Friday, November 3, 2023

Eastern Michigan University Student Queried - "Is Paul (McCartney) Dead?"

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The biggest hoax in the history of Rock & Roll is surely the "Is Paul Dead?" controversy. On Sunday afternoon, October 1...
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Friday, October 20, 2023

Detroit's Shock Theater

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In 1957, Universal Pictures syndicated a television package of fifty-two classic horror movies released by Screen Gems called Shock Thea...
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Friday, September 29, 2023

The Women Pioneers of CKLW AM Radio--Jo Jo Shutty and Rosalie Trombley

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When we Detroit Baby Boomers were in our teens, CKLW-AM radio was known as "The Big 8." The station broadcast out of Windsor, Onta...
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Sunday, July 9, 2023

Detroit's Famous Eastern Market

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What was to become known as the Eastern Market began as a hay, lumber, and cordwood market in Detroit at Cadillac Square in 1841. Soon after...
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Sunday, June 11, 2023

George "The Animal" Steele in His Own Words

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George "The Animal" Steele and his favorite snack. William James Myers was raised a happy child in Madison Heights, Michigan until...
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

High Flying in Detroit with Leaping Larry Chene

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Arguably the most popular wrestler in the Detroit, Michigan area in the early 1960s was Leaping Larry Chene--born Arthur Lawrence Beauchene ...
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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Detroit Tobacco Industry Once Known as the Tampa of the North

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The following is a guest post researched and written by Mark Lawrence Gade, a Michigan State University graduate and Detroit his...
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