"Detroit, MI"

Don’t forget the Motor City! Home to America’s automotive industry and some of our strangest history!

Burchianti Gang is sought in dynamating, robbery of pay armored auto at Coverdale

The Terror of Gillikin Country

they terrorized the rust belt for years, and the cops were none the wiser

For years the Monongahela Valley was terrorized by the Torso Burchianti Gang. Except maybe that gang wasn't quite as fearsome as the cops thought... Read More...

Categories: People & Places, Series 6

Tags: Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH crime Detroit, MI Michigan Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA Presented by #13

Published: December 28, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

Exceeding Great

that's Ezekiel 9:9 for those of you reading along at home

How many times will folks fall for the same old tricks? You might be surprised. The story of Prince Mike, King Ben, and the Houses of Israel and David. Read More...

Categories: Biography, Eccentrics & Prophecies, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 5

Tags: "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills Ann O'Delia Diss Debar baseball Canada communism crime cult David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI Messiah Michigan Presented by #13 Protestantism religion United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: November 23, 2020
Edited: February 8, 2021

He Whooped to See Them Burn

Simon Girty (1741-1818) -- renegade and traitor, or man of principle?

Was "white savage" Simon Girty (1741-1818) a renegade and traitor, or a man of principle? We reexamine his history and try to figure out what made him tick. Read More...

Categories: Biography, History, Series 4

Tags: British Empire Canada Detroit, MI Michigan Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA Presented by #13 United Kingdom United States of America War of 1812

Published: July 13, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

Spirit Princess

one woman, thirty aliases, forty years and too many crimes to count

The greatest and most notorious Spiritualist swindler of all time was a woman from Kentucky who looked a bit like Lola Montez (if you squinted). Read More...

Categories: Biography, History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 3

Tags: "General" Joseph Hubert Diss Debar "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Baltimore, MD Canada Chicago, IL crime David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI dime museum Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" Florida Fort Myers, FL Freeman Bernstein Harmony Society Illinois Koreshan Unity London, England Michigan New York, NY religion Theosophical Society Theosophy United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: March 23, 2020
Edited: May 10, 2021