Michigan Murders & Music

Michigan Murders & Music

Join us on "Michigan Murders and Music" for a true crime road trip with a twist. Picture this: you're cruising across Michigan with two of your wildest, most entertaining friends. At every stop, they've got a local true crime story to tell you. Our mission is to explore these dark tales while staying laser-focused on the perpetrator, honoring the victims and their families by not sensationalizing their pain. On our special UNSOLVED episodes, we will occasionally focus more on the victim to help generate new leads and find answers. And because no road trip is complete without a great playlist, every episode ends with a hand-picked song by a legendary Michigan band. We guarantee a dark story and leave you with a happy ending—all in one trip.

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January 3, 2026 28 mins

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Paul Marcus Carter was only 16 when he and his accessory friend, Juan made choices that would changes lives forever.

We leave you with a happy ending and on a good note as promised with:

The Outer Vibe

Bandcamp:https://revue.bandcamp.com/track/hoka-hey

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OuterVibe

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The story of Aiden White is very different from our normal story, we simply can not blame this kid for his actions.  Our system failed him.  


We leave you with a happy ending and on a good note as promised with:

Venson Dix

Bandcamp:  https://vensondix.bandcamp.com/album/montshon

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Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@vensondixjr





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December 14, 2025 28 mins

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This here story takes place back in the late 80's.  We are going to Bangor, Michigan...not Maine to tell this story.

We leave you with a happy ending and on a good note as promised with:

The Blue Pines

Bandcamp:https://thebluepines.bandcamp.com/track/aspiring-geologist

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Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@thebluepines7076


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We take you to Three Rivers & Colon in this story.  Ride along with us while we tell you the story of Ricky Lawrence Moore.


Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring: Come Out Fighting

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Bandcamp:  https://thewinterafter.bandcamp.com/album/broken-wing

Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdfR_bS9kr837zk5NPpORJw

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Thanksgiving weekend, 1998 Seth Privacky took the lives of three generations of his own family.  Truly a horrible story for everyone involved.


Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring: Come Out Fighting

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November 23, 2025 46 mins

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Kelly Cochran comes to us from Northern Michigan, Iron Mountain.  She managed to cause the murders of two people, possibly more if you listen to her stories.  This week we talk all about it.

Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring: Chad Flores

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2n9sT1yq8bI0tbbL1bst02?si=J8kdA64vTsmMRoNsE8j...

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November 17, 2025 21 mins

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Igor Lanis went down the QAnon rabbit hole in 2020.  From Walled Lake, Michigan this story features two superheros, his daughters.

Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring: Dysemmia

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Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/4pGB7nocWSpmapqVn3xDsJ?si=yy-CJZgCTYuwYKglw7PBoA


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Robert E. Leamon the Third may have been a jock but he will not get away with murder of a 15 year old girl.


Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring: Antighost

Buy their music:  https://antighostmusic.bandcamp.com/

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Tia Skinner enlisted the help of her boyfriend (of two weeks) to murder her parents.  Listen to how quickly things escalate in the story of Tia Skinner and her well planned execution of her parents.



Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring: The Hacky Turtles

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January 5, 2025 40 mins

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George seemed like a decent guy until he started drinking.  Sadly, he started drinking more and more and things just go terribly wrong. 

Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring:  The Founding

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December 29, 2024 34 mins

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This is the story of Robert Bashara.  He murdered his wife, and tried to have others murdered also.  The story of Rich boy Robert is right here, enjoy.

Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring:  Earth Radio

bandcamp:https://earthradiogr.bandcamp.com/album/if-the-earth-could-speak
facebook:https://www.facebook.com/share/14nNMresbj/
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It's the age old story of love and marriage, but we are always surprised at how some of the things in every story plays out.  Listen to the story of Christopher Lockhart.

Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring the band Jack Droppers and the Best Intentions, "Your Mama"

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Shanda Vanderark and her son Paul went to great lengths to control their son/sibling.  You will not believe the amount of torture that this young man endured during his few years on earth.

Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring:  Deerfield Run
bandcamp:https://deerfieldrun.bandcamp.com/album/reckless-2
website: deerfieldrun.com
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This week we cover the story of James D. Porter IV from Yale, Michigan.  This story is literally flabbergasting to us. . . Just do not comprehend how someone can annihilate an entire family at such a young age!!!

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Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring the band Bad Footing, "Call It What It Was."

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The story of Sharee Miller has been told by many true crime folks.  Being one of the first internet type murders, it was a huge story.  Sharee used AOL chat to entice and manipulate men like it was Tetris.   Sharee ends up with the lives of two men on her hands.





Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring:

Shane Tripp

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This week we are finally covering the story of Shannon Siders, requested by numerous listeners.  I hope we do Shannon justice, although we do try to leave the victim and the family out of the story as much as possible.   Two brothers are in jail for this murder with a PI currently investigating their innocence under an innocence project.

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Arthur Williamson had a failed relationship but continued the friendship through drugs.  When he couldn't have the relationship he wanted, he took action into his own hands.


 

Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring:

Inaudible Darling
Bandcamp: https://inaudibledarling.bandcamp.com/album/inaudible-darling
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Chad Allen Reed took the lives of his two young tenants in Battle Creek.  Listen to hear the jist of the story.



Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring:  I Believe In Julio

Bandcamp:  https://juliogomez.bandcamp.com/album/i-believe-in-julio
Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@ibelieveinjulio1202
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This story...uuugh, it irritates me.  This story is all about social media putting a man in a very awkward situation.   Listen to how one man's crush turns into another man's nightmare.  All featured on a national television show, Jenny Jones.



Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring:    Old Mountain Acid Test, "Baby I Love Y...

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