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Already Gone Podcast

Don't talk to strangers V 2

Already Gone Podcast

Nina Innsted

True Crime, History

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

To mark the 50th anniversary of the still UNSOLVED Oakland County Child Murders, I have rewritten, updated, and re-recorded the 2018 series "Don't Talk to Strangers." I am re-releasing it in the Already Gone feed.

The second episode is the February 1976 murder of Mark Stebbins.

Written & researched by Nina Innsted. Production support by Charity Dodd. Audio production by Bill Bert.

Additional reading - https://catherinebroad.blog/

#unsolved #serialkiller #Michigan

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

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0:11.0

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0:16.0

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0:22.9

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0:27.4

Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates, potential savings will vary, not available in all states or situations.

0:32.8

This episode discusses the murder and sexual assault of children.

0:37.3

This content may not be appropriate for all audiences.

0:41.0

Listener discretion is advised.

0:50.3

The investigation is proceeding, but I can't say that a suspect has surfaced or nor that an arrest is imminent.

0:56.3

Oakland County became concerned fearing it might be an ugly pattern developing.

1:00.4

The consensus that the killer was either dead himself or gone three teenage girls, 16-year-old Judy Farrow of Redford Township, 16-year-old Cynthia

1:29.6

Cajou of Roseville, and 14-year-old Sheila Srock of Birmingham. All three cases would eventually

1:36.4

be resolved with two of them resulting in prosecution. Today, we travel to the city of Ferndale, located on the southern edge of Oakland County.

1:48.5

Ferndale shares a border with the city of Detroit.

1:51.8

As a child, my mom or my grandmother would take me to Ferndale at least once a week.

1:57.6

Ferndale was a good place to shop because it had the big F&M store right on 9 Mile Road.

2:03.5

F&M was one of the first bargain drugstore chains in the United States, owned by the Cohen family.

2:09.8

They sold brand name products at discount prices, and people, including my family, flocked to the

2:16.2

9,000 square foot store for their health and beauty

2:18.8

needs. Back then, there were parking spaces along 9-mile, but we usually parked behind the store,

2:25.8

or if we had more shopping to do, we would park on the boulevard on Woodward. We'd leave the car

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