Tuesday, December 9, 2025

The Coca-Cola Santa Story

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Santa's origin can be traced back to ancient Germanic folklore and the Norse god Odin. The modern character of Santa was embraced by...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

West Dearborn's Muirhead's Department Store

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Mrs. Alberta Muirhead If you grew up in Downriver Detroit in the 1950s or 1960s, after the Hudson's Thanksgiving Day parade on Woodward ...
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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Terror In Ypsilanti

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Between the summers of 1967 through 1969, before the term  serial killer   was coined, a predatory killer stalked the campuses of Eastern Mi...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Detroit Pitchman Ollie Fretter

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Ollie Fretter Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1923, Oliver "Ollie" Fretter moved with his parents to Royal Oak, Michigan when he was in...
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Saturday, November 1, 2025

The Black Christ Domed Ceiling Mural--Detroit Art Treasure in Peril

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The Black Christ by DeVon Cunningham. Notice the water damage on Jesus' robe and the mold around the edges of the mural. In 1969, Detro...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Sir Graves Ghastly's Rise and Fall

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Lawson Deming was a graduate of Western Reserve University who studied speech, drama, and math. "Deming began performing professionally...
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Sunday, October 5, 2025

Edythe Fern Melrose--The Lady of Charm

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The Lady of Charm Edythe Fern (Culp) Melrose was born in rural Illinois in 1897, but she was raised on a farm in West Mansfield, Ohio. She g...
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