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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Friday, September 26, 2025

Docuartist DeVon Cunningham--a Detroit Art Treasure--has Left this Vale of Tears

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DeVon Cunningham and his partner Rose Johnson Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on February 21, 1935, DeVon Cunningham began his art training at t...
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Saturday, September 20, 2025

Fornology Blog Reaches Two-Million Hits

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Doing a radio interview in Ypsilanti, Michigan (2016). I began writing my Fornology blog in April of 2011 in support of my full length book...