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Malice in the Mitten

Malice in the Mitten

By: Tracy Preston
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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.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday

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Episodes
  • S12 E19 - The Cold Water Lie - The Death of Sally Ann Chesebro

    S12 E19 - The Cold Water Lie - The Death of Sally Ann Chesebro
    Jun 29 2026

    In 1978, six-year-old Sally Ann Chesebro died in a bathtub inside her Battle Creek, Michigan home. At first, her death was described as a tragic accident. But for years, investigators suspected there was more to the story. More than two decades later, Calhoun County’s cold-case team reopened Sally’s case. What followed would bring arrests, courtroom testimony, an acquittal, and a second-degree murder conviction against David Lee Walton.

    This listener-submitted case comes to us from Jessica Elliott. Thank you, Jessica, for helping bring Sally’s name back into the light.

    #MaliceInTheMitten #SallyAnnChesebro #MichiganTrueCrime #ColdCase #BattleCreekMichigan

    Hosted and produced by Tracy Preston, featuring Christine Mulligan

    Story researched and written by Tracy Presotn

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

    Original artwork by Todd Preston

    Sources:

    Chesebro, Sally Ann. Find a Grave Memorial. Find a Grave.

    “Cold-Case Review Leads to Arrests in 1978 Death of Child.” Midland Daily News, 21 May 2002.

    “Cold Case Teams Shed Light on Old Crimes.” Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 9 Feb. 2004.
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    43 mins
  • S12 E18 - F-Bomb - Michigan's Frankenstein Complex - The Asylums That Tried to Rebuild the Human Mind

    S12 E18 - F-Bomb - Michigan's Frankenstein Complex - The Asylums That Tried to Rebuild the Human Mind
    Jun 26 2026
    On this episode of F-Bomb Friday, we step into Michigan’s unsettling psychiatric history through the lens of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. From the massive institutional city of Eloise Psychiatric Hospital, to the carefully designed Kirkbride architecture of Traverse City State Hospital, to the long-term confinement and haunted folklore surrounding Northville Psychiatric Hospital, this episode explores the question at the heart of the Michigan “Frankenstein” Complex: what happens when a system decides a human being can be repaired, corrected, redesigned, or rebuilt? This is not a story about one monster. It is a story about institutions, intention, overcrowding, medical experimentation, containment, and the human cost of believing suffering can be processed at scale. Blending Michigan history, asylum folklore, haunted locations, and the eerie legacy of psychiatric care, F-Bomb Friday asks whether the scariest creation was ever a creature at all — or the systems built with certainty that they were doing the right thing. #FBombFriday #MichiganHistory #Frankenstein #HauntedMichigan #MaliceInTheMitten Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, featuring Todd Preston Story researched and writtten by Todd Preston Original music created exclusively for F-Bomb by Tracy Preston Original artwork by Todd Preston Sources: “Eloise Psychiatric Hospital.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloise_(psychiatric_hospital). Accessed 23 June 2026. “Michigan’s Most Haunted: Eloise Psychiatric Hospital.” ClickOnDetroit, 24 Oct. 2016, https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2016/10/24/michigans-most-haunted-eloise-psychiatric-hospital/. Accessed 23 June 2026. Eloise Historical Society. https://www.eloisemuseum.org. Accessed 23 June 2026. The Eloise Asylum. https://eloiseasylum.com. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Traverse City State Hospital.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_City_State_Hospital. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Traverse City State Hospital.” Kirkbride Buildings, https://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/traversecity/. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital.” Northern Michigan History, https://northernmichiganhistory.com/traverse-city-regional-psychiatric-hospital/. Accessed 23 June 2026. “History.” The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, https://www.thevillagetc.com/about. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Historical & Haunted Traverse City State Hospital.” Awesome Mitten, https://www.awesomemitten.com/traverse-city-state-hospital/. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northville_Regional_Psychiatric_Hospital. Accessed 23 June 2026. “State to Build New Psychiatric Hospital.” Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, 17 Apr. 2023, https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside-mdhhs/newsroom/2023/04/17/new-psychiatric-hospital. Accessed 23 June 2026. Detroit Free Press. https://www.freep.com. Accessed 23 June 2026. Northville Historical Society. https://www.millracenorthville.org. Accessed 23 June 2026. Kirkbride Buildings. https://www.kirkbridebuildings.com. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Thomas Story Kirkbride.” Expedition Magazine, Penn Museum, https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/thomas-story-kirkbride/. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Kirkbride Plan.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkbride_Plan. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Lobotomy.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/science/lobotomy. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Insulin Shock Therapy.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/science/insulin-shock-therapy. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Electroconvulsive Therapy.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/science/electroconvulsive-therapy. Accessed 23 June 2026. “Hydrotherapy.” U.S. National Library of Medicine, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/hydrotherapy.html. Accessed 23 June 2026.
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    22 mins
  • S12 E17 - Round Robin - Be Water, Stay Ready

    S12 E17 - Round Robin - Be Water, Stay Ready
    Jun 24 2026

    In this episode of Round Robin, Tracy Preston and the panel explore Bruce Lee beyond the legend — not just as a martial artist and movie icon, but as a disciplined, centered, deeply philosophical human being.

    This week’s Woman of the Week is Shannon Lee, who has carried her father’s legacy forward through writing, producing, speaking, podcasting, and the Bruce Lee Foundation. The panel also rates the role of self-discipline in living a peaceful life on the Round Robin Spin Scale and recommends the documentary Be Water for anyone who wants to understand the person and philosophy behind the icon.

    #RoundRobinShow #BruceLee #BeWater #ShannonLee #MindsetMatters

    Hosted & produced by Tracy Preston, feauring Christine Mulligan, Nina Mulligan, Angela Hoefler and Todd Preston

    Original music created exclusively for Round Robin by Tracy Preston

    Original artwork created by Todd Preston
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    43 mins
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