Malice in the Mitten
Three Michigan shows, one voice.
Malice in the Mitten - Michigan-focused True Crime.
Round Robin - Upbeat round-table talk.
F-Bomb - Michigan folklore and frights.
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Malice in the Mitten is a Michigan-focused, cinematic true crime podcast rooted in the stories, cases, and communities of Michigan — including the Upper Peninsula. Hosted by Tracy Preston and joined by Christine Mulligan, the show centers victims, context, and careful research while exploring the dark cases Michigan never forgot. Each episode is told with a noir-inspired atmosphere, respect for the people involved, and a mission to bring awareness to listeners and communities.
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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.
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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
Sound Effect from Uppbeat: horror-scream-in-abandoned-place(Long).mp3
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