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Michigan Crime Stories

43 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★ - 85 ratings

Michigan Crime Stories is MLive’s most popular podcast exploring murder, mysteries and mayhem in the Mitten. Our new four-part season, "Christmas Eve Cannibal" drops Tuesday, May 9. Produced by Jessica Shepherd and reported by Gus Burns. Got a tip for us? Email Gus at [email protected].

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Episodes

Christmas Eve Cannibal: Part 2

May 09, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutes

On the night of December 27th, 2019, police found Kevin Bacon's naked body hanging from a pulley system in what prosecutors described as a custom kill room in Mark Latunski's basement. Police made the shocking discovery after online chat logs led them to Latunski's home, but the shock wouldn't end with the body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas Eve Cannibal: Part 3

May 09, 2023 11:00 - 37 minutes

A question arises as Mark Latunski faces charges in the murder of Kevin Bacon — is he competent to stand trial for the crimes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas Eve Cannibal: Part 4

May 09, 2023 11:00 - 35 minutes

Many call Mark Latunski a monster, but he was once a seemingly ordinary husband and father of four children. What changed and when did it change? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas Eve Cannibal: Part 1

May 09, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes

On Christmas Eve 2019, a 25-year-old man named Kevin Bacon met up with a contact from the dating app Grindr. He was never seen alive again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happened to Breanna? Part 1

September 07, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes

Every Jane Doe had a life and has a story. Despite a closed investigation and years in an unmarked grave, Breanna Sharp has a story. And much of it has yet to be told. MLive's Gus Burns has been working for years to deliver that story. Here's the first of a four-part series about the life and death of a 13-year-old Detroit girl who seemed to be forgotten by much of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happened to Breanna? Part 4

September 07, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes

In our conclusion, Gus really dives into the heartbreak experienced by Breanna's family members. And he takes a trip to the place where Breanna's body was found 14 years ago. (This is part four in a four-part series.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happened to Breanna? Part 3

September 07, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes

A four-year search for Breanna led investigators to a Jane Doe in an unmarked suburban Detroit grave. Big questions were answered with the discovery, but even bigger ones still loomed. (This is part three in a four-part series.) Readm ore on Breanna's story here: https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/09/breanna-sharp-13-died-in-a-stairwell-no-one-reported-her-missing-no-one-seemed-to-care.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happened to Breanna? Part 2

September 07, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes

For years, Breanna's father waited to get answers about his daughter. Then, one day, he got a call he knew would eventually come. (This is part two in a four-part series.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coming soon: What happened to Breanna?

July 12, 2022 17:08 - 1 minute

A gruesome discovery. A Jane Doe. An unmarked grave. We look at MLive's new season of Michigan Crime Stories, coming soon wherever you get podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Election Day fight

April 14, 2022 13:15 - 25 minutes

One of the most heated Bay County elections turned violent in 2012 when two sitting county commissioners came to blows outside of a church polling location in Bay City. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pinconning Paralyzer: Part 4

November 16, 2021 11:05 - 33 minutes

In the conclusion of our Pinconning Paralyzer series, we find out if the storied marijuana strain has been resurrected for legal use. WARNING: Adult content See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pinconning Paralyzer: Part 3

November 09, 2021 11:05 - 36 minutes

How did Pinconning Paralyzer get its name? And how did it fall out of prominence in the cannabis scene? Gus Burns reveals that, along with details on some Pinconning Paralyzer drug busts, in part 3 of our series. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pinconning Paralyzer: Part 2

November 02, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes

We continue our series on the storied Michigan cannabis strain. MLive's Gus Burns tracks down one of the men credited with helping create Pinconning Paralyzer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pinconning Paralyzer: Part 1

October 25, 2021 20:40 - 24 minutes

In the first episode of a special four-part season of Michigan Crime Stories, MLive reporter Gus Burns digs into the story of Pinconning Paralyzer, a legendary Michigan cannabis strain that disappeared. Or so it was believed. That is until two old friends, who both happen to be named Terry, went on a fishing trip in 2020 and started talking about the good old days. And some good old weed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Coming soon: Pinconning Paralyzer

October 07, 2021 17:35 - 2 minutes

A peek at our upcoming four-part Michigan Crime Stories series, Pinconning Paralyzer. MLive reporter Gus Burns digs into the history of Michigan's most well-known marijuana strain, including crazy parties, intense drug busts and two fishing friends who are both named Terry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flint Serial Stabber

September 09, 2019 16:25 - 20 minutes

Season 2, Episode 12: A series of seemingly random stabbings in 2010 sent Flint into a state of fear. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cellar Swine

August 19, 2019 15:30 - 699 MB

The tale of a basement pig who, neighbors believed, may have had an appetite for human flesh   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Flight Risk

August 05, 2019 21:50 - 19 minutes

Flight Risk: A legendary aerial escape from the Jackson State Prison. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cop Killer: By Reason Of Insanity, part 2

July 22, 2019 19:31 - 22 minutes

A police officer dead. A man with mental illness behind bars. Could it have been avoided? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cop Killer: By Reason Of Insanity, part 1

July 08, 2019 17:21 - 21 minutes

The signs were there that Marquise Cromer wasn't well. Then he pulled a gun on a cop. Part 1 in a multi-part special. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cold Case, cont.

June 24, 2019 21:15 - 24 minutes

The informant: Michigan Crime Stories revisits The Cold Case series with an update. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Walkway

June 12, 2019 17:43 - 17 minutes

A Jackson Prison inmate walks away from his work crew, murders a married couple, then returns to prison. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Execution

June 10, 2019 22:08 - 19 minutes

Michigan has no death penalty, but, for a crime this terrible, one man has been sentenced to die. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lapsed Justice

May 27, 2019 15:16 - 19 minutes

DNA identified a suspect in a rape spree. He'll likely walk free. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Civic Doody

May 13, 2019 18:03 - 15 minutes

A defecation investigation garners nationwide attention. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When A Killer Calls

April 29, 2019 17:47 - 17 minutes

A man calls a newspaper to confess to a murder, but the case remains open. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Unconfirmed Assassin

April 15, 2019 13:52 - 17 minutes

Was a civil rights leader's slaying a robbery gone wrong or something more sinister? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bloody Business

April 01, 2019 18:38 - 20 minutes

A shipment of severed heads leads the FBI to a body broker’s filthy Detroit warehouse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cold Case, part 4

October 22, 2018 19:57 - 25 minutes

The tangled web: After one woman disappeared, her friend married her ex-boyfriend. Now she’s dead. Season finale. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cold Case, part 3

October 08, 2018 23:58 - 21 minutes

Till death: A woman’s death looks like a fatal overdose, but her husband has been accused of murder before. Part 3 in a multi-part series. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cold Case, part 2

September 24, 2018 22:09 - 22 minutes

The suspect: Reporters delve into the history of a man suspected in the death of one woman and the disappearance of another. Part 2 in a multi-part series. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cold Case, part 1

September 10, 2018 19:55 - 20 minutes

Decades gone: Three generations of news reporters explore new leads on a decades-old mystery. Part 1 in a multi-part series. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over The Edge

August 27, 2018 18:33 - 16 minutes

A woman drops to her death from the Upper Peninsula's Pictured Rocks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raise Your Glass

August 13, 2018 18:54 - 18 minutes

A corrupt 1930s politician receives a hero’s welcome after prison. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Muskegon Massacre

July 30, 2018 21:08 - 19 minutes

A man who killed his whole family in the Muskegon area meets an eerily similar violent end. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rest Stop Murder

July 16, 2018 19:40 - 17 minutes

Two boys find their mother savagely slain in a deserted rest stop bathroom on the way to the Upper Peninsula. A new development has family seeking answers nearly 40 years later. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jackson Robber Gang

July 02, 2018 17:05 - 17 minutes

A dangerous cohort of escaped prisoners tormented the Jackson area until one night, in 1842, when Michigan farmers turned to vigilante justice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Hart

June 18, 2018 18:58 - 17 minutes

Fifty years ago, a wealthy Detroit-area family was slaughtered in their Up North cabin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Witch of Delray

May 21, 2018 18:58 - 18 minutes

The true story behind the Detroit legend accused of killing up to a dozen men in her boarding house. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rose Tattoo

May 07, 2018 02:39 - 16 minutes

A woman remained missing for almost 8 years, but authorities knew exactly where she was – they’d buried her. MLive’s Gus Burns tells how a missing woman was both lost and found in Wayne County. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pigs Gotta Eat

April 23, 2018 16:26 - 18 minutes

Pigs Gotta Eat: Two men go deer hunting in northern Michigan and are never heard from again. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Killer who slipped through the cracks

April 09, 2018 13:16 - 23 minutes

The Killer Who Slipped Through the Cracks: How did a confessed killer end up working at a Pennsylvania pretzel factory? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrolman's Escape

March 26, 2018 11:23 - 15 minutes

Michigan Crime Stories is MLive’s new podcast exploring murder, mysteries and mayhem in the Mitten. Hosted by MLive reporters Darcie Moran and John Counts.The Patrolman’s Escape: Roles are reversed when two escaped convicts overpower an Ann Arbor policeman and take him hostage. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices