Michigan and other Mayhem

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Michigan cases, mayhem, and couch-side commentary.

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Allie and Jen trade case narratives about murders, missing people, suspicious deaths, and eerie histories, often starting with ordinary life before the facts turn grim. The tone is informal and candid, with side conversations about COVID, streaming shows, pets, library fines, and the practical trouble of making a hobby podcast.

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About Michigan and other Mayhem

Michigan and other Mayhem is a true-crime and odd-history show built around Allie and Jen's back-and-forth. It has a strong Michigan center. The cases, however, are not fenced in by state lines, and the episodes sampled move from Michigan murders to out-of-state family violence, trial updates, paranormal television, and historical property lore. The format is loose but recognizable. One host sets up a case, the other reacts, and the story unfolds through timelines, police work, court records, motive questions, and uneasy details about family relationships. The show pays attention to small factual turns. A made bed, a missing car, unanswered phones, a gap in house-phone calls, or a bank withdrawal that never happened can become the hinge of an episode. That procedural interest sits beside a very informal home-recording atmosphere. Episodes open with coughs, COVID updates, headset problems, pets, snails, scary movies, streaming shows, and the ordinary exhaustion of keeping a hobby alive. The contrast is part of the identity. Grim material is handled by people who sound like they are processing it from the couch, not performing authority from a studio. The hosts are capable of sharp reactions and dark humor, but they also flag material that may be too upsetting. Cases involving children, sexual content, family murder, suicide references, and graphic violence are treated as difficult listening, not casual spectacle. The paranormal side appears through episodes where haunted-house claims lead into local history, family tragedy, and skepticism from the hosts. Trial and update episodes add another thread, including courtroom developments around a family case. The show also preserves the practical reality of independent podcasting. Its goodbye episode explains the end in plain terms: recording and distribution became too frustrating and too costly for a free hobby project. As an archive, it works best for listeners who value personality, regional curiosity, and case-by-case storytelling over polish. The appeal is not sleek production. It is the feeling of two familiar voices comparing notes on terrible events, strange stories, and the everyday mess around recording them.

Made for: For true-crime listeners who like regional cases, unscripted host chemistry, and a mix of murder timelines, courtroom updates, paranormal tangents, and ordinary-life banter. Best for people comfortable with heavy material presented in a casual style.

What sets it apart: The show stands out through its unpolished, highly personal rhythm: detailed case reconstruction sits beside real-time reactions, family chatter, and the visible mechanics of making a hobby podcast. Its Michigan base gives the archive a local spine without limiting the subject matter.

In their own words

Are you from the State of Michigan? Have you heard of the State of Michigan? Here at Michigan and other Mayhem, two non-professionals will intrigue you with interesting stories about Michigan murders, mysteries, odd facts, and other mayhem from around the world. Two sisters-in-law will keep you guessing about what our next subject will be as we discuss true crime, paranormal, historical, and scientific topics. Our weekly podcast will keep you entertained and possibly titillated.

Michigan murder casesmissing-person investigationsfamily violence casescourtroom and trial updatesparanormal-history storiestrue-crime television follow-upsCOVID-era recording strugglesindependent podcasting logistics

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  1. 1

    Unfortunate Goodbye

    Nov 4, 2022·4m
  2. 2

    Murder of Jesika Kelsey; Mysterious Death of Jean Ann Cone

    Hidden gem

    ["Michigan and Other Mayhem pairs the murder of 17-year-old Jesika Kelsey in Highland, Michigan, with the death of 75-year-old Jean Ann Cone in Tampa, Florida.", "The Jesika segment follows Stephen Kelsey home from basic training, a backpack found with his military ID, knives, and blood in a Wendy's dumpster, and a later confession described in the transcript.", "The Jean Ann segment moves from a Tampa Museum of Art gala to a locked garage, a Roll Royce, antifreeze under the car, and a family that starts checking the details of her final day.", "Allie and Jen use newspaper reporting, police details, and family reactions to contrast a murder prosecution with a death that investigators initially treated as accidental, then complicated by Douglas Cone's fast remarriage announcement."]

    Oct 28, 2022·29m·2 clips
  3. 3

    Missing jailbird Sylvia Torgow; Murder of William Gray

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and other Mayhem covers Sylvia Torgow’s September 17, 1970 escape from Huron Valley Complex for Women after a credit-card-theft conviction.

    Oct 21, 2022·26m·1 clip
  4. 4

    Solved murder of the Tarwacki family; Teenager attempts murder

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and Other Mayhem covers the Tarwacki family murders in Niles, Michigan, and Roksana Sikorsky’s attempted attack on her family after contact with Michael Riviera.

    Oct 14, 2022·36m·2 clips
  5. 5

    Michigan Dead Files; Murder of Roxanne Wood

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and Other Mayhem opens with Allie and Jen comparing COVID symptoms before turning to two Dead Files recaps and the Roxanne Wood case.

    Oct 7, 2022·37m·3 clips
  6. 6

    Nada Huranich’s murder trial; Murder of Kimberly Hill

    Kevin Davis's interrogation and the Nada Huranich update drive this Michigan and Other Mayhem episode.

    Sep 30, 2022·28m·2 clips
  7. 7

    Deadly Women-Killer Lists, Update on Beth Alsup-Sudz

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and Other Mayhem opens with a George Wagner trial update and then pivots to two Michigan women whose violent plans were reduced to handwritten lists.

    Sep 23, 2022·28m·1 clip
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    Rhoden Family Update; Murder of Billie Cunningham

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and Other Mayhem opens with Allie and Jen, then moves into Billie Cunningham's November 30, 2006 death in Hubbardston, Michigan.

    Sep 16, 2022·37m·2 clips
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    Murder of Ashley James; Michigan Ghost Stories

    Hidden gem

    Allie and Jen of Michigan and Other Mayhem cover the 2019 shooting death of Ashley James in Ypsilanti Township and the unresolved legal developments surrounding Brian James.

    Sep 9, 2022·32m·2 clips
  10. 10

    Conclusion to the murder of Amman Al-Yasari; more information on Albert Weathers & D’Angelo Martin

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and Other Mayhem revisits the murder of Ammar Al-Yasari and updates the cases involving Albert Weathers and D'Angelo Martin.

    Sep 2, 2022·41m·2 clips
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    Double Murder from 1948; Follow Up on Three Cases

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and Other Mayhem covers a 1948 double murder involving Mary Jane Reed and Stanley Skridla in Oregon, Illinois, alongside updates on the Roden family massacre, Todd Kohlhepp, and Pauline Randall.

    Aug 26, 2022·42m·3 clips
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    Kologi Family Massacre; Fredrick Treesh - Capital Punishment

    Michigan and Other Mayhem covers Scott Kologi’s New Year’s Eve 2017 killings of four people in Long Beach, New York, and Frederick Treesh’s 1994 robbery of Vine Street News in Eastlake, Ohio.

    Aug 19, 2022·27m·2 clips
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    Railroad Sniper; possible Satanic Murder

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and Other Mayhem examines Stephanie Dubay’s 1991 murder in Warren, Michigan, including the basement dismemberment and the media focus on Satanism.

    Aug 12, 2022·39m·2 clips
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    Jack in the Box Doe; House on Haunted Hill

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and other Mayhem pairs the Jack in the Box case, involving a burned man found in a Grand Haven, Michigan, blueberry field in 2002, with House on Haunted Hill.

    Aug 5, 2022·33m·3 clips
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    Road Rage Deaths, The Complicated Case of Michael Verkerke

    Hidden gem

    Michigan and Other Mayhem examines the 2014 Kentwood, Michigan killing of nine-year-old Michael “Connor” Verkerke by 12-year-old Jamarian Lawhorn.

    Jul 29, 2022·50m·5 clips
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    I-65 Killer, The Creek Murderer

    Hidden gem

    Allie examines the 1966 murder of 17-year-old Arland Winthrow, whose body was found near Port Huron with a noose, tied feet, blunt-force trauma, and acid-dipped fingers.

    Jul 22, 2022·41m·2 clips
  17. 17

    Dearborn Heights Serial Killer; A Posse Solves Kidnapping

    Michigan and Other Mayhem covers John Armstrong’s alleged killings of women in Dearborn Heights and the 1966 kidnapping of Danny Goldman in Surfside, Florida.

    Jul 15, 2022·24m·1 clip
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    Murder of Stacy Chahorski; Cases Solved Without DNA

    Two sisters-in-law discuss true crime, mysteries, and odd facts, starting with a casual conversation about recording locations and nervous laughter.

    Jul 8, 2022·21m
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    Two Dead Murderers and the Homicide of Tamara Williams

    Jul 1, 2022·19m
  20. 20

    A Book of Useless Information and the Mysterious Case of Larry Bader/Frtiz Johnson

    Jun 24, 2022·33m
  21. 21

    Two Marijuana Related Murders; Murder of Alicia Jackson-Skaggs

    Jun 17, 2022·29m
  22. 22

    The Murder of Theresa DeKeyzer, Mish-Mash of Death

    Two hosts discuss a murder case in Michigan, starting with casual banter about phones and fish tanks before introducing the case of Teresa Kieser.

    Jun 10, 2022·25m
  23. 23

    The Murder of Amanda Harvey, Two Cold Cases Solved

    Jun 3, 2022·21m
  24. 24

    Rory Teasley Murder & the Story of the Ballarat Bandit

    May 27, 2022·21m
  25. 25

    Bentley’s Law and Two Murdered Murderers

    May 20, 2022·19m
  26. 26

    Sara Knight Murdered, Missing in Michigan

    May 13, 2022·21m
  27. 27

    Joyce Fisher -Missing, Danny and Larry Ranes- Serial Killers

    May 6, 2022·28m
  28. 28

    Disappearance of Bernice Gray, Serial Killer Brent Koster Free on Parole

    Apr 29, 2022·22m
  29. 29

    Roxanne Wood’s Murder Solved, Rhoden Family Murder Update

    Apr 22, 2022·16m
  30. 30

    Brian Trotter’s Murderer Caught, Kathleen Doyle and Audrina Bowman

    Apr 15, 2022·16m
  31. 31

    Kim Bryant Murder solved. Murder of Thomas & Viola Hefton

    Apr 8, 2022·16m
  32. 32

    Mitchelle Blair is a Murderer and Odd Things About Michigan

    Apr 1, 2022·29m
  33. 33

    A Haunted Train Station and the murder of Christine Harris

    Mar 13, 2022·27m
  34. 34

    Hireahitman.com and Michigan Ghost Town

    Jan 22, 2021·29m
  35. 35

    MSU Student Disapearance Krista Lueth and Murder Solved By DNA

    Jan 15, 2021·31m
  36. 36

    Murderers Danny Reines and Brent Kosher and Soap Murders

    Jan 8, 2021·24m
  37. 37

    Revenge Deaths and Antoinette Briley

    Jan 1, 2021·23m
  38. 38

    Michigan Serial Killer Anthony Walker and Solved Cold Cases

    Dec 25, 2020·22m
  39. 39

    Murders at the Ann Arbor Michigan VA Hospital 1975 and Flathead Gang Murders

    Dec 18, 2020·24m
  40. 40

    Murder of Marilyn Robert Freebold and Malachi Maloney Elberta MI and Women who kill their abusers

    Dec 11, 2020·28m
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    Quadruple Homicide and 1832 Detroit Cholera Outbreak

    Dec 4, 2020·25m
  42. 42

    John Doe Identified x2 and Murder of Nancy Billiter 1997

    Nov 27, 2020·28m
  43. 43

    Songs written about people and is Jim Titus innocent

    Nov 20, 2020·29m
  44. 44

    Double Murder Suicide and Murder of Joseph Soule and Jaclyn Lepird Battle Creek Michigan

    Nov 13, 2020·32m
  45. 45

    Michigan Haunted Bridges and the Murder of Heather Young Onaway Michigan

    Nov 6, 2020·37m
  46. 46

    Evil Dead and Adventures with a purpose YouTube Channel

    The hosts introduce a Halloween episode discussing horror movies, specifically the Evil Dead series, as a lighter topic within their true crime and mayhem theme.

    Oct 30, 2020·29m
  47. 47

    DeFeo Family Murders and John and Carolyn Tarwacki Niles Michigan

    Oct 23, 2020·32m
  48. 48

    When Murders and Murdered and Discovery at the Rattle Run Church

    Two hosts discuss two historical murder cases with similarities, including a twist, and mention a recent body discovery in Detroit.

    Oct 16, 2020·21m
  49. 49

    The Lonely Heart Killers and Special Guest

    Two sisters-in-law discuss Michigan murders, mysteries, and other mayhem, starting with a humorous anecdote about waking up to a bloody nose.

    Oct 9, 2020·25m
  50. 50

    Dawn Magyar's Murderer Found, Murder of Alonzo Heart Ithaca Michigan, and Murder of Ruth VanHouten

    Two sisters-in-law discuss true crime, paranormal, historical, and scientific topics with a focus on Michigan.

    Sep 4, 2020·30m