Sunday, July 31, 2022

Detroit's Beloved Weatherman Sonny Eliot

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Sonny Eliot and friend at the zoo. Weatherman Sonny Eliot was well-known to generations of Detroiters. He began his career in 1947 ...
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Monday, July 11, 2022

Terror In Ypsilanti: John Norman Collins Unmasked--Radio Free Flint Podcast

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Join us for Detroit Bookfest 5 on Sunday, July 17th, 2022, at the Eastern Market, Shed 5.   Some months ago, I did an hour long Zoom podcast...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

Detroit Time Capsule Searching for Its Audience

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Detroit Time Capsule (DTC) is a collection of 75 of my best Detroit Fornology blog posts gleaned from over 500 posts written over the last...
Saturday, June 18, 2022

The Elusive Purple Gang--Radio Free Flint Podcast

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  The Elusive Purple Gang recounts Detroit's violent Prohibition gang and their meteoric rise and fall.  This Radio Free Flint podcas...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Walter P. Chrysler--Unlikely Automobile Titan

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Walter P. Chrysler with his Chrysler Six. Walter Percy Chrysler was born in the prairie town of Wamego, Kansas on April 2, 1875. As a young ...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Downriver Detroit's Vagabond Showman Nick Butsicaris

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Rick Wiesend (Tim Tam) with Nick Butsicaris, Dan Wiesend, Earl Rennie, Don Grundman, and John Ogen. I remember Nick Butsicaris best fro...
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Monday, April 4, 2022

Myron "Mikey" Selik--Junior Purple Gang Alumnus

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Myron "Mikey" Selik and Harry "H.F." Fleisher in Jackson Prison. Myron "Mikey" Selik was born November 16, 191...