Justice: Law, True Crime, Legal History Episodes
Investigations of criminal cases, environmental disasters, corruption scandals, civil rights battles, and the systemic issues that continue to influence justice in Michigan today. Each episode blends true crime storytelling with expert legal insight, offering a rare insider’s perspective on how justice is pursued, delayed, or denied.
Find our episodes in Flint Justice, a production of The Mitten Channel, a Michigan-based storytelling network founded by Arthur Busch.
The Mitten Channel also produces Radio Free Flint, Work in the Mitten, and The Mitten Biography Project and Mitten Environmental, a growing collection of shows focused on Michigan’s people, history, culture, and public issues.
The Michigan Murderer: John Norman Collins and the Ypsilanti Terror
He looked like an all-American college student, but John Norman Collins was “The Michigan Murderer.” In the 1960s, his crimes terrorized Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Author Gregory Fournier joins Radio Free Flint to discuss Terror in Ypsilanti and the dark story behind one of Michigan’s most infamous s…
Former Public Safety Chief of Bishop Airport Recalls Flint Terror Att…
Send us a text Former Bishop Airport Public Safety Director Chris Miller discusses a 2017 terrorist attack at the Flint, Michigan, airport. He also talks about the changes the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America had on current operations at Bishop International Airport. The retired Public Safety Dire…
Ben Pauli: Democracy and the Flint Water Crisis
Send us a text Ben Pauli, a Kettering University Political Science Professor, is a water rights activist. Pauli embedded himself with a group of Flint residents during the Flint Water Crisis. This is the group that brought the tainted Flint drinking water problem to the public's attention. The grou…
The First Internet Murder Trial (ft David Nickola)
Send us a text The Sharee Miller murder case is one of Michigan's most notable criminal cases this century. The love triangle that Ms. Miller fostered resulted in the death of her husband, Bruce Miller. Sharee engaged in a torrid affair with a Kansas City cop. She convinced her then-boyfriend, Jerr…
Judge Duncan Beagle Interview Part Two
Send us a text Genesee County Circuit Judge Duncan M. Beagle's uplifting story of courage and determination to overcome his physical disability. Genesee County Circuit Judge Duncan M. Beagle will retire at the end of his current term. This is a riveting conversation about the illness that caused hi…
Judge Duncan M. Beagle Part One
Send us a text Judge Duncan Beagle of Genesee County is a 3rd generation lawyer. He shares his growing up in Flint, community activities, and accomplishments. Judge Duncan M. Beagle has lived a remarkable life. Judge Beagle has inspired, mentored, and coached courage and resilience while serving hi…
The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water Crisis (ft. Anna Clark)
Send us a text Anna Clark is an accomplished author and journalist. In The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy, Anna examines what happened to poison the water in Flint, Michigan. She digs into the public policies that need reform and drinking water policy decisions by the F…
Jermaine Reese, PhD
Send us a text Jermaine Reese, spent eighteen years as a Flint Police Officer. He shares his policing career, its highs and lows. He patrolled the Flint, Michigan neighborhood where he was raised. What is life like in a City of Flint patrol car? What will it take for Flint's crime statistics to imp…