true crime tuesday

34- Protect and Serve

34- Protect and Serve

When a young wife and mother is shot to death in her own home, there are two suspects- her police officer husband and her two year old son. And a robbery gone wrong becomes a fight to the death between a police officer turned carnival wrestler, and a World War II hero turned judo expert.

32- Love You To Death

32- Love You To Death

When Selina Vercruysse was burned alive in what would become known as the "Mason Torch Murder," her husband of 20+ years claimed it was a horrible accident. But before she died, Selina told officials a very different story. Yolanda Perna was just 27 years old when she was gunned down in the Lansing apartment she shared with her husband and their two young children above the grocery store they owned and operated. Her husband insisted it was an accident- that his wife was shot by mistake- TWICE. Locals believed something else entirely. "The husband did it," that's usually true. It's the "why" that can sometimes be complicated. 

30- Secret Sauce

30- Secret Sauce

Things get uncomfortable this week as the girls talk about one of the most gruesome murders in Mid-Michigan history and the horrifying urban legend that resulted from it.

29- In Plain Sight

29- In Plain Sight

Dani and Jenn discuss two eerily similar cases in which young Michigan mothers disappeared, seemingly into thin air. Dawn Magyar was 20 years old when she disappeared from an Owosso shopping center in broad daylight in 1973. 40 years later, 25 year old Jessica Heeringa disappeared from a convenience store in Norton Shores. Both women left behind little boys that adored them. Both families waited years for answers- only to find themselves wholly unprepared for the horrific truth.

26- Holey Sh!t

26- Holey Sh!t

When the mother of a teenage criminal manipulates him and his young wife into forming a suicide pact, a horrific chain of events follows. Did Kathleen Holey get away with murder? And what became of the couple's innocent children?

21- Youngbloods

21- Youngbloods

Teenage love is intense and often fleeting. But sometimes, it leads to obsession or even violence. In this episode, the girls talk about the killer in Jenn’s family and the time Dani’s mom nearly became a murder victim.

19- Vanished

19- Vanished

A young man disappeared from the Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, MI in 2018, never be heard from again. A single mother hasn't been seen since walking away from her Marshall, MI home following an argument with her fiancee in 2004. In this episode, Jenn and Dani discuss the missing persons cases of Kevin Graves and Mary Lands.

18- Infamous

18- Infamous

Jenn and Dani discuss how some of America's most infamous serial killers are connected to Michigan.

16- Asylum

16- Asylum

The Michigan Asylum for Insane Criminals in Ionia was part of Mid-Michigan’s landscape for over 90 years. During its reign, the institution treated thousands of patient. But its walls weren’t the strongest, and sometimes inmates disappeared. The results were often disastrous. In this episode, Dani and Jenn talk about two tragic cases in which escaped mental patients preyed on Mid-Michigan’s most vulnerable residents.

14- Identity Crisis

14- Identity Crisis

The loss of a child is every parent’s worst fear. But the events that unfolded after a tragic auto accident in 2006 plunged two families into an absolute nightmare. Join Jenn and Dani as they breakdown the facts of this shocking case.

13- Law and Order

13- Law and Order

Did you know that the first woman ever convicted of murder in Michigan was actually innocent? Jenn and Dani discuss the maddening case of Mary Brooks and interview the curator of the haunted courthouse where her trial took place.

12- Squad Goals

12- Squad Goals

True crime investigative journalist Billy Jensen talks to the girls about his new podcast, his new book, and what it takes to solve unsolvable crimes. (And maybe a little bit about Paul Holes and the My Favorite Murder ladies.)

08- Michigangsters

08- Michigangsters

Al Capone, Mickey Cohen, The Purple Gang. Join Dani and Jenn as they discuss some of the most infamous gangsters ever to terrorize Mid-Michigan.

07- My Favorite Podcast

07- My Favorite Podcast

Just ahead of their team-building trip to see My Favorite Murder live, Jenn and Dani pay homage to the queens of true crime by discussing the best (or worst?) Michigan cases covered by MFM.

06- Shooting Marbles

06- Shooting Marbles

A love triangle turned Old West style shootout in 1800s Ingham County. Dani and Jenn deconstruct the crime and discuss the Marble legacy with Carol Koenig, the current owner of the estate where the murders took place.

05- The Kehoe Connection

05- The Kehoe Connection

One community. Two horrific crimes. One last name. Jenn and Dani discuss the connection between two of Mid-Michigan’s most notorious criminals.

03 - Family Man

03 - Family Man

What could possibly be worse than being murdered by a member of your own family, someone you loved and trusted? How about being buried beside them for all eternity? Jenn and Dani vent about this horrific practice, and how shockingly common it is.