Episode 36: The Real Life Jeepers Creepers

This week, we’re covering the 1990 murder of Marilynn DePue, the manhunt for Dennis DePue, and the eerie real-life case often linked to the opening of Jeepers Creepers. From Coldwater, Michigan to an abandoned schoolhouse, a bloody sheet, an Unsolved Mysteries broadcast, a fake identity in Texas, and a final police chase in Mississippi, this case is one of those stories where the truth is already disturbing enough without needing the movie version. Content warning: domestic violence, murder, gun violence, suicide, and children present during a violent incident. https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2023/10/16/did-1990-michigan-murder-inspire-jeepers-creepers-film/    https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/dennis-depue#google_vignette    https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/03/22/man-wanted-for-murder-dies-in-police-shootout/    https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/from-unsolved-mysteries-to-hollywood-the-jeepers-creepers-murder-case/    https://www.cbr.com/jeepers-creepers-true-story/    https://ihorror.com/the-real-life-killer-that-inspired-jeepers-creepers/    https://wickedhorror.com/features/dennis-depue-the-real-life-killer-that-inspired-jeepers-creepers/    https://newspaperarchive.com/kalispell-daily-inter-lake-mar-21-1991-p-7https://www.newspapers.com/image/207001852/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/366386852/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/207017891/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/207063440/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/206446741/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204120605/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204930243/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204935404/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/182054936/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/100223190/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/635576740/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/642557316/    https://newspaperarchive.com/mount-carmel-daily-republican-register-mar-22-1991-p-6/    https://newspaperarchive.com/grapevine-sun-mar-24-1991-p-1/  /   https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5TAY8_unsolved-mysteriesdennis-depue-jeepers-creepers    https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1115481/    https://99wfmk.com/jeepers-creepers-revisited/    https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dennis_DePue    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119870618/marilynn-lee-depue    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117374567/dennis_henry-depue    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Depue-97    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUhEVrevy0o    https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/yz1z4v/dennis_depue_the_real_jeepers_creepers/    https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/yz1z4v/dennis_depue_the_real_jeepers_creepers/    https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/4p9bfj/jeepers_creepers_inspired_by_a_true_story/    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924047/    https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/unsolved-mysteries-with-dennis-farina/6220811651348767112/seasons/2/episodes/episode-3-episode-3/1b3082fb-9e28-3ae4-97a1-9896d4a7cd2e