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Morning Cup of Murder

The Monster of Mid Michigan - August 28 2025

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, True Crime, History, Documentary

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

August 28th: Matthew Macon Arrested (2007) There are some offenders who, no matter how many programs they are put in or how many times they are placed in prison, they will continually cycle in and out of the legal system. On August 28th 2007 a man was arrested for the very last time. A man who spent most of his life reoffending no matter how many times he was given a second chance. https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/macon-matthew.htm, https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/summer-of-terror-10-years-later,1776, https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-monster-of-mid-michigan-1b6a2053b417, https://99wfmk.com/michigan-serial-killer-matthew-macon/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

A cup of murder.

0:15.0

There are some offenders who, no matter how many programs they are put in,

0:19.6

or how many times they are placed in prison, they will

0:22.9

continually cycle in and out of the legal system. On August 28, 2007, a man was arrested for the very last

0:31.8

time, a man who spent most of his life reoffending, no matter how many times he was given a second chance.

0:40.6

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:49.2

Matthew Emmanuel Macon, born September 8th, 1979, had been in and out of prison since 2001, placed behind bars twice alone for parole violations, and serving more than a year and a half for larceny.

1:04.0

And this was just what his record contained since reaching adulthood.

1:09.3

He also had an extensive juvenile criminal history that included two

1:13.9

sexual offenses, breaking and entering, larceny, and the unlawful driving of a vehicle.

1:20.5

He was at a young age already a registered sex offender, having raped a girl with a stick

1:27.4

when he himself was still a teenager.

1:31.1

According to the sources, the home Matthew was raised in was not a good one.

1:36.2

His father was violent, incredibly abusive, and his older sister was placed in a foster care home

1:42.4

in the early 80s after he was accused

1:45.6

of sexually abusing her. So when Matthew began offending as a teenager himself, the courts

1:51.9

placed him in a program in the hopes of turning his life around. Though they noted that he

1:57.1

was making progress, they also indicated that he would require, quote, lifetime vigilance.

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