Oh, hey, how's it going? It's been a while. Where you guys been? So when we last talked back in

November of 2023, Jesus, I firmly believed that it was just a standard run-of-the-mill season finale

and that I'd be back in a couple of months with more stories for you guys,

you know, business as usual. But now, here we are a couple of years later, and things are a little

bit awkward. Sorry about that. Let's not dwell on the past, though, because the important thing is I'm back.

And the show is coming back soon, like super soon.

But there are a couple things you need to know first.

One, the schedule is going to be different.

I'm teaming up with my good friend and colleague Nina Instead from Already Gone, Michigan's OG True Crime podcast for coordinated drops.

So on the first and 15th of every month, you'll get a double dose of Great Lakes True Crime. A new episode of already gone

and a new episode of... Yeah, that's the other thing. I am changing the name of the show again.

I know, I know, I just changed it. I still believe that moving away from so dead was the right

move, but I just really, I never fell in love with violent ends the way that I wanted to.

And as I started getting ready to bring the show back, it just started to bother me more and more.

It just, I don't know, I don't know what it is. It just doesn't fit.

I can't describe it beyond that. It just feels like it doesn't fit. So, uh, the question, what are we

going to call the show now? Well, allow me to reintroduce myself.

Not all monsters are myths.

This is Michigan Monsters.

A true crime Gothic.

Once upon a time, Michigan was known as the murder capital of the world.

Curious then, that it was also the first English-speaking territory on the planet to abolish the death penalty.

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