Michigan Monsters

A gruesome beheading. A brutal double-murder. A diabolical serial killer. Jenn and Dani talk to true crime author Rod Sadler about the cases covered in his books.

Cases: Martha Haney, Nealy Buchanan, Donald Gene Miller

Guest: Rod Sadler

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Teenage love is intense and often fleeting. But sometimes, it leads to obsession or even violence. In this episode, the girls talk about the killer in Jenn’s family and the time Dani’s mom nearly became a murder victim.

Cases: The Jonas Brother Killer, The Ferris State Killer

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An abandoned institution that’s rumored to be haunted and a militant school where wayward boys were trained to be Civil War soldiers. Dani and Jenn discuss the dark history of The Abigail and the Michigan State Reform School.

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A young man disappeared from the Electric Forest Festival in 2018, never be heard from again. A single mother hasn't been seen since walking away from her Marshall, Michigan home following an argument with her fiancee in 2004. In this episode, Jenn and Dani discuss the missing persons cases of  Kevin Graves and Mary Lands.

Cases: Kevin Graves, Mary Lands

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Jenn and Dani discuss how  some of America's most infamous serial killers are connected to Michigan.

Cases: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer

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Just ahead of their visit to the Toledo Yacht Club for the Midwest Parafest, the girls talk about the building's haunted history and chat with event organizer Chad Dye.

Guest: Chad Dye

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The Michigan Asylum for Insane Criminals in Ionia was part of Mid-Michigan’s landscape for over 90 years. During its reign, the institution treated thousands of patient. But its walls weren’t the strongest, and sometimes inmates disappeared. The results were often disastrous. In this episode, Dani and Jenn talk about two tragic cases in which escaped mental patients preyed on Mid-Michigan’s most vulnerable residents.

Cases: Rona Rae Cypher, Stan Casey, Ionia Asylum

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The girls discuss the worst loss of life disaster in Lansing's history, and tell stories about the haunted land where the tragedy took place.

Case: Hotel Kerns Disaster

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The loss of a child is every parent’s worst fear. But the events that unfolded after a tragic auto accident in 2006 plunged two families into an absolute nightmare. Join Jenn and Dani as they break down the facts of this shocking case. 

Case: Whitney Cerak and Laura VanRyn

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Did you know that the first woman ever convicted of murder in Michigan was actually innocent? Jenn and Dani discuss the maddening case of Mary Brooks and interview the curator of the haunted courthouse where her trial took place.

Case: Mary Brooks

Guest: Julie Kimmer

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