Ep. 2 With Honesty He Lived, For Honesty He Was Taken? Senator Warren Hooper

The Buried in Michigan Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 34m

In January 1945, Michigan State Senator Warren G. Hooper was driving home from Lansing to Albion when he was ambushed and shot along M-99.

Hooper was just days away from testifying before a grand jury about political corruption and bribery—testimony that could have implicated powerful Michigan political figures.

His murder quickly became tangled in a web of corrupt politicians, the infamous Detroit Purple Gang, and even allegations involving Jackson Prison.

Four men with ties to the Purple Gang were eventually convicted of conspiracy to murder Hooper, but the identity of the person who…