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Already Gone Podcast

Murder of Monica Hockey

Already Gone Podcast

Nina Innsted

True Crime, Mystery, Missing, History, Murder, Truecrime, Unsolved

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This episode contains graphic details relating to murder. Listener discretion advised

The 1979 Murder of Monica Hockey of Clarkston, Michigan. A crime so brutal, so vicious, that lawmakers lobbied to bring the death penalty back to Michigan.

Transcript

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You are listening to the already gone podcast sharing stories of the missing, the

0:09.6

murdered, the mysterious, and the lost.

0:13.0

This week's episode covers a particularly vicious and disturbing murder.

0:22.0

listener discretion is strongly advised. particularly vicious and disturbing murder.

0:22.9

Listener discretion is strongly advised.

0:27.4

When I was a kid, growing up in Oakland County,

0:30.7

I thought someday I would live in Clarkston.

0:33.0

It's a town at the northern end of the county, and 20 some years ago,

0:37.0

North Oakland County was just a couple of small towns, like Clarkston, Leonard, Holly, and Lake Orion.

0:44.0

There's no shortage of waterfront up there, places like Deer Lake, Whipple Lake, and Park Lake.

0:52.0

Clarkston is close to Pine Knob, an outdoor concert venue where my favorite bands play each summer.

0:59.0

In the winter, Clarkston is home to the Pine Knob Ski Resort. Clarkston was home to the Pineb ski resort.

1:03.0

Clarkston was settled in the 1820s and by the 1850s,

1:08.0

with the arrival of the railroad,

1:10.0

visitors from Detroit traveled to the area to hunt, fish, or just get away from the big city for some fresh air.

1:17.0

While it's considered a suburb of Detroit, Clarkston is some 40 miles from downtown,

1:22.0

and in many aspects it's a world away.

1:25.0

Edward Hockey grew up in Clarkston. His wife Shirley she was raised in nearby Pontiac.

1:34.4

When the two married, they decided to raise their family, a son, Perry, and two daughters,

1:39.1

Renee and Monica, and Clarkston.

1:42.4

They lived in a house not too far from the Mill Pond Dam.

1:45.0

Their three kids attended Clarkston schools. Mom surely worked outside the home and

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