Have you ever had a moment so weird it felt like reality glitched? This week on Round Robin, we’re talking déjà vu, impossible coincidences, missing objects, gut feelings, and the stories we still can’t explain.

#RoundRobinPodcast #GlitchInTheMatrix #DejaVu #WeirdButTrue #PodcastLife

Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, Featuring Christine Mulligan, Nina Mulligan and my husband Todd Preston

Original music created exclusively for Round Robin by Tracy Preston

Original artwork by Todd Preston

In 1991, seventeen-year-old Christa Lynne Ruth Ferree, a Harper Creek High School junior from Battle Creek, Michigan, left home to visit someone she knew. She never came back.

Days later, Christa’s body was found hundreds of miles away near Clinton, Oklahoma. She had been strangled. Three teenagers — Thomas Eugene Krause II, John Seeley Loepke Jr., and Brad Trevor Warner — were convicted in her murder and originally sentenced to life without parole. Decades later, because they had been juveniles at the time of the crime, all three were resentenced to 40 to 60 years, reopening painful questions about punishment, rehabilitation, second chances, and the life Christa never got to live.

This episode of Malice in the Mitten tells Christa’s story with care: who she was, how she is remembered, the betrayal that led to her death, the long road from Battle Creek to Oklahoma, and the legal aftermath that brought her case back into court nearly three decades later.

Listener note: Thank you to Jessica Elliott for suggesting Christa’s story and helping bring her name back into the light.

#MaliceInTheMitten #MichiganTrueCrime #ChristaFerree #BattleCreekMichigan #TrueCrimePodcast

Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, Featuring Christine Mulligan

Researched and written by Tracy Preston

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

Original artwork by Todd Preston

Sources include WWMT News Channel 3 reporting on the 2019 resentencing’s, WBCK coverage of the Battle Creek murder case, MDOC OTIS records, the Harper Creek Educational Foundation Christa Ferree Scholarship Fund, Find a Grave memorial records, The Oklahoman April 1991 article excerpt, and Battle Creek Enquirer obituary/article clippings reviewed during research. Some archival newspaper records are subscription-limited; unsupported secondary retellings were treated as leads only and were not included as verified fact unless supported by additional sourcing.

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.

A chilling Michigan legend rooted in real tragedy. In 1922, the Dudgeon family became the center of a brutal and controversial case involving poison, staged death, and forced confessions. But the story didn’t end in the courtroom.

Over time, rumor turned to legend—and Alice Dudgeon became something more than human in the eyes of the community. Locals still whisper about Dudgeon Swamp near White Cloud, where strange sightings, eerie silence, and a watching presence have kept the story alive for over a century.

Was she truly a witch… or the victim of fear, rumor, and injustice?

This is F-Bomb Friday—where folklore, fiction, and fear collide in the shadows of Michigan.

#FBombFriday #MichiganLegends #TrueCrimeMeetsFolklore #DudgeonSwamp #UrbanLegend

Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, Featuring Todd Preston

Researched and Written by Todd Preston

Original music created exclusively for F-Bomb by Tracy Preston

Original artwork by Todd Preston

Sources:

https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2010/08/looking_back_meda_hodell_freed.html

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-true-crime-historian-29291150/episode/the-white-cloud-rolling-pin-murder-143038959/

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1387693/9533557/transcript

https://thepostcalvin.com/to-find-the-place-where-spirits-romp-head-to-white-clouds-dungeon-swamp/

Main character energy explained, are you living your life or just reacting, psychology of identity and self perception, The Truman Show meaning and breakdown, Amelia Earhart story and legacy, The Hunting Wives Netflix summary cast episodes, how to take control of your life, thought provoking podcast discussion, Round Robin podcast episode.

Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, Featuring Christine Mulligan, Nina Mulligan, Angela Hoefler and my husband Todd Preston

Music created exclusively for Round Robin by Tracy Preston

Original artwork by Todd Preston

A respected Detroit neurosurgeon. A private life. A trusted connection that turned deadly.

In April 2023, Dr. Devon Hoover was found murdered inside his historic Boston-Edison home—shot and hidden within the very walls he built his life around. What began as a missing person case quickly unraveled into a complex investigation involving digital evidence, financial activity, and a relationship that raised more questions than answers.

In this episode of Malice in the Mitten, we take a deep, respectful dive into the life of Dr. Hoover, the timeline of his disappearance, and the investigation that led to Desmond Burks—a man he knew.

This is not a story of randomness.

This is a story about access, trust, and the devastating consequences when both are exploited.

#TrueCrimePodcast #MaliceInTheMitten #DevonHoover #DetroitCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity

Produced and Hosted by Tracy Preston, Featuring Christine Mulligan.

Researched and written by Tracy Preston

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

Original artwork by Todd Preston

Sources:

Detroit Free Press. Coverage of Dr. Devon Hoover homicide investigation and arrest.

WDIV ClickOnDetroit. Case updates and sentencing reporting.

People Magazine. Investigative summary of relationship and arrest details.

Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. Official sentencing release (2026).

Fox 2 Detroit. Coverage of financial activity and investigation.