A made bed and a closed garage door tighten the mystery around Jean Ann Cone.
Michigan and Other Mayhem centers this episode on the unsettled final known movements of Jean Ann Cone, letting ordinary details carry much of the weight.
Michigan cases, mayhem, and couch-side commentary.
The gist
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.
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A four-inch couch makeover is your warm-up to Allie and Jen's murder case.
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- a little everyday catch-up before a Michigan case gets grim
- to hear someone admit that 54 pages of court documents left them more confused
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Best episodes of Michigan and other Mayhem
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose, candid mystery episode where paranormal claims brush up against grim local history.
Michigan and Other Mayhem starts with Allie and Jen in catch-up mode before settling into a strange case of glowing red eyes, bed-bound whispers, sudden rage, and a family reading the presence through a spiritual lens.
A conversational review of Kimberly Hill's murder, driven by the hosts' shock at Kevin Davis's reported composure.
This single-episode review centers on Kimberly Hill's murder in Corpus Christi, Texas, in March 2014, and the conviction of her teenage son, Kevin Davis.
A Michigan case update pairs trial details with the personal strain behind a woman's written plan to kill.
Michigan and Other Mayhem tracks two unsettled stories: the coming George Wagner trial tied to the Rodin family massacre, and the case in which Teresa's obsession with Brent's relationship becomes a written plan to kill Rachel Drafta.
A loose, case-focused episode tracks a disputed alibi, a phone-call gap, and a confession in Billie's murder.
The episode follows the murder of Billie through a practical chain of suspicion: a disputed $100, a denied alibi from a jailed friend, and house-phone records that leave a critical gap around the time of the killing.
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Episodes
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Unfortunate Goodbye
Nov 4, 2022·4m - 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
Missing jailbird Sylvia Torgow; Murder of William Gray
Hidden gemMichigan 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
Solved murder of the Tarwacki family; Teenager attempts murder
Hidden gemMichigan 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
Michigan Dead Files; Murder of Roxanne Wood
Hidden gemMichigan 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
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
Deadly Women-Killer Lists, Update on Beth Alsup-Sudz
Hidden gemMichigan 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 - 8
Rhoden Family Update; Murder of Billie Cunningham
Hidden gemMichigan 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 - 9
Murder of Ashley James; Michigan Ghost Stories
Hidden gemAllie 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
Conclusion to the murder of Amman Al-Yasari; more information on Albert Weathers & D’Angelo Martin
Hidden gemMichigan 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 - 11
Double Murder from 1948; Follow Up on Three Cases
Hidden gemMichigan 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 - 12
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 - 13
Railroad Sniper; possible Satanic Murder
Hidden gemMichigan 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 - 14
Jack in the Box Doe; House on Haunted Hill
Hidden gemMichigan 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 - 15
Road Rage Deaths, The Complicated Case of Michael Verkerke
Hidden gemMichigan 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 - 16
I-65 Killer, The Creek Murderer
Hidden gemAllie 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
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 - 18
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 - 19
Two Dead Murderers and the Homicide of Tamara Williams
Jul 1, 2022·19m - 20
A Book of Useless Information and the Mysterious Case of Larry Bader/Frtiz Johnson
Jun 24, 2022·33m - 21
Two Marijuana Related Murders; Murder of Alicia Jackson-Skaggs
Jun 17, 2022·29m - 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
The Murder of Amanda Harvey, Two Cold Cases Solved
Jun 3, 2022·21m - 24
Rory Teasley Murder & the Story of the Ballarat Bandit
May 27, 2022·21m - 25
Bentley’s Law and Two Murdered Murderers
May 20, 2022·19m - 26
Sara Knight Murdered, Missing in Michigan
May 13, 2022·21m - 27
Joyce Fisher -Missing, Danny and Larry Ranes- Serial Killers
May 6, 2022·28m - 28
Disappearance of Bernice Gray, Serial Killer Brent Koster Free on Parole
Apr 29, 2022·22m - 29
Roxanne Wood’s Murder Solved, Rhoden Family Murder Update
Apr 22, 2022·16m - 30
Brian Trotter’s Murderer Caught, Kathleen Doyle and Audrina Bowman
Apr 15, 2022·16m - 31
Kim Bryant Murder solved. Murder of Thomas & Viola Hefton
Apr 8, 2022·16m - 32
Mitchelle Blair is a Murderer and Odd Things About Michigan
Apr 1, 2022·29m - 33
A Haunted Train Station and the murder of Christine Harris
Mar 13, 2022·27m - 34
Hireahitman.com and Michigan Ghost Town
Jan 22, 2021·29m - 35
MSU Student Disapearance Krista Lueth and Murder Solved By DNA
Jan 15, 2021·31m - 36
Murderers Danny Reines and Brent Kosher and Soap Murders
Jan 8, 2021·24m - 37
Revenge Deaths and Antoinette Briley
Jan 1, 2021·23m - 38
Michigan Serial Killer Anthony Walker and Solved Cold Cases
Dec 25, 2020·22m - 39
Murders at the Ann Arbor Michigan VA Hospital 1975 and Flathead Gang Murders
Dec 18, 2020·24m - 40
Murder of Marilyn Robert Freebold and Malachi Maloney Elberta MI and Women who kill their abusers
Dec 11, 2020·28m - 41
Quadruple Homicide and 1832 Detroit Cholera Outbreak
Dec 4, 2020·25m - 42
John Doe Identified x2 and Murder of Nancy Billiter 1997
Nov 27, 2020·28m - 43
Songs written about people and is Jim Titus innocent
Nov 20, 2020·29m - 44
Double Murder Suicide and Murder of Joseph Soule and Jaclyn Lepird Battle Creek Michigan
Nov 13, 2020·32m - 45
Michigan Haunted Bridges and the Murder of Heather Young Onaway Michigan
Nov 6, 2020·37m - 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
DeFeo Family Murders and John and Carolyn Tarwacki Niles Michigan
Oct 23, 2020·32m - 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
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
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