On this episode of F-Bomb Friday, we step into one of the most unsettling paranormal mysteries whispered across Michigan: Shadow People. From haunted roads near Ypsilanti to abandoned hospitals, frozen farmhouses, Upper Peninsula mining ruins, cemeteries, and lonely back roads, witnesses describe the same impossible thing — black, human-shaped figures standing in the dark, watching.

Are they ghosts? Sleep paralysis? Demons? Interdimensional beings? Or are Shadow People the shape our minds give to fear itself?This haunting Michigan folklore episode explores the Hat Man, the Watchers, shadow figures in the woods, and the terrifying feeling that something is standing just out of sight… waiting for you to notice it.

#ShadowPeople#MichiganFolklore#FBombFriday#TheHatMan#ParanormalMichigan

Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, featuring Todd Preston

Written and researched by Todd Prest

Original music created exclusively for F-bomb by Tracy Preston

Original artwork by Todd Preston

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Sources:

Pure Michigan – Haunted Places in Michigan

Michigan Haunted Houses – Real Haunted Places Across Michigan

Shadowlands Haunted Places Index – Michigan

GhostQuest – Haunted Places Michigan

Haunts.com – Michigan Haunted Places

Wikipedia – Shadow Person Phenomenon

Reddit – Soop Cemetery Shadow Figure Reports

Reddit – Michigan Urban Legends Discussion

Reddit – Hat Man Experiences

Reddit – Childhood Hat Man Encounter Originally From Michigan

Reddit – Michigan Shadow Visitors Encounter

USC Folklore Archive – Sleep Paralysis & The Hat Man

In this episode of Round Robin, Tracy Preston and the crew dive into the strange world of nightmares — where sleep science, medieval folklore, psychology, and the supernatural all collide. From the eerie origin of the word “nightmare” to old beliefs about demons sitting on sleeping chests, recurring dreams, teeth falling out, shadow people, sleep paralysis, and the shared nightmare experiences humans have reported across cultures, this mosaic episode explores why the mind terrifies itself after dark. Plus, the Woman of the Week honors Mary Shelley, the brilliant author of Frankenstein, whose own waking nightmare helped shape horror and science fiction forever.

#RoundRobinPodcast #Nightmares #SleepParalysis #MaryShelley #MaliceInTheMitten

Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, featuring Christine Mulligan, Nina Mulligan and Todd Preston

Original music created exclusively for Round Robin by Tracy Preston

Original artwork by Todd Preston

Janet Chandler was 22 years old. A student, a musician, and a young woman searching for her place in the world.

In 1979, her life was taken in Holland, Michigan—and for nearly 30 years, no one was held accountable.

This episode of Malice in the Mitten examines Janet’s life, the environment surrounding the Blue Mill Inn, and the group dynamics that led to one of Michigan’s most disturbing cold cases.

When a college documentary reopened the investigation decades later, the silence finally began to break.

This is Janet’s story—told with care, clarity, and respect.

Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, Featuring Christine Mulligan.

Story researched and written by Tracy Preston

Original music created exclusively for Malice in the Mitten by Tracy Preston

Original artwork by Todd Preston

#JanetChandler #TrueCrimePodcast #MichiganTrueCrime #ColdCaseSolved #JusticeForJanet

Sources:

28 Years Later, Justice for Slain Student.” CBS News, 13 Mar. 2007.

McVicar, Brian. “Janet Chandler Murder Case Revisited.” MLive.

“Cold Case: Janet Chandler.” The Legal News.

Who Killed Janet Chandler? Directed by David Schock, Hope College, 2004.

“Documentary Examines Murder of Student.” Hope College News Archive, 2004.

“Student Documentary Reopens Murder Investigation.” Hope College News, 2004.