Podcaster Nina Innsted has rewritten, updated and rerecorded her excellent 2018 series “Don’t Talk to Strangers” in view of the upcoming 50-year marks in the unsolved OCCK murders.  The first two episodes are live.  The first episode addresses the Babysitter Murders (Judy Ferro, Cynthia Cadieux and Sheila Srock).

https://www.alreadygonepodcast.com/dont-talk-to-strangers-vol-1/

Episode Two covers Mark Stebbin’s case.

https://www.alreadygonepodcast.com/dont-talk-to-strangers-v-2/

Also, here is a link to Episode #434 of the RedHanded podcast about the OCCK case.  RedHanded is an acclaimed podcast in the UK.  This episode contains a few factual errors which those of you familiar with the cases will quickly recognize, but they are not fatal to the conclusions the hosts describe.  The podcasters cover a wide swath of this story–more than most do–including Helen Dagner and John Hastings.  Take a listen to what is being discussed across the pond.

 

 

Long-overdue legislation to fix Michigan’s broken statute of limitations for civil claims in childhood sexual abuse cases and repeal of immunity provisions for educational institutions that conceal systemic abuse is stalled in the Michigan House.  The Michigan Senate passed the legislative package in May last year (25 to 9), allowing lawsuits within 10 years of incident, seven years after discovering injury, or by age 42.  The average age at the time of reporting childhood sexual abuse is 52.  

Click to access 230227JUSa3.pdf

These claims are handled by state courts and there is no federal “lookback window.”  The constitutionality of such legislation is dependent on state constitutions.  Basically it boils down to an argument between a defendant’s Due Process rights to be “free” of an old claim once they pass the finish line of a shorter statute of limitation and the legitimate legislative purpose of protecting survivors.

The package is allegedly stalled in the House due to the noncommittal stance from leadership regarding the constitutionality of retroactive “lookback” windows.  Is legislative counsel actually researching this for the House leadership?  Or is the delay and failure to bring the proposed legislation to the floor for a vote just a repeat of the tactics used in previous sessions to kill the bill?  Is the delay due not to a considered constitutional argument (ACLU) but rather capitulation to the Catholic Conference, MSU and U-M and other educational institutions that have long hidden behind and enjoyed an immunity that protects pedophile protectors?  

Michigan’s recent history includes deviant Dr. Larry Nassar, rapist who worked for MSU and deviant Dr. Robert Anderson, rapist who worked for U-M.   And it includes many decades of organized pedophilia and CSAM that always flew under the radar.  See Frank Shelden, N. Fox Island and consider allegations of similar crimes on other nearby islands in Lake Michigan, continuing to the present, for starters.

And this is not some new-fangled, unprecedented legislation.

Jan 28, 2026

Call your Michigan State Representative and demand the legislation be brought to the floor for a vote, rather than die on the desks of leadership.  Let them make their arguments about constitutionality and immunity on the record and let’s see who is influencing their vote.