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 the case herself. SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING from CBC Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 08, 2020•8 min
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
Jun 02, 2020•18 min
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 survive and thrive in this world. In every episode of the show, a different contributor offers their own personal take on what they do to make their li...
Apr 24, 2020•12 min
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 a father of three and husband to Kelly. Like most of us, he's working from home currently, while trying this whole homeschooling thing out. It’s terr...
Apr 01, 2020•6 min
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. If you or someone you know needs help call the trafficking hotline @ 1 (888) 373-7888 Watch more of Joyce’s story here and see our entire series on tra...
Mar 04, 2020•21 min
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 you or someone you know needs help call the trafficking hotline @ 1 (888) 373-7888 Watch more of Joyce’s story here and see our entire series on traff...
Mar 03, 2020•21 min
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 Tony Provenzano to back him. What Hoffa didn’t know, was that a decision had already been made. Mob bosses believed Hoffa was going to share their secr...
Jan 07, 2020•40 min•Season 4Ep. 5
"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 to." - Jimmy Hoffa --- Shattered Plus members get ad-free episodes PLUS a bonus episode of Shattered every week. Find out more at https://wdiv.support...
Dec 31, 2019•25 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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 more at https://wdiv.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 24, 2019•16 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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 out more at https://wdiv.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 17, 2019•33 min•Season 4Ep. 3
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 partnership with Jimmy Hoffa, and how did their relationship evolve? --- Shattered Plus members get ad-free episodes PLUS a bonus episode of Shattered every we...
Dec 10, 2019•26 min•Season 4Ep. 2
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 young Hoffa in motion. From there, an early meeting with some notorious Detroit mobsters redirects Hoffa's path. --- Shattered Plus members get ad-free...
Dec 03, 2019•22 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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Nov 13, 2019•3 min
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 evidence to support that claim. They also haven't found the boys. Recently John's family started questioning some of John's stories. John's own father says h...
Jul 08, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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 families share their theories. Shattered Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 08, 2019•48 min•Season 3Ep. 8
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 meeting with Dr. Danto. Shattered Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 30, 2019•28 min•Season 3Ep. 7
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/adchoices
Apr 25, 2019•18 min•Season 2Ep. 9
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 about being sexually assaulted by Shelden in a cabin on the island. The boys' mother calls the police to relay the story. Shattered Podcast Learn more ab...
Apr 23, 2019•28 min•Season 3Ep. 6
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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 16, 2019•39 min•Season 3Ep. 5
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. Shattered Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 09, 2019•26 min•Season 3Ep. 4
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 megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 02, 2019•27 min•Season 3Ep. 3
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
Mar 26, 2019•29 min•Season 3Ep. 2
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 and then suddenly, it wasn’t. shatteredpodcast.com This episode is brought to you by Audible (Audible.com/s3) and Care/Of (promo code s350 at checkou...
Mar 19, 2019•24 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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 the story, all the way down to its core. From millionaire cover-ups to a father’s undying love for his son. Egos, confusion and manipulation take over ...
Feb 12, 2019•1 min
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 its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, ...
Jan 10, 2019•31 min
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 through a bullet in the chest and the carriage accident that killed his bodyguard. He’d beaten the chronic illness that left him gasping for air, dodged ...
Jan 03, 2019•31 min
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
Dec 27, 2018•3 min
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 possession charge when he was 17. Wershe has been in prison ever since. Hosted by WDIV investigative reporter, Kevin Dietz, Shattered: White Boy Rick ch...
Sep 07, 2018•3 min
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 neighborhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 06, 2018•30 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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 vouch for him and he knows exactly who it should be, the first family of cocaine on Detroit’s east side, the Curry's. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Sep 06, 2018•25 min•Season 2Ep. 2
