The Monster of Mid Michigan - August 28 2025

September 2nd: Lauren Landavazzo Killed (2016) Delusion can create danger. On September 2nd 2016 a young girl who was unknowingly part of someone’s delusion became the target of his ire. https://authorcindyparmiter.medium.com/the-devil-made-him-do-it-the-shocking-murder-of-thirteen-year-old-lauren-landavazo-59dde80aaa17, https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/09/02/remembering-lauren-landavazo/, https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/laurens-law-honors-wichita-falls-teen-murdered-in-2016/, https://finance.yahoo.com/news/man-sentenced-stealing-memorial-slain-192457262.html, https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/09/10/trial-begins-for-man-who-reportedly-said-he-shot-13-year-old-girls-at-the-devil-s-request/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Sep 13min

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1 Sep 3min

September 1st: Angela Mack and Thomas Rettew Reported Missing (2002) Determination can be the difference between a solved case and an unsolved one. On September 1st 2002 a pair was reported missing. A case that, thanks to one determined investigator, was solved almost two decades later. https://charleyproject.org/case/angela-christine-mack, https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/a-closer-look/a-closer-look-angela-mack-cox-and-her-son-killed-bodies-destroyed-in-a-furnace-per-fcso/, https://www.kait8.com/2021/04/09/widow-confesses-late-husband-murdered-missing-woman-child/, https://www.fox13news.com/news/arkansas-woman-confesses-18-years-later-missing-mother-child-were-murdered-by-my-husband, https://lawandcrime.com/crime/cold-case-solved-widow-says-her-late-husband-killed-and-incinerated-mother-and-child-in-2002/#wrap, https://www.reddit.com/r/coldcases/comments/mp3osi/case_closedbut_is_it_really_angela_cox_and_4year/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Sep 9min

August 31st: Dana Laskowski Killed (2001) Sometimes investigators must go down a rabbit hole to solve a crime. On August 31st 2001 a woman was killed inside her home. And it would take going down a whole bunch of different rabbit holes for her crime to finally be solved. https://medium.com/@nikyoung/she-wrote-kill-someone-get-away-with-it-in-her-journal-the-murder-of-dana-laskowski-ff78f8545415, https://www.oxygen.com/an-unexpected-killer/crime-news/emily-lauenborg-murders-dana-laskowski-in-bucket-list-killing, https://medium.com/@astapovaanastasia1997/the-mysterious-death-of-dana-laskowski-24be52c7257e, https://tomblog.rip/the-murderer-who-wrote-kill-someone-get-away-with-it-on-her-bucket-list/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Aug 21min

TW: Child Abuse August 30th: Stephen Berry Died (2012) There are some people who should never get the chance to become parents. On August 30th 2012 a young boy lost his life at the hands of someone who should have taken care of him. Instead, she became the monster he feared the most. https://allthatsinteresting.com/mitchelle-blair, https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2015/07/siblings_of_slain_children_fou.html, https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/03/26/freezer-mom-frozen-bodies-mitchelle-blair/70499754/, https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/grisly-abuse-details-emerge-against-mom-in-freezer-case/291-222045591, https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2015/03/surviving_children_say_detroit.html, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/29/mom-freezer-case-guilty-plea/29466749/, https://www.smh.com.au/world/two-childrens-bodies-found-in-detroit-freezer-mother-taken-into-custody-20150325-1m7su1.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Aug 11min

August 29th: Lundy Murders (2000) Sometimes evidence gets stretched to fit a narrative. On August 29th 2000 a double murder took place. A devastating case where, in the opinions of many, the prosecution and police stretched and molded a timeline to suit their narrative and find an innocent man guilty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundy_murders, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/double-murderer-mark-lundys-parole-rejected-denies-killing-his-wife-and-daughter/Y4M23E5EAJFFJADLV52Y2QAD7E/, https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/122579888/the-lundy-murders-20-years-on, https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lundy-mark.htm, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/parole-denied-mark-lundy-to-remain-behind-bars-22-years-after-killing-his-wife-and-daughter/X7ADEFHQH4XPLTCNZMCRAKCFMM/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Aug 18min

August 27th: Norfolk Headless Body Found (1974) There are some cases that seem doomed to remain unsolved from the moment they are discovered. On August 27th 1974 a body was found in Norfolk, England. One that, from the very beginning, had one major issue stopping police from proceeding with the case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_headless_body, https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Norfolk_Headless_Body, https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/headless-corpse-discovered-in-norfolk-40-years-ago-could-be-sex-worker-known-as-the-duchess-a6835176.html, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-35350440, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-35402014, https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/operation-monton-cold-case-duchess-norfolk-b2607932.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Aug 7min