November 29, 1998, the Privacky family gathers for a belated Thanksgiving celebration.

Research provided by Haley Gray. 
Audio engineering by Gray Multimedia. 

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Sources:

1. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2018/11/question_remains_20_years_afte.html?fbclid=IwAR1Jnbct6825tN81S7z4Ybw1hAPI5tq-UN2LLY-InOErLrkqVCENomANNiw
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20060920010029/http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/dec/12-02-98/news/news10.html
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070823111207/http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/dec/12-04-98/news/news14.html
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20100719123810/http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/muskegon_county/Muskegon-murderer-shot-in-prison-break
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114069771/seth-stephen-privacky
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186700891/stephen-charles-privacky
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186700859/linda-ann-privacky
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186700837/jedediah-j.-privacky
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186700938/john-j.-privacky
10. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153131553/april-anne-boss
11. https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/11552151EB69D4A0-11552151EB69D4A0?h=1&fname=stephen&lname=privacky&fullname=&rgfromDate=1998&rgtoDate=1998&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&kwinc=&kwexc=&sid=evkqoucjuiaksdrdxuabswhqftwjbfyz_wma-gateway002_1605656829316
12. https://micourt.courts.michigan.gov/CaseSearch/Case/C14/Detail?searchText=steven%20+%20wallace&caseId=98-042953-FH&courtType=&courtNumber=61&locationNumber=&courtSystem=2&partyTypeNumber=D1&caseType=FH&petitionNumber=null&captchaToken=03AGdBq24sjdiSmweU1dMHve3QE7TLGU_6Gk6HJs04C948Vpp1C8HRtMqqfAgFAVCnHu5eq0ORA2F5EpJHAjGflrrxKmQicNNu1OYPvUdSoNoV1yXPr4_XgPalOMzLC9lIU6QHbMix8Fgt8FfhtcnymlBHG_IPPy5g7tlWyOl50T9WiN7xa526PmtvCoyO5p405n-3P1Hxb2jLf7X1Nua5ol7sHG61ikB8DHhMOx0tc5TGvbiM7_iN_bvB5WXmEUILhVfkpOCcnxLWhyb2YSc3zmOWuUHEuhNe0-RG33r27d0K1RdneSoRDEOj_2QKeP6_PxI6KzNZANuSElxUKFfVtruLNdMA8fvvU0ARKUaOAjGG6vUJqWiHt9vMb3okiSIvEjCwfV_C3FkYdeYUUSsxEI-kZ6xFGgs2U3wbBQDaVuaOHqU4t_YyARojnniJ_hS3CIlCweCprSzfo99dvOW5CJ9g1po3r5wrzuDocpOGGCR6AYGxybSvhv9oZf7_FjXhuMVnHXEQUw3qNBwUPpSLPni1giSKfwmT9Q
13. https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1998/12-03/0072_analysis__police_piece_together_a.html
14. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-nightmare-in-muskegon/
15. https://www.newspapers.com/image/100199283/?terms=seth%20privacky&match=1
16. https://www.newspapers.com/image/522342696/?terms=seth%20privacky%20sentenced&match=1

On January 31, 1979 23 year old Janet Chandler, a senior at Hope College in Holland, Michigan was kidnapped from her job at the Blue Mill Inn. Her nude body was recovered from a snowbank off I-96. It would take more than 20 years and the work of an unlikely set of researchers to bring this case back to the public eye and lead to resolution. **this case discusses a brutal act of sexual violence – listener discretion is advised** 

Sources:
Herald Palladium News Archives
Detroit Free Press News Archives
Toronto Sun
NBC News
OTIS – Michigan database
MLive

Writer – Brittney Martinez, Nina Innsted
Audio Production – Gray Multimedia 

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#Michigan #Murder #assault #Holland #ColdCase #solved 

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This episode covers the unsolved murder of 48 year old Gail Webster of Troy Michigan on October 28 1978. Webster was the day shift manager of the popular Susie Q restaurant on Woodward Ave in Royal Oak. 

If you have information on Gail’s murder, Troy Police would like to hear from you. You can leave an anonymous tip at 248-524-0777

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Sources: Troy Police Files obtained via FOIA

#TrueCrime #Unsolved  #Murdered

Already Gone explores the May 2009 disappearance and murder of five year old Nevaeh Buchanan. Buchanan, who lived in Monroe, Michigan with her mother and grandmother disappeared Memorial Day weekend, only to be found days later in a shallow grave.

This episode researched and written by Brittney Martinez and Nina Innsted. Audio editing by Gray Multimedia. Our sponsor is Betterhelp. Visit Betterhelp.com and use code GONE at checkout. 

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#TrueCrime #Unsolved #Missing #Murdered

SOURCES:

1. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2015/12/1989_michigan_sex_murder_solve.html
2. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2015/05/1989_sex_murder_victims_dad_se.html
3. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/02/10/shannon-siders-murder/97775732/
4. https://www.fox17online.com/2014/06/25/documents-reveal-details-in-shannon-siders-murder/
5. https://cedarspringspost.com/tag/shannon-siders/
6. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2015/04/brothers_murder_trial_starts_i.html
7. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2012/07/exhumation_of_1989_newaygo_cou.html
8. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2011/12/shannon_siders_father_reliving.html
9. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2012/10/reburial_of_newaygo_homicide_v.html
10. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2014/06/2_brothers_arrested_in_connect.html
11. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2014/09/first_testimony_in_hearing_on.html
12. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2014/09/judge_finds_probable_cause_new.html
13. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2014/09/free_to_go_decision_looms_on_1.html
14. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2015/04/22/witnesses-tell-finding/26183599/
15. https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4348133/people-of-michigan-v-paul-michael-jones/
16. http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=960702
17. http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=514868
18. https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1420AF8EB63F7F38-1420AF8EB63F7F38?h=1&fname=shannon&lname=siders&fullname=&rgfromDate=&rgtoDate=&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&kwinc=&kwexc=&sid=mlvkofbqxpeqnmdllzuimvdbkjxzzdcd_wma-gateway010_1597617890186
19. https://micourt.courts.michigan.gov/CaseSearch/
20. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2015/04/murder_trial_of_brothers_under.html
21. On the Case with Paula Zahn –
    Into the Dark
22. Cold Case File

Sergeant Ira Parker
Patrol Officer Clay Hoover
Patrol Officer Daniel Dubiel
Officer Kenneth E. Woodmore

July 9, 1987 was one of the darkest days in history for Michigan Law Enforcement. When the dust settled three men were lost and the lives of their coworkers, friends, family and community would never be the same.

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In August 2005, Lana Stempien and her boyfriend, Chuck Rutherford set off for Mackinaw Island in Lana’s boat, the Sea’s Life. Within 48 hours both of them were missing and Sea’s Life was found adrift in Lake Huron. We explore the disappearance and mystery surrounding the events of this trip. 

Special thanks to Samantha Taylor for giving voice to Lana Stempien
Written by Nina Innsted 
Researched by Haley Gray
Audio production and music by Gray Multimedia

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n 2003, Florence Unger was a wife and mother, with two beautiful sons living in a nice part of suburban Detroit. If you looked a little closer you could see cracks in the foundation of the family, her husband’s addiction issues, her struggle to provide for the boys and keep the family together. 

Just weeks after she filed for divorce, Florence was dead, her body floating in the water, yards from the up north cottage she was staying in with her husband and children. 

#Michigan #Murder #Benzie #UpNorth 

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May 20, 1988, 30 year old Laurie Dann went on a killing spree. This is her story.

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Sources:

WGN TV

Chicago Tribune

Wicked Women

With special thanks to the Highland Park/Winnetka/Glencoe grapevine. Especially J, for this and for everything. Thank you

In the early 1990’s a monster was hunting the women and girls of Oakland County. That monster was serial killer Leslie Allen Williams. This is his story – LISTEN NOW

Selection of sources/additional reading:

AP Story on slain teens

Parole Officer tried to contact kidnap victim

AP Story – Williams claims remorse, experts skeptical

Victim’s decision not to press charges in 1990 proved costly

Grandfather assails parole panel

Starr Commonwealth School

Crime In Detroit story – link to PDF

1983 Image of Williams

Ionia State Hospital

February 2010, newlyweds John and Carolyn Tarwacki don’t show up to work, no calls, nothing. When John’s dad stops by their home in Niles, Michigan to check on them, he comes across a bloody and chaotic scene. Who would want them dead? What motive was there to kill the music loving pair?

The case took years to solve, but the work of a dedicated investigator and a prosecutor who didn’t give up finally brought their killer to justice.

#Michigan #Niles #ColdCase

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Sources/Additional Reading:

Case Summary – Press Reader

Court of Appeals

South Bend Tribune

Witness feared retribution

Lintz V. Skipski – proceed with caution – content warning


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On November 10, 1975 one of the best known maritime tragedies in modern history occurred on Lake Superior when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a strong storm. Because I (Nina) have such an emotional reaction to this story, this week’s episode was written by Gemma Harris, audio editing by Chaesare Gray.

This incident was immortalized in song, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was written, composed and performed by Gordon Lightfoot, who is out on tour again this year.

The wreck is also taught in some grade school Michigan history classes.

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While the podcast gives a history of the ship and details of her last days, there is far more to the lives and stories of these fathers, sons, brothers, husbands and their families. If you’d like to know more, I encourage you to explore the individual stories of the Fitzgerald’s crew as follows:

37 year old Michael Armagost, the third mate from Iron River, Wisconsin

56 year old Frederick Beetcher, a porter from Superior, Wisconsin

23 year old Thomas Bentsen, an oiler from St Joseph, Michigan

47 year old Edward Bindon, a first assistant engineer from Fairport Harbour, Ohio

40 year old Thomas Borgeson, a maintenance worker from Duluth, Minnesota

41 year old Oliver Champeau, a third assistant engineer from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

55 year old Nolan Church, a porter from Silver Bay, Minnesota

53 year old Ransom Cundy, a watchman from Superior, Wisconsin

50 year old Thomas Edwards, a second assistant engineer from Oregon, Ohio

40 year old Russell Haskell, a second assistant engineer from Millbury, Ohio

60 year old George Holl, a chief engineer from Cabot, Pennsylvania

22 year old Bruce Hudson, a deck hand from North Olmsted, Ohio

43 year old Allen Kalmon, a cook from Washburn, Wisconsin

30 year old Gordon MacLellan, a wiper from Clearwater, Florida

59 year old Joseph Mazes, a maintenance worker from Ashland, Wisconsin

62 year old John ‘Jack’ McCarthy, the first mate from Bay Village, Ohio

63 year old captain Ernest McSorley, from Toledo, Ohio

50 year old Eugene O’Brien, a wheelsman from Toledo, Ohio

20 year old Karl Peckol, a watchman from Ashtabula, Ohio

59 year old John Poviach, a wheelsman from Bradenton, Florida

44 year old James Pratt, the second mate from Lakewood, Ohio

62 year old Robert Rafferty, a steward and cook from Toledo, Ohio

22 year old Paul Riippa, a deck hand from Ashtabula, Ohio

62 year old John Simmons, a wheelsman from Ashland, Wisconsin

59 year old William Spengler, a watchman from Toledo, Ohio

21 year old Mark Thomas, a deck hand from Richmond Heights, Ohio

58 year old Ralph Walton, an oiler from Fremont, Ohio

22 year old David Weiss, a cadet from Agoura, California

52 year old Blaine Wilhem, an oiler from Moquah, Wisconsin

Resource list –

ARTICLES

Hultquist, T., Dutter, M. & Schweb, D. (2006). Re-examination of the 9-10 November 1975 ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ Storm Using Today’s Technology. American Meteorological Society.

Rice, D. 10 Nov 2015. ‘40 years ago, the ‘Witch of November’ sank the Edmund Fitzgerald’. USA Today.

McLeod, J. ‘Beware of the “November Witch!” Farmers Almanac.

BOOKS

Brissette, J. & Newton-Matza, M. (2014). Disasters & Tragic Events, by M. Newton-Matza, (ed). ABC-CLIO.

VIDEOS

WEBSITES

https://greatlakes.guide/ideas/are-the-great-lakes-connected?gclid=CjwKCAiAuqHwBRAQEiwAD-zr3WsxqRnh57ZFSOyydC-6N8EGTwOnM3KAenD6bR3nZ7di1hBYCBDKRxoC6rsQAvD_BwE

https://www.livescience.com/29312-great-lakes.html

https://www.livescience.com/10453-clues-wreck-edmund-fitzgerald.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70951/12-doomed-facts-about-ss-edmund-fitzgerald

https://www.michigan.org/great-lakes

https://www.mlive.com/news/2015/11/what_sank_the_edmund_fitzgeral.html

Edmund Fitzgerald

https://ssedmundfitzgerald.org

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55fd6fdbe4b0154e882ba4d7/t/562e1f79e4b04e54c8a031bd/1445863289573/EdmundFitzgeraldNTSBReport.pdf

https://weatherology.com/trending/articles/Great-Lakes-Disaster-Edmund-Fitzgerald-Storm.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald

In January of 2012, Grosse Pointe Park resident Jane Bashara was found dead in her Mercedes SUV, the vehicle abandoned in a Detroit alley miles from her home.

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Special thanks to Miranda Micronaut for discussing the BDSM community and sharing her knowledge and experience. Any errors in the episode are mine.

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Sources used in this episode –

Sources:

1. https://www.scribd.com/document/359523555/Bashara-Appeals-Court-Opinion
2. https://www.scribd.com/document/254013151/Wayne-County-Prosecutor-News-Updates-November-9-December-31-2014
3. Page 1 of Joseph’s affidavit https://www.scribd.com/doc/308226024/Joe-Gentz-affidavit-1-in-Bashara-case
4. Page 2 of Joseph’s affidavit https://www.scribd.com/doc/308226026/Joe-Gentz-Affidavit-1-in-Bashara-case
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120129115154/http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/police-investigating-apparent-murder-of-grosse-pointe-woman-found-in-back-seat-of-her-mercedes-benz
6. https://abcnews.go.com/US/grosse-pointe-murder-bob-bashara-denies-involvement-wifes/story?id=15517366
7. https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/01/31/hundreds-say-goodbye-to-jane-bashara/
8. https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/01/31/police-grosse-pointe-womans-murderer-may-have-had-accomplice/
9. http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/bashara-s-reputed-mistress-was-fired-after-walking-off-job/article_ef1cc4fa-f1ad-58c9-988d-10c9faf9eae7.html
10. https://abcnews.go.com/US/grosse-pointe-murder-mistresss-house-searched/story?id=15859455#.T4TxOqs7U1I
11. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/03/08/Police-had-dismissed-murder-confession/28271331228783/?spt=hs&or=tn&ur3=1
12. https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2012/03/report_jane_basharas_clothes_m.html
13. https://www.freep.com/story/news/2016/01/20/handyman-changes-his-story-bashara-murder—-again/79086154/
14. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/11/13/bob-bashara-trial-jane/75702044/
15. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/10/19/bob-bashara-returns-stand-afternoon/74213062/
16. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/10/16/bob-bashara-cross-examined/74051420/
17. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/10/15/bob-bashara-testify/73956260/
18. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/09/16/bashara-hearing-day2/32490101/
19. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/08/11/bob-bashara-murder-trial-grosse-pointe-businessman/31471317/
20. http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=856261
21. http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=863291
22. https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/13C9C2F9D1073120-13C9C2F9D1073120?h=5&fname=jane&lname=bashara&fullname=&kwinc=&kwexc=&rgfromDate=2012&rgtoDate=2012&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=&addedFrom=&addedTo=
23. https://cmspublic.3rdcc.org/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=2173978
24. https://cmspublic.3rdcc.org/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=2319177
25. https://cmspublic.3rdcc.org/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=1264625
26. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/jane-bashara-obituary?pid=178748880
27. https://www.candgnews.com/news/county-medical-examiner-outlines-jane-bashara%E2%80%99s-brutal-murder-79854
28. https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2015/01/14/timeline-jane-bashara-murder-case/
29. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2018/05/30/michigan-supreme-court-denies-bob-bashara-appeal/656119002/
30. https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Grosse-Pointe-Park-Privilege/dp/0425272427
31. https://www.amazon.com/Master-Betrayal-Conspiracy-Kill-Bashara/dp/1539676552
32. https://www.amazon.com/Sadist-Hitman-Murder-Jane-Bashara/dp/1476672709
33. https://www.macombdaily.com/news/nation-world-news/cop-admits-his-department-couldn-t-handle-bashara-murder-probe/article_083ae7a3-e772-50f9-8853-d070a57bcae5.html
34. https://www.macombdaily.com/news/gentz-pleads-guilty-to-nd-degree-murder-in-jane-bashara/article_ddaf6ea2-806f-5208-9949-54a6479e773b.html
35. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/05/24/gentz-testifies-bashara-hearing/84853406/
36. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2019/05/24/bob-bashara-turns-federal-courts-try-get-out-prison/1226174001/
37. https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/10/24/master-bob-bashara-gives-exclusive-prison-interview/
38. https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Women-claim-Bob-Bashara-ran-sex-dungeon-11550169.php

Research provided by Haley Gray

Terrifying and prolific are two words used to describe American Serial Killer Coral Eugene Watts. Join us as we explore his life and many crimes. 

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#SerialKiller #Michigan #Texas #murder #missing 

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SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING

Ann Arbor District Library archives

Justia – Michigan V Watts

You Tube – Cold Case Files

This episode looks at the 1982 murder of Cathleen Schlosser Krauseneck, a Mt Clemens native (and graduate of Mt Clemens HS, class of 1970) in Brighton, NY. In November of 2019, her husband, James Krauseneck Jr was arrested and charged in her death.

We also explore the as yet unsolved February 1991 murder of Jill Holzbach in the parking lot of the Jackson Ohio police department.

Both of these women were 29 years old at the time of their deaths. Each had one child, a daughter, and in each case, the husband was the prime suspect, although, in the murder of Jill Holzbach, there is more to consider.

Additional reading:

Krauseneck – Democrat and Chronicle Story from 2019
Holzbach – Canton Rep story from 2011
Casetext Holzbach v Township

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This is another Missing in Michigan episode, covering two cases that need more attention, but lack information to make them appropriate for a stand alone episode.

We’re talking about the unidentified person known only as “Bill” who was found in Highland Park in March of 1976, and the unresolved disappearance of Tammy Sue Clements who vanished from….Michigan, or maybe Nebraska, or possibly California in 1980. Or was it 1981? 1982? We simply don’t know, but we’d like to find out! #MISSING #DOE #UNRESOLVED #DETROIT #MICHIGAN #NEBRASKA #UNIDENTIFIED #DNA 

Bill’s NAMUS profile 

Tammy Sue Clements – Charley Project

Southern True Crime Podcast Meet Up 10-26-19 Charleston SC 

True Crime Podcast Festival, KCMO July 2020

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In 2013, Teleka Patrick had it all, the beautiful, young doctor was settling in to Kalamazoo Michigan, Borgess Hospital, where she would do her residency.

Sadly, in private, she was unraveling, and in December, she was gone.

What happened to Teleka Patrick?

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The summer of 1983 was a special time in the life of Shawn Raymond, he graduated from high school, came out to his family, and disappeared without a trace. It would take decades, and the work of one state trooper to bring Shawn home. His death and disappearance remain unsolved. If you have information about the death of Shawn Raymond, contact Lt. Young of the Michigan State Police, Flint Post. 

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#Missing #Murder #Michigan #Algonac #StClair #LGBTQ #Detroit