Malice in the Mitten

On today's story we are back up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, deep in the mining shafts, then a strike began, and just 5 months later The Italian Hall Disaster.
 
Sources:
Intro and Exit music written and recorded by Alan Hunt.
Death’s Door The Truth Behind Michigan’s Largest Mass Murder by Steven Lehto, first edition, 2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I04FIpH5ywM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yjFP1IajQg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FruyQLoryPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqEoFQTSb44
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_sinking#:~:text=Mine%20shafts%20are%20vertical%20or,any%20combination%20of%20the%20above
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumet_and_Hecla_Mining_Company#:~:text=By%201897%2C%20the%20Calumet%20and,the%20Calumet%20and%20Hecla%20system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Country_strike_of_1913–1914#:~:text=The%20Copper%20Country%20quickly%20became,%22lower%20class%22%20of%20worker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumet_and_Hecla_Mining_Company#:~:text=By%201897%2C%20the%20Calumet%20and,the%20Calumet%20and%20Hecla%20system.
https://www.1913strike.mtu.edu/paternalism.html
 
 

Oh boy, we rabbit holed big time!!  

Let me tell you, this 1897 murderous story blew my mind!!!!
 
Sources:
Intro and Exit music written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Rebecca Hiers
https://wmmq.com/williamston-1897/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referra
https://www.housecreep.com/ee/320-elevator-st-williamston-mi-48895-us
The Grisly 1897 Beheading in Williamston
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/04/03/book-explores-gruesome-williamston-murder/25233611/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/stave-mills-4585/#:~:text=Stave%20mills%20produce%20the%20narrow,take%20advantage%20of%20Arkansas%20timberland.
https://dobieroad.org/our-story/#:~:text=Our%20story%2C%20history%2C%20mission%2C%20vision%2C%20%26%20values&text=The%20county%20moved%20the%20“poor,the%20county%20who%20needed%20assistance.
 

Key take away, do NOT become a peefelburger!!!

Between 1967-1969 if you were a female and lived in Ypsilanti or Ann Arbor especially if you attended Eastern Michigan University or University of Michigan, you were in danger!  These are the most brutal cases I have done yet.  
 
Sources:
Intro and Exit music written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Researched and written by Angela Sinclair
https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2019/11/08/michigan-murders-john-norman-collins-serial-killer-evidence/1475344001/
https://fornology.blogspot.com/2014/04/
The Michigan Murders The True Story of the Ypsilanti Ripper’s Reign of Terror
https://fornology.blogspot.com/2014/04/
http://www.maryfleszar.com/My_Name_Is_Mary/About_Me.html
https://aadl.org/aa_news_19690611-shattered_by_grief
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
 

Bad, bad Brad!

This man is pure evil, let's wrap this one up!

Come and have a listen!!  

Officer Moraska was just 26 years old when a man decided that tonight was the night to get his revenge.  
 
Sources:
Intro and Exit music written and recorded by Alan Hunt
Story researched and written by Rebecca Hier
Crime Detective Magazine – Did somebody have a big hate for Michigan’s Missing Cop?  By Chet Wagner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson
https://www.norwaymi.gov/departments/police_department/officer_moraska.php
https://ruralinsights.org/content/norway-michigan-a-classic-community/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37505421/kenneth-j.-moraska
https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=131318
https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/people-v-alsteens-docket-888165010
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/delirium/symptoms-causes/syc-20371386
https://jwt-f.uppbeat.io/audio-files/a34d50ecafdf61ec63b0f3d2f41f9998/39d56a28f5c92009492e72dc87caee87/8a7e9b7208a74919683dbf30d660fcf3/gun-shot-rifle-gamemaster-audio-1-00-02.mp3?auth=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJrZXkiOiJrZXkxIiwiaWQiOiIxODY5ODQzIiwiczMiOiJodHRwczovL2Nkbi51cHBiZWF0LmlvLyIsImFzc2V0IjoiYXVkaW8tZmlsZXMvYTM0ZDUwZWNhZmRmNjFlYzYzYjBmM2QyZjQxZjk5OTgvMzlkNTZhMjhmNWM5MjAwOTQ5MmU3MmRjODdjYWVlODcvOGE3ZTliNzIwOGE3NDkxOTY4M2RiZjMwZDY2MGZjZjMvZ3VuLXNob3QtcmlmbGUtZ2FtZW1hc3Rlci1hdWRpby0xLTAwLTAyLm1wMyIsIm5iZiI6MTczMjU0MTMwNSwiZXhwIjoxNzMyNTQxMzY1LCJpYXQiOjE3MzI1NDEzMDUsImlzcyI6IlVwcGJlYXQtQXV0aGVudGljYXRpb24tQXBpIiwiYXVkIjoiVXBwYmVhdCJ9.GHspDzrBIHp0ylPat3Ny0FxzvdMRdg99foTr9BU63HE
https://jwt-f.uppbeat.io/audio-files/550fafd5d5403a2f6e11b6feefd0899e/49cdc4368cf4a5ae96774961b482b701/ea994f454525cd914fc05324e28ae9bc/hand-gun-pistol-shot-gfx-sounds-1-1-00-01.mp3?auth=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJrZXkiOiJrZXkxIiwiaWQiOiIxODY5ODQzIiwiczMiOiJodHRwczovL2Nkbi51cHBiZWF0LmlvLyIsImFzc2V0IjoiYXVkaW8tZmlsZXMvNTUwZmFmZDVkNTQwM2EyZjZlMTFiNmZlZWZkMDg5OWUvNDljZGM0MzY4Y2Y0YTVhZTk2Nzc0OTYxYjQ4MmI3MDEvZWE5OTRmNDU0NTI1Y2Q5MTRmYzA1MzI0ZTI4YWU5YmMvaGFuZC1ndW4tcGlzdG9sLXNob3QtZ2Z4LXNvdW5kcy0xLTEtMDAtMDEubXAzIiwibmJmIjoxNzMyNTQxOTQyLCJleHAiOjE3MzI1NDIwMDIsImlhdCI6MTczMjU0MTk0MiwiaXNzIjoiVXBwYmVhdC1BdXRoZW50aWNhdGlvbi1BcGkiLCJhdWQiOiJVcHBiZWF0In0.q3g5T4SV_Xe4uDnmqGxq0zkD5K_fGIG_n42PKQth7iE
 
 

She disappeared while working at the EXXON gas station in the wee hours of the morning.  But she wasn't the only one.