Malice in the Mitten

This is an introduction to your host Tracy Preston and her sidekick Christine Mulligan for Malice in the Mitten!!!  True Crime only in the Mitten (Michigan)

It was the late 1970's, in a suburb of Detroit where four children between the ages of ten and twelve were kidnapped, held for days and found lifeless in the snow to be found.  
Music is credited to: Cinco-Knockers
Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
Sources for this Episode:
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At just 15 years old, Christopher Danovich lost control, and committed parricide against his mother.
 
Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
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Elias Albuelazam also dubbed the Serial Slasher was terrorizing Flint, Michigan with his senseless attacks on black men as they were walking home
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Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
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John Armstrong had a thing for prostitutes, he would return over and over to them, but not how you may think.
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Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
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Working as nurses aides at the Alpine Manor Nursing home, two women became lovers, and formed a love bond that was meant to keep them together forever.  Catherine and Gwen made national news and put Walker, Michigan in the headlines after murdering 5 residents at the manor.
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Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
Forever and Five days by Lowell Cauffiel
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Cathy Wood - Biography - IMDb
Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood - Wikipedia
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This is part two and the conclusion of the murderous lovers Cathy and Gwen.  If you haven't listed to part 1 go back and start there.
Sources:
Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
Forever and Five days by Lowell Cauffiel
Walker, Michigan Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs) (worldpopulationreview.com)
Cathy Wood - Biography - IMDb
Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood - Wikipedia
Witness: Former Nurse Aide 'Joked' About Killing Patients | AP News
Snapped Killer Couples - Peacock (peacocktv.com)
Where Did The Alpine Manor Murders Take Place? | License to Kill Highlights | Oxygen - YouTube
'She could do it again': Alpine Manor killer released from prison - YouTube
 
 

After suffering a traumatic brain injury, Andrew Kehoe turned into a diabolic, revengeful man. He made history in the town of Bath, Michigan when he blew up the consolidated school full of children on May 18th, 1927.
Sources:
Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
Wondery’s Killer Psyche – Andrew Kehoe:  The Bath School Massacre – Host Candice DeLong
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHcMGENXkig
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Dorsey
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Two brothers were both convicted for life as serial killers; but when Danny Ranes and Brent Koster became friends, malice was unleashed.  In their aftermath 3 young college students had lost their lives
 
Sources:
Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/paroled-killer-banned-from-providing-ride-service/
Larry and Danny Ranes - Wikipedia
Kalamazoo man who as a teen killed 3 women in the 1970s is up for parole (wwmt.com)
Kalamazoo Gazette in 1975
 Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) - Offender Profile (state.mi.us)
Michigan Parole Board to prohibit convicted murderer of running transportation service (wwmt.com)
Kalamazoo man who as a teen killed 3 women in the 1970s is up for parole (wwmt.com)
Brent Koster - Transcript | PDF (scribd.com)
https://www.miep.uscourts.gov/presentence.cfm
Pamela Fearnow photo published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on Aug 20, 1972 (WWMT/Zhang Legacy Collections Center at Western Michigan University)
 

In 1972 Danny Ranes and Brent Koster's paths crossed.  In just one month three young women were abducted, raped and murdered.  "Trigger Warning" for this episode as we reveal the horrendous acts.  Danny was 28 years old and Brent was 15 years old when they committed their crimes.
Sources:
Intro and Exit Music is Credited to:    Cinco – Knockers.  https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fcinco%2Fknockers/vZub/rv2yAQ/AQ/907fd583-1adb-42cd-bc17-a909fd3fe918/4/o9tYcAirW0
https://uppbeat.io/
https://prod-api.uppbeat.io/dl/download-sfx-license-files/1103475/23407/mp3/2f3fc19a9bdc31640cee93fc3920e5a4
https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/paroled-killer-banned-from-providing-ride-service/
Larry and Danny Ranes - Wikipedia
Kalamazoo man who as a teen killed 3 women in the 1970s is up for parole (wwmt.com)
Kalamazoo Gazette in 1975
 Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) - Offender Profile (state.mi.us)
Michigan Parole Board to prohibit convicted murderer of running transportation service (wwmt.com)
Kalamazoo man who as a teen killed 3 women in the 1970s is up for parole (wwmt.com)
Brent Koster - Transcript | PDF (scribd.com)
https://www.miep.uscourts.gov/presentence.cfm
Pamela Fearnow photo published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on Aug 20, 1972 (WWMT/Zhang Legacy Collections Center at Western Michigan University)1