places of the dead. Some describe…
- S13 E2 - Round Robin - When Motherhood Doesn't Feel Safe - Pospartum Mental Health · 49 min · Season 13 Episode 20The Lindsay Clancy mistrial has reopened a difficult national conversation about postpartum mental health. In this special Round Robin, Tracy, Christine and Nina talk about…
- S13 E19 - The Last Witness Couldn't Testify - The Murder of Martin "Marty" Duram · 45 min · Season 13 Episode 19Martin “Marty” Duram survived a devastating 1995 car crash, a coma and life-changing brain injuries before rebuilding his life in West Michigan. Years later, he reunited with his…
- S13 E18 - F-Bomb - Till Death Do Us Part - Michigan's Ghost Brides Who Never Reached Tomorrow · 30 min · Season 13 Episode 18Three Michigan brides. Three futures cut tragically short. At Morris Chapel near Niles, Kathryn is said to wait where her wedding should have begun. Along Milan-Oakville Road, a…
- S13 E17 - Round Robin - From Dowries to Drinking Horns · 32 min · Season 13 Episode 17This week on Round Robin, Tracy, Christine and Nina dig into the surprisingly strange history of bridal and couples showers—from Dutch dowry legends and Victorian gift-filled…
- S13 E16 - The Perfect Murder - The Killing of Patty Artz · 38 min · Season 13 Episode 16In July 1999, Patricia “Patty” Artz disappeared from the Jackson County restaurant she owned with her husband, Kevin “Kip” Artz. What investigators discovered inside Kipp's Pizza…
- S13 E15 - Hatchet Man Road · 36 min · Season 13 Episode 15Michigan's Hatchet Man Road is a lonely stretch of 28th Avenue near Gobles where an unverified legend tells of a Cold War-era bunker, a murdered family and a killer with a…
- S13 E14 - Round Robin - Squid Happens, Lucky Charms and the Two Sides · 50 min · Season 13 Episode 14Twenty tons of squid on a Rhode Island roadway. A lucky pinkie ring that picked a $250,000 lottery ticket. contradictory personalities and manifesting! Plus, meet 82-year-old…
- S13 E13 - MURDERESS - The 33-Year Fight to Clear Nellie Pope · 42 min · Season 13 Episode 13In February 1895, Detroit dentist Dr. Horace Eliot Pope was brutally murdered with an axe inside his Michigan Avenue home. William Brusseau admitted wielding the weapon—but after…
- S13 E12 - F-Bomb - The Presque Isle Monster · 37 min · Season 13 Episode 12Lake Superior is massive, freezing, unpredictable—and according to more than a century of strange stories, something enormous may be moving beneath its surface. On this episode…
- S13 E11 - Round Robin - Wait . . . That's a Job? · 50 min · Season 13 Episode 11This week on Round Robin, Tracy, Christine, and Nina are clocking in for some of the strangest jobs on Earth—and nobody told Christine and Nina what those jobs actually are…
- S13 E10 - He Always Came Home - The1997 Disappearance of Steven Clark · 48 min · Season 13 Episode 10In the early morning hours of July 22, 1997, 26-year-old Steven Alexander Clark disappeared while walking home in Bay City, Michigan. Steven was a son, a brother, a best friend…
- S13 E9 - F-Bomb - Michigan Blue Hell - The Place Beneath Reality · 30 min · Season 13 Episode 9What if Michigan had a glitch in reality? On this episode of F-Bomb Friday, we explore the strange modern legend of Michigan Blue Hell — a mysterious place said to exist outside…
- S13 E8 - Round Robin - A Million Dollar Nintendo, an Usher Clone & a 40 of Chickie Nuggies · 43 min · Season 13 Episode 8We celebrate National Lazy Day and National S'mores Day before tackling the $10 Million Challenge: would you take the money if it meant leaving home behind? Then we're heading…
- S13 E7 - Dee Warner - The Woman He Tried to Erase · 2 min · Season 13 Episode 7When 52-year-old Michigan mother, grandmother, farmer, and businesswoman Dee Warner missed Sunday breakfast with her daughter in April 2021, her family immediately knew something…
- S13 E6 - F-Bomb - The Green Eyed Monster - The Michigan Legend of the Ofundling · 30 min · Season 13 Episode 6Every small town has secrets—but some monsters do not hide in forests, cemeteries, or abandoned buildings.On this episode of F-Bomb Friday, Tracy Preston introduces the…
- S13 E5 - Round Robin - Come Aboard, We're Expecting You - Setting Sail on The Love Boat · 40 min · Season 13 Episode 5Come aboard—we’re expecting you! This week, Round Robin continues its nostalgic television voyage with a trip aboard The Love Boat. Tracy, Christine, Nina, Angela and Todd…
- S13 E4 - Murder, Dynamite, and the Fruit Stand - REO Town's Bloody Fruit War · 1 min · Season 13 Episode 4In this episode of Malice in the Mitten, Tracy and Christine return to 1920s Lansing to investigate the violence hidden behind an ordinary fruit stand, carefully separating…
- S13 E3 - F-Bomb - She Wasn't Alone On Gratiot Road · 23 min · Season 13 Episode 3A lonely stretch of Gratiot Road. A violent rainstorm. And a young woman in a faded yellow raincoat standing motionless on the shoulder. For generations, drivers have shared…
- S13 E2 - Round Robin - The Plane! The Plane! Returning to Fantasy Island · 33 min · Season 13 Episode 2This week on Round Robin, we are traveling back to one of television’s most unforgettable destinations—the original Fantasy Island. Tracy, Christine and Nina revisit the…
- S13 E1 - The Life He Invented, and the Family He Destroyed · 1 min · Season 13 Episode 1Christian Longo appeared to have everything—a devoted wife, three beautiful children, faith, and the promise of a successful future. But behind the carefully crafted image was a…
- S12 E30 -F-Bomb - The Marsh Remembers - The Legend of Michigan's Mud Walker · 25 min · Season 12 Episode 30Deep within the marshlands of Grosse Ile, Michigan, locals have whispered for generations about something lurking beneath the reeds. Is the mysterious Mud-Walker simply another…
- S12 E29 - Round Robin - Back Then, Right Now and Somewhere in the Future · 52 min · Season 12 Episode 29What did we all used to do that would seem completely unbelievable today? What inventions did we expect to have by 2026? Which decade would you visit if time travel were…
- S12 E28 - Jordan Wheeler - Her Last Call Saved Her Children · 45 min · Season 12 Episode 28Jordan Wheeler did everything experts tell victims of domestic violence to do. She left the relationship. She filed for divorce. She answered her frightened son's phone call. She…
- S12 E27 - F-Bomb - The Pig Man of White Cloud - Something Walks Between the Trees · 26 min · Season 12 Episode 27Deep in the forests surrounding White Cloud, Michigan, something is said to walk upright between the trees. Witnesses and local storytellers describe a towering creature with the…
- S12 E26 - Round Robin - Before the Bottle - How the World Washed it's Hair · 49 min · Season 12 Episode 26What did people use before shampoo? Long before modern bottles filled our bathrooms, civilizations around the world developed ingenious ways to clean and care for their hair…
- S12 E25 - He Left to Wash His Car and Vanished · 41 min · Season 12 Episode 25In January 1974, 27-year-old Robert A. Woods left his Bay City home to wash his new car before reporting to work at General Motors in Saginaw. He never made it to his shift. His…
