*This is a listener FAVORITE from Season 2. We are using a new format and recording style for Season 3 and beyond. We have kept this episode on the main feed as it was one that the listeners loved.

FIRST OFF; HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY TO BRITTANY!!! I love you so much, lady! I am so happy to have you in my life and so lucky to have met you when I did!
Thank you so much for all of your research and help on this episode!
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In this episode, Heather is joined by the awesome Brittany to discuss two brothers who ended up becoming serial killers...BUT at different times in their lives.
During their childhood years, the brothers were pretty close to one another. Later in life (I believe while in jail) Danny was quoted saying that Larry was quote "the only companion I had most of my life."
The events began in 1964 when 19-year-old Larry killed his first victim. He ended up confessing to five murders in total...but tried for just one. He then received a second trial but turned it down and decided to go with his original sentence of life in prison.
Danny, on the other hand, made headlines during Larry's retrial when he was charged with a string of murders in 1973.
There were many differences between their victims, their MOs, and potentially their reasons for killing.
The Ranes brothers are not discussed nearly enough in the true crime world.


Sources
https://www.kalamazoocity.org/
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https://listverse.com/2014/04/10/10-cases-of-sibling-serial-killers/
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https://michigansup.fandom.com/wiki/Larry_and_Danny_Ranes
https://www.leagle.com/decision/1971619385mich2341605
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201606/sibling-rivals-and-murder-games
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