Oxygen premiered its new true crime factuals yesterday.
Florida Man Murders
This series from Blumhouse Television zeroes in on America’s most notorious and outrageous killers from the Sunshine State. Often referenced as “Florida Man” in headlines, these killers commit bizarre and outlandish crimes that captivate the nation and sometimes feel as though they’re straight out of a Hollywood movie. With the aid of Florida investigators and prosecutors, the series unravels the cases’ strange twists and examines what drove these killers to commit attention grabbing murders brutal enough to mistake for fiction. The premiere episode follows the case of Michael and Susan “Missy” MacIvor, a newlywed couple found brutally murdered in their home after a tropical storm rips through Tavernier Keys, FL.
Mike and Missy MacIvor seemed to be a charmed couple. The pair were young, good-looking, and loved by those who knew them. Missy, who taught at an elementary school, was pregnant with their first child. But during a massive Florida tropical storm, their bright future together was swept away.
It was on August 21, 1991, that Tavernier Keys, Florida was rocked by a fierce tropical storm. Afterward, family members were concerned when they were unable to reach 30-year-old Mike or Missy, who was 29.
“I had a premonition, an almost impending feeling of doom. I wasn’t sure if it was the storm coming, but I couldn’t put my finger on it, Sharon MacIver, Mike s sister, told producers of Florida Man Murders, a new