43- The Gathering

A young family annihilator and a father in the throes of mental illness are responsible for two of the most tragic events to occur in the town of Muskegon, Michigan- both on Thanksgiving Day.

Cases: The Privacky Family Murders, The Foundry Ladle Murders

Produced by: Dave Fairman
Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

RESOURCES
Privacky Murders- Murderpedia, Battle Creek Enquirer (Lisa Singhania, 12/4/98), “A Nightmare in Muskegon” (CBS News 12/3/98), MLive (John S Hausman, 11/23/08 and Lynn Moore, 11/19/18), Muskegon Chronicle (Cindy Fairfield, 2/12/09, 4/4/19), Murderous Minors Podcast

Foundry Ladle Murders- LA Times (Mark Fritz, 12/20/87), Associated Press (11/27/87), The Oprah Winfrey Show (8/15/89), MLive (Lynn Moore, 11/26/17)

You can watch the Oprah segment featuring Bartley Dobben’s family HERE.