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Sources:  Mlive.com, various news articles from Newspapers.com, Findagrave.com, and HauntedMichigan.com

A mix of the game Clue, a really messed up family drama, and all in black and white....and red.

Jacob was born in 1809 in the O.C....Orange County New York and moved to the lovely Michigan in Jackson County in 1830. He was a wheat farmer and Michigan was the choice land for farming it at the time. He was really successful and ended up with 1000 acres of land with valuable herd of cattle. He then settled with his wife Anna in 1838 and then became a self made millionaire of that time. 

Jacob was not known to be a very nice man. He was said to be ornery and he did not trust the government, lawyers or banks so he kept his money in his house. He hated having his pictures taken and my guess is that he was a super busy man and pictures back then took a while, so time was precious for him. 

Anna and Jacob got busy about a year of wedded bliss...like really busy. 

Susan born in 1839

Ethel born in 1840 but died at just 4 years old

Byron born in 1842

Dayton born in 1846 and died in 1882 mysteriously

Eunice born in 1850 

Judson 1859

So Judd ends up being a big player in this whole story. He was born with one leg shorter than the other and Anna died just 6 days after the birth. Jacob was 50 years old at the time he was born and said I AM TOO OLD FOR THIS SHIT and passed him down to his eldest Susan (20) and her husband Daniel Holcomb along with some money to raise Judd. So Judd was calling Susan mom til about 10 years old and then he found out Jacob IS THE FATHER. The Holcombs lived a few miles down the road on a different farm. 

Eunice was said to be Jacobs favorite kid. But honestly, Eunice is a badass in this and you will know why as soon you hear the whole story. She is my favorite kid in this story too. I feel like Eunice was a woman before her time. She was well educated and actually went to college at Notre Damn and graduated there. She then went to marry Henry White who also was from a family of wealth but didn't seem to have too much ambition of his own. Eunice and Henry moved in with Jacob because Jacob needed help as he was growing older. 

Those are the important characters but two more I want to mention are Julia Reese and George Bolis. They also lived in the house as help. Julia was Jacob's live in maid and George helped on the farm with the animals and various projects. Julia was recently separated from her husband and said to be a very attractive woman. She and the neighbor Charles Parks who also worked on the farm were very friendly. This made Jacob super pissed and he actually fired his friendly neighbor as a result a week before the tragedy occurred. I will get to the deets on George later when I tell about the awful night.

THE DAY of November 21st

Jacob meets with a cattle buyer named Moses Polly. Jacob was probably a good businessman and saw that it was getting late and Polly might need a good dinner and a place of rest so he could be on his way the next morning. So he invites Mr. Polly to stay. Mr. Polly accepts and enjoys a nice dinner provided by Julia, by the warm fireplace. Conversations about politics and Eunice wants to involve herself but is stopped by her husbands glaring eyes and firm head shake, because Jacob didn't care to hear a woman's opinion on the subject. 

Around 9 or 10 everyone heads to bed. Thunderstorms in November head in which is very rare for Michigan and it is loud and shaking the whole house. Eunice, Henry, Moses and Jacob all slept downstairs while George and Julia slept upstairs. 11:30 the weather is in full force and George wakes up to what he thought was bad thunder. Then he thought he heard a gunshot, but convinced himself it was just the storm. Then he hears another gunshot, furniture moving, and then a moan. He knew something terrible was happening and hid in a chest in his room as there were more and more gunshots. Now its important to mention that George was just a kid. He was only 16. He was frightened to his core and his survival instincts took over and he hid in a cramped place til the sun came out and the house was quiet.

The next morning, George came out of the chest and creeped down the stairs to check on Jacob. He found Jacob and whatever he saw freaked him out that he ran a half of mile in November in MICHIGAN with his bare ass feet. The neighbor he ran to was Mr. Charles Parks. Charles then reached out to neighbor George Hutchins and they went over to the Crouch home together. When they arrived in the home they walk in to the kitchen to find Julia just making breakfast oblivious as can be. Mr. Hutchins demanded to know about the murders that took place. 

Word got around to Daniel, Susan's husband, and he immediately got the sheriff involved. Word traveled faster than the investigators could get there because 145 people arrived at the scene of the crime and trampled over all the place. So this made it extremely hard to solve. 

The CRIME SCENE

Jacob was shot in the head

Moses was shot in the head and neck

Henry was shot in the head and abdomen

Eunice was shot 5 times 2 in the right arm, once in the neck and abdomen and she was also 8 months pregnant with her first child

Suspects

First Julia and George. 

They were the only ones alive in the house

They were black and singled out

They were let go on lack of evidence

James Foy

He bragged about the murders

Had a similar revolver

He shot someone he said knew too much about the murders

He ended up dead by suicide or was killed

Daniel Holcomb

Susan his wife was found dead during his trial by suicide or poison

Prosecutor died a few days in to the trail

Witness was murdered by her ax crazed husband

Armature Sheriff was shot by who he thought was Daniel's son Judd during investigation

The Holcombs were rumored to be cut from will and left to Eunice and Henry

Important papers were stolen from Jacob during the massacre

Judd

Should have been a suspect but was never on trial for anything.

He ended up with all of the inheritance and lost it to the bank in 1945

Lived and acted really bothered by what happened to his family

His house was set on fire a few days after his death in 1947 by suspected arson

Who do you think did it? I believe there was more than one person involved.

Sources: www.nationalinn.com, www.hauntedhouses.com

Sorry my show notes are so late guys! Since we are a new podcast I hope you give us some grace as all this is new to us. So on Season 1 Episode 2 we talked about the National Inn Bed and Breakfast or Brekfrist (As Sara calls it) . The history goes that Colonel Andrew Mann built this place on site with lumber and bricks were fired on site. He named it the Mann Hotel in 1835. Shortly after the grand opening a ball was held inside. Another fun fact is PT Barnum was known to stay here when the circus was in town. 10 years later it became a stage coach stop for all of the train travelers that came to and from Detroit to Chicago. It operated as a railroad hotel for nearly 30 years before closing its doors as the Mann hotel.

After it closed it's doors, various motel owners came in and out of there. In 1978 it converted into a factory for windmills and farm wagons, and if anyone knows Michigan, we have a lot of farm land to this day. Cornfield heaven. I am surprised this factory didn't stay in business, but it did end up shutting its doors, and then Dr. Andrew Dean purchased it. Dr. Dean made it in to eight apartments and called this the Dean Flats in 1920. At this time the prohibition on alcohol was going on so bootleggers would use the basement of the flats to brew and sell alcohol. It was at this time that there was a secret room discovered, and I know I got distracted during the podcast but this secret room was thought to be part of the underground railroad. The bootleggers used this historical room to hide the alcohol and never were caught as a result. 

It was not clear on when the Dean Flats closed it's doors but it was used to be a halfway house for prisoners to get back on there feet. This left the building condemn and in disarray and no one wanted to buy it but two restorers in 1976. The Kinneys and the Minicks took on the project and restored the Inn to it's natural beauty with Victorian style and oak furniture. They took the 8 apartments and split them into two and there are now 16 rooms to choose from.

The story doesn't end here....there are two permanent spooky ghosts that reside here. One is the female spirit, who is rumored to be the lady in red. Lady in Red is legend to be a spirit of a prostitute or a jilted lover. She is seen all around the inn, but in her own room she takes care of the guest and is said to be very kind to the guests. She isn't harmful she is just part of the staff. They believe she is the spirit of someone in the bootlegger era. The other guest is said to be a cigar smoking male spirit. And he....isn't so friendly. He tolerates people but doesn't enjoy them. If he really doesn't want guest he throws temper tantrums and chucks pictures off the walls, gives guest nightmares, and blows cigar smoke in their faces. My dad had an experience with the nightmares and the cigar smoke that he cannot explain, but it did scare the willies out of him.

This Inn does not want any sort of ghost hunting to be done here. However, they did have it investigated one time just to see if the male spirit was dangerous. Turns out he is just grumpy. The owners of the Inn want this to be a place were people can enjoy the beauty of Marshall, MI. It is a very beautiful place that can take you back in time even if its just for the weekend. Has a courtyard to enjoy an afternoon tea, a beautiful fire place to read by, and a back porch to enjoy their evening popcorns. 

Sources:https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dennis_DePue, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117374567/dennis-henry-depue, https://apnews.com/article/727b9ad98022c37f5e5877d19ff5e96d, https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2017/02/15/did-1990-michigan-murder-inspire-jeepers-creepers-film/, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Depue-97

 The real Jeepers Creepers Jeepers Creepers the 2001 movie idea came from a CREEP named Dennis Depue. He was a fugitive on the run, being searched for by the police, after the body of his wife Marilyn Depue was discovered behind an abandoned church.  An episode of Unsolved Mysteries aired the true story of the brutal murder of Marilyn Depue almost a year after her death.  Dennis Depue's wife was reported missing on April 15th, 1990. Neighbors immediately suspected that her husband Dennis was behind her disappearance, as it was also well-known that the Depue's had a pretty bad marriage. It was speculated that maybe Dennis lost his mind and snapped when Marilyn filed for an extremely much needed divorce.  When Dennis Depue freaked about the divorce, he severely beat Marilyn right in front of their 3 children, he then pretended that he was going to take their mother to the hospital, but instead, shot her in the back of the head.  While dumping his wife's body, Depue assumed that he was alone, since it was rare for anyone to drive along lonely Michigan back roads where he was located.  Dennis couldn't have been further from being wrong. Ray and Marie Thornton were driving along that very same road, same area at that very time and found themselves witnessing Dennis Disposing of Marilyn's corpse behind a church. The corpse was wrapped in a bloody sheet. Before they could fully comprehend what was happening, Dennis was in his van, following close behind then for several miles and then disappearing completely until March of 1991.  The chase between Dennis Depue and the Thornton's should seem very familiar to anyone who has watched Jeepers Creepers, since the confrontation is made known in the beginning of the movie. Specifically, in the opening scene where Darry (played by Justin Long) and Trish (played by Gina Philips) are taking the scenic route home from school to visit their parents.  Like, in the DePue's case, the brother and sister duo in the Jeepers Creepers movie, see a truck appearing out of nowhere that then attempts to run them off the road. Also Darry and Trish witness the driver unloading a body wrapped in a bloody sheet outside of a church. The driver then stuffs the body into an outside chute and the two find themselves stalked by the truck.  I find this super intriguing tha the Thornton's were even playing the "license plate" game like Darry and Trish. It's extremely identical to Unsolved Mysteries story of Dennis DePue.  Although director Victor Salva has never said the DePue case was inspiration to the 2001 horror film, it is totally difficult to think that he wasn't somehow influenced by it.  After the episode featuring Marilyn DePue's murder, and the subsequent search for Dennis Depue, aired on Unsolved Mysteries, Dennis panicked and fled, the saftey of his new hideout with new girlfriend which had protected him for 11 months. Dennis was living under the alias Hank Queen in Dallas, TX, Dennis soon found himself tangled up in a lengthy police chase, which in turn, ended with his suicide in Mississippi.  It's quite astonishing to think how closely the events of Jeepers Creepers lines up with the real life DePue case. And it's even more breath taking that is took so long for anyone to make the connection reguarding the true crime story that highly likely inspired 2001 Horror flick Jeepers Creepers. This very close speculation is on youtube. It's kind of weird it took until 2011 for this to surface or for anyone to make the connection.  My heart goes out to the family of Dennis and Marilyn DePue. I hope you guys were some how able to find peace and live your lives the way it was supposed to be and I am sorry that you ever had to witness or be a part of such a tragedy and horrific memory 

I got most of these sources from Facebook, Rare.com LivinginMichigan.com, Michiganhousesonline.com

People are not allowed to get drunk on trains

It is illegal to kill a dog via decompression chamber. I laughed hard at this one just because on how specific it was not that a dog was getting killed. So please don't take it the wrong way. I love dogs and I don't like them to die.

Adultery is illegal but only if the spouse reports it.

No man may seduce or corrupt an unmarried woman, if they do they may spend 5 years in prison. Married women are fair game lmao

Cars may not be sold on Sundays

Woman may not cut hair without husbands permission

Robbers can sue if injured during their crime

BY CITY

Clawson it is legal to sleep with your cows pigs horses and chickens

Detroit 

Couples are banned from making love in automobiles except on their own property

Cant destroy your old radios

Its illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sundays...its ok on Monday just no on SUNDAYS

Its illegal to let your pig run free on the roads in Detroit but only if the PIGS have ring on their nose

Harper Woods

YOU ARE NOT allowed....I repeat NOT allowed to paint your sparrows and sell them as a parakeet. Got it?

Kalamazoo

DO NOT sing to your girlfriend in Public....totally illegal

Rochester

Head of the Police has another TITLE Bikini Inspector. He needs to inspect your suit before wearing it....what?! Im sorry what?

Soo 

Can not smoke in bed, doesn't matter if you had good sex or not.

Wayland

You may be able to ride your cow into town and and park it at a cheap 3 cents a day!

Weird Criminals of Michigan

A guy in Ferndale thought it would be a good plan to pose as Darth Vader and rob a convenience store. The only thing he didn't think of is to put the mask on before entering the store. He was caught immediately because he popped the mask on right in front of the camera.

Sydney Parham in Fraser, MI was checking out her horoscope one day and decided to abide by it. She then set her ex boyfriend's prized jeep on fire because apparently her horoscope told her to do it.

A bank robber named Dennis Grantham in Warren Michigan needed just less than $300 in cash. He then used that money wisely and went down to a local pub and was in on his second beer when the cops arrived to arrest him. BUZZ KILL!

  Sources: mccourtiepark.com,   michigan.org,  youtube.com, park info board at the entrance of McCourtie Park.  Haunted McCourtie Park- Somerset Center, MI McCourtie Park- Somerset, MI  About 10 miles east down US-12 from Hillsdale, MI sets a park called McCourtie park.  This story all starts with a man called W.H.L. (William Herbert Lee) McCourtie. W.H.L. McCourtie was a very rich oil man who settled in Somerset Center, MI. Just south of Jackson, MI. He hired Mexican folk artists to sculpt 17 bridges out of concrete to make them look like they were made out of cut down trees.  He had two large condo like bird houses built, with little chambers inside for the birds to walk around in, like a house with rooms and hallways, humans can't see inside these houses.  McCourtie had an underground casino, bar, speakeasy where he entertained high-end people like Henry Ford, and gangsters that included Al Capone with all-night poker parties. This underground area is said to have been a speakeasy during the prohibition years, where bootleggers like my great grandpa Dallas Bondsteel, and mobsters would stop off to sell and buy illegal liquor on their route to and from Chicago and Detroit.  Totally understandable right? Considering it stands right along Michigan's historical and legendary highway US-12. It was a convenient and secluded place for these people to stop. It had a bar, a vault, and a fireplace. A wonderful place to stop to get your relax on.  There are underground tunnels that were connected to the underground casino that were previously used for the underground railroad, this made a perfect hidden escape route to those running from the law.  In 1933, 61 year-old McCourtie passed away in a Battle Creek Sanitarium where he had been confined for 6 months, leaving behind quite the extensive legacy.  Now, that we have some history, let's get to the fun weird scary supernatural part.  McCourtie park has had many visitors through out the years. I suppose there have been some that loved it so much there that their souls never left.  It has been reported by several guests that "the lady in blue" a female apparition that is sometimes seen wandering around the grounds at night wearing an 1850ish long, blue gown (some say black). During the night time hours, she's been seen strolling through the park in old 1800s clothing and floating over concrete bridges in complete, deathly silence and eventually disappearing. Other nights, her footsteps can be heard as her unseen figure crunches over dead, dry leaves and sticks.  Some people say she's the ghost of a runaway slave who made use of the tunnels that was part of the underground railroad.  McCourtie Park has a lot of mystery and history that the locals will not soon forget.  McCourtie Park is a beautiful park and is definitely a relaxing and fun destination for some R and R with the family. I highly recommend a visit if you haven't been!        

updated 11/15/21:Forgot to put sources on here: murderpedia.com, easternecho.com, wikipedia.com "michigan murders"  

John Norman Collins...biggest question I have of this guy is what went wrong? He was born June 17th 1947 in Windsor, Ontario Canada. He grew up in Center Line, MI with his single mother, Loretta, who was in and out of marriages. Loretta married a man named William Collins, and just like Ted Bundy, John had to switch his name to Collins (Originally Chapman). Loretta worked as a waitress to support John and his two siblings.  

John went to Central Michigan University but ended up transferring to Eastern in Ypsilanti. He was the average frat boy, played sports and loved to partay. He was even a model in a body building magazine. Collins was even known for his love of motorcycles and came to own one himself.

Bad boy on a motorcycle loved to charm the ladies and take them for a ride. This move actually led police to his capture for his sick and twisted adventures.

Victims

Mary Fleszar 19

Disappeared: July 18 1967

Found: August 7th 1967

By the time Mary was found she was just a mass of rotting flesh. She was stabbed 30 to 40 times. The only way they could identify Mary was by her clothes that her parents confirmed they belonged to her. When Mary was taken to the mortuary, a man asked to come in and take pictures of the body but was turned down. They couldn't get an id on the person but many believe it was Collins.

Eileen Adams 13

Disappeared December 1967

Found January 1968

Eileen this poor girl. No age is acceptable for what was done to these woman, but 13 is just so young. She was found in South Ypsi ( thats what us Michiganders call Ypsilanti) by a construction site. She was raped, brutally beaten with a hammer. She was strangled with an electrical cord, and a 3 inch nail was in her skull. 

Joan Schell 20 

Disappeared July 2 1968

Found July 7 1968

Like Eileen, Joan was also found at a construction site. Reports showed that Joan was stabbed about 47 times and raped. Cops learned that she was last seen with Collins, but found his alibi checked out.

Maralynn Skelton 16

Disappeared March 21 1969

Found March 25 1969

Also found on a construction site. A worker tripped over her arm and discovered her body. Joan's body was already discovered at this point and Maralynn's location was almost identical to hers. Mary was raped and a branch was jammed into her vagina. She was severely beaten on her head and body. Reports also showed she was whipped with a heavy strap.

Dawn Basom 13

Disappeared April 14 1969

Found April 15 1969

Dawn was found on the side of a country road. She was half naked and was raped. She was strangled with an electrical cord and her breasts were found to be cut off. The police discovered Dawn's sweater in a nearby farmhouse. A short time later more clothes of Dawn's showed up to taunt the police. Another short time went by and they found the farm house burned down and 5 lilac blossoms clipped and laid out. 

Alice Kalom 23

Disappeared June 8 1969

Found June 9 1969

Alice was discovered like thrown away trash in a field. She like the others was raped, her throat was slashed, and one bullet to the brain. Three boys had discovered the body.

Last Victim was Karen Sue Beineman who led to Collin's capture.

Karen was closing up with her manager at the wig shop when a charming bad boy invited her out on his motorcycle. Karen was smitten and even told her manager that she might be stupid to go with this guy. Karen got on Collins bike and headed out on her last night on earth. Collins ended up raping, beating and strangling Karen. Karen's underwear was stuffed in her mouth and vagina and her breasts and stomach were coated in caustic liquid. 

John Norman Collins went to trial on August 19 1970 and was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. He is now 74 and is at the Marquette Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula. He changed his name back to Chapman in the 1980s in hopes he could transfer to Canada's prison systems. Access denied buddy. 

Stacy interviews her daughter. All I could find is a pic of a mad child lol. She is usually happy lol I promise. Go check it out its pretty cute. 

Sources: darkhorsebrewery.com, feltmansion.org, wikipedia.com, 99wfk.com, cryptid.fandom.com, ismth.fandom.com, murderpedia.org, crimesandconsquences.com, wildbluepress.com, statenews.com, wilx.com, foxnews47.com

Dark Horse Brewery is located in Marshall Michigan just down the road from National INN in episode 2. Aaron Morse brewed the beer in his dorm room and everyone liked his beer so much that he decided to open up a brewery and it is successful to this day. On this episode we tried the Raspberry Ale and it was good. Had a bit of raspberry and then some hop afterwards. We are a fan. We also decided that editing out ums were too much work so we created a drinking game lol. 

Melon Heads are derived from the word Melungeon meaning mixed race people. The legend originated in Germany and England and settled in the American colonies years later. 

They are said to be humaniods or crypids with large swollen heads and were also known as weeble heads or wooble heads.

They seem to have been outcasts and not the norm of society so they were shunned and had to rely on eachother and the wild to survive. 

They are described as people with swollen bald heads, razor sharp teeth and glowing red or orange eyes. They seem to be very feral and creatures of the night. They also have been known to attack people and eat them as well.

They have been spotted in heavily wooden areas in Ohio Connecticut and and of course MICHIGAN. 

All these states seem to have similiar stories on how MelonHeads came to be but I am gonna go with the Michigan Urban legend that occured in Holland OH by Felt Mansion.

Felt Mansion is rumored to be a known place to house these so called creatures of the night. They have been seen around the 44 acres of land and even inside the house. According to legend and there is no record of this, there used to be an asylum down the road that had these children that were different. A doctor had performed all sorts of experiments on these kids till they had enough and retaliated on the doctor, chopped him to bits and hid his bits all around the building and then burned the asylum down. With no place to go the kids retreated in to the woods to rely on eachother and the wild to survive. Some say that the kids have swollen heads because of the experiments and others say it is from years of in bredding that led to the deformities in the children. 

There was one account of an experience that I could find on felt mansion from this woman Kelly. Kelly was in front of Felt Mansion one day and saw a man outside wandering around. At first she thought it was a worker and spoke to him to ask about the property. As she got closer to the man she saw that he had a huge head. When the guy spotted Kelly he grunted and moved towards her and then picked up pace. This spooked Kelly and she got in her car and raced away.

DON MILLER

Don Miller may have looked like your typical average dude on the outside but on the inside he was bat shit crazy. He was a youth pastor, went to church, had good style but he had a dark side.

In August 1978 13 year old Randy Gilbert came home to find Don on top of his sister. He fought like hell to get Don off of her and then became Miller's next target. He made Randy lay face down on the floor after tell him he wouldn't hurt him. He then proceeded to slash at Randy's throat until he managed to knock the knife away from Miller. Don then choked the boy til he lost consciousness and then stabbed Randy two more times in the chest puncturing poor Randy's lung. 

By some miracle the brother and sister managed to escape Miller's clutches and get help. 

At this point Don Eugene Miller who was from East Lansing already killed 4 woman. If Randy didn't come home when he did, his 14 year old sister, Lisa would have been next.

Miller was thankfully arrested as a result of the two's escape and confessed to all the killings. He now serves time in the B Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, MI.

Like I said before Don was a 23 year old normal looking guy, he graduated from Michigan State University and majored in Criminal Justice of all things. He had a fiance Martha Sue Young and everything seemed to be fine. But then 19 year old Martha decided things weren't working out with Miller and broke things off with him. Don didn't take rejection well at all and instead of just leaving things be he killed Martha on NYE 1976. The very next day on New Years Day Martha Sue Young was officially declared missing and Don Miller was the suspect, but they didn't have any proof to charge him so they let the fucker go.

In June of 1977 the next victim was Marita Choquette, 27, went missing after having some dinner with friends. 13 days after her body was found in Okemos, MI by a farmer just dumping off his garbage. 

Miller was a busy body because this same month Wendy Bush also went missing and was found stabbed to death in a field in Holt Michigan.

Not even two months later Don saw a ghost of Martha Sue Young. He stalked this "ghost" and attacked and strangled her demanding to know why she was still alive. After he killed this ghost he realize it wasn't Young but his neighbor Kristine Stewart and Lansing school Teacher.

He was just a regular guy...but you just never know. He was up for parole this year April 2021 at 66 years old but it was Access DENIED BUDDY!

Sources: wikipedia.com, www.examiner.com, roscoweekly.com, paranormalnewz.com, Book "Passport to the Paranormal", YouTube, hauntedplaces.org

The Keweenaw Brewing Company was created by two guys that suddenly lost their job at the same oil company that was located in Denver Colorado. Paul Boissevain and RIchard Grey decided to make the best out of a bad situation and put their heads together and create some beer. Located in Houghton Downtown is what is now the Keweenaw Brewing Company. They ended up selling 400 barrels of beer the first year. The following year they sold 1100 and then took over the store front next to them. The third year with 2000 barrels sold they were able to expand their business farther by adding a deck and a parking lot and also a warehouse to start canning and distributing their beer to stores. By 2018 they sold their 1000th batch of canned beer and scored a deal with Comerica Park. So now you will be able to enjoy their beer at a baseball game  GO TIGERS!!! The Widow maker which we tried on the podcast was actually named after a very dangerous one person drill that is used for copper mining in the area. 

The Anchor INN goes way back to 1914. It was built by the Akin Brothers and ran as the Akin hotel til 1933. During this time it served as a brothel and Al Capone and the Purple gang were said to be regulars. In the middle of 1933 Cliff Chapman took over and renamed the brothel and hotel Cliffs Hotel...pretty original. After that it sold and fell in to the hands of Maria Best in the late 1960s. Best made the upstairs a "hair salon" but it was rumored to be that Best was the local MADAME and the "hairstylists" were her sex workers. She kept it a "hair salon" for many years to keep the business legal. In 1985 it changed owners again and Sam and Jela Stajic bought it and it changed names a couple times in their care. Valez Country INN to Sam's Lounge. From 2003 to 2008 it was sold again and became the FUNKY TURTLE.

And FINALLY in 2011 Clive and Dot...the cute old couple that I want Brian and I to be one day bought it and named it the Anchor Inn that we know it to be today. It is now ran by their daughter Rhonda and Jason Spears.

The Spears believe that there is a portal to the netherworld on Heights View Drive where the Inn is located and is responsible for the activity taking place at the INN today. 

In ancient times there was said to be an spirit highway of sorts called ley lines. And two of these ley lines intersect right in their location creating a portal so spirits can come and go as they please.

YouTube has a video I watched on the INN and they interviewed Rhoda and she said that drinks will move all the time from the wooden bar and she believes that to be the spirit of Marie Best the madam of the inn because she wants coasters under the drinks. They also give Ghost tours and looks like the perfect place to go to for Halloween. But one time she was giving a tour to a group of people and arranged the pool balls in a circle on the table. She went upstairs with the group and came down to find the balls in a cross shape. 

The inn has 13 rooms and they provide a Halloween attraction every year. My favorite room I saw would be the exorcist room. They also have a chainsaw guy too. Pretty cool. So in addition to the real hauntings you can get the jump scares too!

Lady mysteriously dies on Lake Huron and her partner mysteriously disappears with out a trace

Stay tuned! We will also be guest starring on FLAWPS podcast on December 1st. Go listen to those cool dudes. They have some good material on Weird Laws everywhere!  

Sources:Shattered Podcast,  Mlive, Netflix Confession Tapes, FoxDetroit, lenconnect.

Forced Confessions was on a man named Kenneth Osburn from Dumas Arkansas was found guilty of the murder of a girl. The local authorities made it impossible for Kenneth to have a lawyer present and the Netflix series Confession Tapes made this man sound like he is innocent. Is he? Listen to the podcast and watch the series and you figure it out for yourself.

The Skelton brothers went missing from Morenci MI in 2010 and were never found. The father of the boys claim that they were given to an underground family to keep the boys safe but no one has ever came forward. Most people think that John killed them but he has never confessed to it being so and the boys were never found 11 years. Check out our Thanksgiving special.