A comedy actual play podcast done by real life television professionals. Don't tell our boss! Season 1 - Cyberpunk
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Sometimes, news stories echo in our minds for years after they’ve occurred. With each season of Shattered, we select one of those complex, true stories and take an in-depth look. Season 4 charts the life and death of Jimmy Hoffa. Season 3 tells the story of a string of murders that took place in the mid-1970s in Oakland County, Michigan. Many people know the case as the Oakland County Child Killer. Season 2 tells the story of Rick Wershe Jr., also known as White Boy Rick. At 14, Rick became ...
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You Have A Friend In Detroit is the podcast that explores the nooks and crannies of America’s most denigrated, celebrated, forgotten, important, decimated, resurgent city. Everything you’ve heard about Detroit is true. There are wastelands, and there are artisanal bakeries. There is crime, and there are concerts. There is unemployment, and there are the hardest-working, most creative people you’ll ever meet. You Have A Friend In Detroit tells the stories that are unique to Detroit, the stalw ...
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Debra has been searching for her son, Donald Izzett Jr. for 25 years. The last time she spoke with him was Mother’s Day. He had called from a road trip, but sounded upset, saying he needed money. Then the phone went dead. Donnie’s friend told police that he dropped him off in New Orleans. But Debra thinks he was murdered. And decides to investigate…
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On Shattered we look back on some of the biggest stories from Michigan’s past and re-examine them. But today, we're going to tell you about something that happened very recently. Sunday, May 31st in, Downtown Detroit. This episode contains explicit language and violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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As we continue to work on Shattered: Season 5, we want to tell you about a new, tiny, daily podcast that might be an aural balm fo this challenging moment. It’s easy to feel helpless as each new day breeds more uncertainty. The Best Advice Show, hosted by Zak Rosen, exists as a daily reminder that there are weird, delightful and effective ways to s…
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As we work away on Shattered: Season 5, host/producer Jeremy Allen is back with a brand new invention. It's a podcast called Everything is Fine. As we navigate one of the strangest time periods in history, we are sure to question everything and wonder if what we’re doing is right. The only solid answer available is, “who the hell knows?!” Jeremy is…
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This is part 2 of a 2-part story. This story For Joyce Dixson-Haskett, life had hit a fork in the road. She’d just been released from the hospital after receiving a brutal beating. She knew it was only a matter of time before a “date” would lead to something worse than a 13-day hospital stay. If a “John” didn’t end her life, her trafficker might. I…
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This is part 1 of a 2 part story. As a young girl from Saginaw, Michigan, Joyce Dixson-Haskett was molested and abused. As she grew up the abuse got worse, and she would eventually be forced into the world of human trafficking. She would be pushed to a breaking point, where she would have to kill or be killed. But that’s only part of her story. If …
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In the summer of 1975, Hoffa was running out of options. His long time organized crime associates told him he should take his pension and retire, but he had no interest in that. He wanted the power back in his hands, presidency of the Teamsters Union. He knew that the only way back to glory was if he could convince east coast crime and labor boss T…
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"When it was time for me to go they shackled and chained me like a wild animal: ten pounds of leg irons, belly band, handcuffs, and a chain running up from the leg irons to the handcuffs. There was a caravan to Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary that looked like a scene from Bonnie and Clyde. I don’t know where the hell they thought I was going to run …
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Hoffa, Bonus Chapter - The JFK Assassination
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In episode 3, we spent a few minutes looking at Jimmy Hoffa’s possible connection to the JFK assassination. But there are so many details we couldn’t fit into that episode, so we’ve decided to bring you this bonus chapter about what we learned. --- Shattered Plus members get ad-free episodes PLUS a bonus episode of Shattered every week. Find out mo…
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In some ways, the relationship between Jimmy Hoffa and Bobby Kennedy was simple. Hoffa saw a spoiled rich kid. Kennedy saw a corrupt racketeer. An aide to JFK described it best. He called their rivalry a “blood feud” driven by hatred on both sides. --- Shattered Plus members get ad-free episodes PLUS a bonus episode of Shattered every week. Find ou…
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La Cosa Nostra is Italian for ‘our thing’ or ‘this thing of ours.’ It’s how members of the Italian Mafia sometimes refer to themselves. The roots of La Cosa Nostra stretch back to 19th century Sicily. Its members began immigrating to the United States and Canada over 100 hundred years ago, and they still exist today. So how did LCN form a partnersh…
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Jimmy Hoffa was a complicated guy, driven by a sincere desire to bring a better life to the members of his union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Hoffa was also driven by relentless ambition, greed, and an obsession with power. To understand his life and death, we travel back to his humble beginnings, where a tyrannical foreman sets a y…
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Coming December 3rd. http://shatteredpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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An update from Shattered: Black Friday, Season 1. The three missing boys from Morenci, Michigan have been gone for nearly a decade. Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton disappeared on Black Friday of 2010. The boy's father, John Skelton claims he gave them to an underground group to keep them safe from their mother, but police have found no evidenc…
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Child Killer, Chapter 8 - Collateral Damage
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Almost half a century has passed and the families of Timothy King, Kristine Mihelich, Jill Robinson and Mark Stebbins are left without answers. The families demand more from the authorities. The police and prosecutors say there’s nothing more to give. Is the person responsible still out there? Did the killer die? Is there a massive coverup? The fam…
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The police and task force are in full gear, searching through mounds of information. Dr. Bruce Danto enters the picture offering theories and helping to profile the killer(s). On April 4th, 1977 a man calling himself Allen sends Dr. Danto a letter, claiming he is the roommate of the Oakland County Child Killer. Eventually Allen would setup a meetin…
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I know we’re in the middle of season 3 of Shattered right now, but Kevin Dietz, host of season 2, White Boy Rick, is back to let you know what’s been going on with Rick and to tell you about a development in his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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Child Killer, Chapter 6 - The Magicians' Confession
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Frank Shelden and Gerald Richards have just returned to the mainland after taking four boys from St. Joe’s Catholic school to North Fox Island for a three day trip. Michael Dunsmore, Bill Johnson and two other boys were put through horrible, unforgettable, life-altering experiences. One of the two unnamed boys tells his mother a harrowing story abo…
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Child Killer, Chapter 5 - North Fox Island
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Francis Shelden was a Millionaire from Ann Arbor, Michigan. He came from a well-to-do family with ties to presidents, governors and even princes. He earned his B.A from Yale and served in the Michigan Air Guard. He had his own company, his own plane, and his own island. He also operated his own pedophile ring. Shattered Podcast. Learn more about yo…
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Child Killer, Chapter 4 - He's Just Not Here Anymore
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The discovery of Timothy King’s body cements suspicions of a serial killer. The lives of the victims’ families are shattered. Police from across the region mobilize in a way never seen before. They have a few leads and suspects, and begin searching for familiar criminals and new faces suspected of involvement in the slaying of these young children.…
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Oakland County families are living in terror after three children have been abducted and murdered. The killer is becoming bolder - the most recent victim, Kristine Mihelich, was discovered after being missing for 19 days. Tensions are at an all-time high. But the killer isn’t done. Shattered Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon…
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Child Killer, Chapter 2 - There's Something Happening Here
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January 1977: five children have been murdered in or near Oakland County in the last year, and now a sixth, Kristine Mihelich, has been abducted. Investigators are seeing similarities in the cases and begin to pursue the possibility of a single killer. Shatteredpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Child Killer, Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the End
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Shattered Season 3, Child Killer, Episode 1. By 1976, Detroit’s population had plummeted as residents left for the suburbs in droves. The wealthiest, most exclusive destinations were found in Oakland County, where mothers and fathers always felt comfortable letting their children roam the neighborhood until the street lights came on. Life was great…
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In Season 3 of Shattered, host Jeremy Allen is back to tell the story of a string of murders that took place in the mid-1970s in Oakland County, Michigan. Many people know the case as the Oakland County Child Killer. The story is well known in southeast Michigan, but it’s never been told with such depth. Child Killer drills through the surface of t…
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We're hard at work on our next season of Shattered. In the meantime, though, we think you'll like this episode of another show we're fans of. Welcome to Crimetown. Each season they investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Crimetown heads to the heart of the Rust Belt: Detroit, Michigan. "From its heyday as Motor City to it…
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As we prepare for the release of Shattered’s Season 3, we’re excited to share one of our favorite stories from the new season of our another podcast from Graham Media, Mismatch. Hosted by veteran reporter Roger Weber, Mismatch features stories about the incompatible, the unsuitable, and the out-of-step. In this episode: Theodore Roosevelt lived thr…
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Jeremy Allen, host of season 1, is joined by Kevin Dietz, host of season 2, to announce the subject of Shattered: Season 3 coming in 2019. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as we get closer to the release. Have a happy and healthy new year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Halloween Special - The Electric Dead part 2
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Someone sent a sinister signal to the computers of a debtor's prison on Mars. Now, it's four inhabitants are suspicious that they are not as safe as they once thought. Can they escape with their lives? More importantly; can they find a way to make this profitable?By WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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Halloween Special - The Electric Dead part 1
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In a debtor's prison on Mars a diverse group of criminals discover the payday that just might buy them out from Happy Corp.! But are they alone on the red planet?By WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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Introducing Shattered, Season 2 – White Boy Rick
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Welcome to Season 2 of Shattered. When he was 14 years-old, Rick Wershe, Jr. became one of the youngest FBI informants in American history. The inside information he provided led to the downfall of some of Detroit's biggest drug dealers. Once the FBI no longer needed Rick, he became a dealer in his own right, only until being busted on a cocaine po…
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White Boy Rick, Chapter 1 – Like Father, Like Son
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Chapter 1 – Like Father, Like Son: In 1984, crack cocaine is becoming an epidemic in Detroit. Several African-American drug gangs are battling each other for territory. On the east side of the city, a white teenager is about to find himself at the center of it all when the FBI asks him to learn everything he can about the drug dealers in his neighb…
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Chapter 2 – Summer Job: To get inside information on the local drug trade, Rick has to do more than watch from the outside. But it’s not as simple as just heading up to the local crack house with cash in hand. He needs to be known as someone who can be trusted both to buy drugs and to never snitch to police if he gets caught. He needs someone to vo…
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White Boy Rick, Chapter 3 – Fight Night in Vegas
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Chapter 3 – Fight Night in Vegas: When the police keep raiding drug houses rife with cash and cocaine, the Currys don’t think it’s simply bad luck for them or great work by the police. They suspect there is a rat in the organization and they want it exterminated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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White Boy Rick, Chapter 4 – I’m No Cocaine Kingpin
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Chapter 4 – I’m No Cocaine Kingpin: Rick has given the feds enough information for them to start prosecuting the Curry’s. Out of a job, Rick charts a new path with the skills he's accumulated from the government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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White Boy Rick, Chapter 5 – Operation Backbone
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Chapter 5 – Operation Backbone: From behind bars, Rick is asked to inform again as part of Operation Backbone, an FBI sting that aims to catch dirty Detroit cops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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White Boy Rick, Chapter 6 – Inspector Todd
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Chapter 6 – Inspector Todd: Rick says the reason he’s been languishing in prison for so long has a lot to do with one man, Gil Hill. Hill was the head the Detroit Police Department’s Homicide Unit and he also played the part of a cop in the Beverly Hills Cop trilogy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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White Boy Rick, Chapter 7 – Kid Rock and White Boy Rick
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Chapter 7 – Kid Rock and White Boy Rick: Rick is granted his first parole hearing in 15 years. Kid Rock shows up to testify on his behalf. Rick thinks he has a chance at parole. But a letter from then Wayne County Prosecutor (and current Mayor of Detroit), Mike Duggan, throws a wrench into Rick’s dream of freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. …
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White Boy Rick, Chapter 8 – Just Call Me Rick
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Chapter 8 – Just Call Me Rick With Hollywood making a movie about his life and some positive signs coming from the new Wayne County Prosecutor, Rick thinks he might have a shot at parole. As that’s happening - before he was sent to prison, before he sold drugs, before he became an informant, Rick was young and in love with Michelle. All these years…
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Surrounded by hostile "Jerry bots" the gang has to think quickly. Will their skills and Dwayne's pecs be enough to get them out of this jam? No.By WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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After hours at Local 4 WDIV Detroit; four employees get together to record a hilarious actual play cyberpunk podcast. Is it funny? Yes. Does the GM have a weird crush on Kumail Nanjiani? You betcha. Is a TPK coming? Oh my, yes. Three roommates take a heist job to pay their rent in this comedy cyberpunk podcast set in a future Detroit. Can they surv…
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From Aretha to Eminem, Detroit is home to indisputable music legends. On this episode, we explore Detroit’s musical present, through the eyes of an industry insider who came all the way ‘across the pond’ to set up shop in the city, and why he’s betting the next pop star could come from Detroit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a…
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Episode 5: A few years ago, billboards popped up in Brooklyn designed to entice creative types to move to Detroit. And quite a few of them did. We talk to three New York natives now living in Detroit about why they came, what they found when they got here, and whether Detroit really is the “new Brooklyn”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…
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Everything you’ve always wondered about what Muslim women wear, but don’t know anyone to ask. Metro Detroit is home to a large number of Arab-Americans and Muslims, so we talked to three millennial-aged women about why they do or don’t wear the hijab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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There used to be t-shirts that said “I’m so bad, I vacation in Detroit.” Now it’s not ‘funny’ anymore. Why are so many (especially European) visitors spending their holidays in Detroit? We tag along for the tourist experience, and see what people DO after they’ve crossed an ocean to be in Detroit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…
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There was a time in the 1980s when Detroiters bashed in the windshields at Japanese car dealerships. Now you see more Audis, Hyundais and Toyotas on the road than ever. How have Detroiters’ attitudes shifted in the face of globalization, and what does it mean to “buy American” in the Motor City? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/…
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If you want to pass as a Detroiter, you’ll have to know this greeting native to the city. We take a light-hearted look at its origin and uses in pop culture. We discuss how slang spreads (or stays associated with one area). We also touch on “Midwestern” words like pop and party store that aren’t used across the country. Learn more about your ad cho…
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You Have a Friend in Detroit explores what you think you know about the Motor City, with your host (and friend) Jason Carr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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~~Introducing Shattered, Season 1 – Black Friday~~
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Welcome to Shattered, a new true-crime podcast from WDIV in Detroit. Season 1 chronicles the young Skelton brothers’ disappearance on Black Friday, 2010. The mystery of what happened to the boys remains open, with their small Michigan hometown wondering - could a father have committed an unimaginable crime? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m…
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Season 1, Chapter 1: The Skeltons, a family of 5, once whole and together has been shattered. John, the father, begins acting erratically and eventually pushes mom, Tanya, too far. But he's not done there. His anger toward Tanya leads to the eventual disappearance of 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton. But how and…
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Season 1, Chapter 2: Andrew, Alexander and Tanner are missing. But before their dad, John, made them vanish, a storm was brewing between him and his wife, Tanya. Tanya gives us a glimpse into life with John before Black Friday 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group
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