Great Lakes Confidential

This was a fun one to do... On this week's episode, we talk about reviews of various places in Michigan. Suppose we should thank the person who left us a 2 star review due to Angie's giggling.

Once you're done listening, feel free to leave us a review of your own!

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Hosted by Angie Amman and Mike Bobbitt.

Written and edited by Angie Amman.

Produced by Angie Amman.

Artwork by Martin Butler.

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William Beaumont, namesake of the William Beaumont Hospital chain has a controversial and literally stomach-churning claim to fame. On this episode of Great Lakes Confidential, Mike simultaneously educates and nauseates Angie on the story of the Father of Gastric Physiology that began with an accidental gunshot wound on Mackinac Island.

And true to Mike's character, the music that closes us out is Gwar's Billy Bad Ass.

If you'd like to contact the show, leave us a voicemail at 313-489-0739 or email us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening!

William Beaumont, namesake of the William Beaumont Hospital chain has a controversial and literally stomach-churning claim to fame. On this episode of Great Lakes Confidential, Mike simultaneously educates and nauseates Angie on the story of the Father of Gastric Physiology that began with an accidental gunshot wound on Mackinac Island.

And true to Mike's character, the music that closes us out is Gwar's Billy Bad Ass.

If you'd like to contact the show, leave us a voicemail at 313-489-0739 or email us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening!

So many things happened in Michigan in 1982 and on this episode we talk about some of the darkest moments of that year. Parents - you may want to skip listening to this one with your Littles.

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Hosted by Angie Amman and Mike Bobbitt.

Written and edited by Angie Amman.

Produced by Angie Amman.

Artwork by Martin Butler.

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In a special Christmas themed episode of the podcast, Angie and Mike tell the tale of the Lake Michigan shipwreck of the Christmas Tree Schooner and the death of the legendary Captain Santa. But don't worry, this episode isn't a total downer because Mike insists Angie act of the character voices and then afterwards the two share their Christmas traditions and Angie reveals her creatively chocolate side!

Contact the show and let us know your Michigan/Great Lakes Confidential 2024 Resolutions.

We'll be taking a week off for the holidays, but please stay safe out there and we look forward to joining you again in January. Thank you so much for listening!

We've got a lot of Bad Ass Babes in Michigan who have done and are doing some rad stuff, and this week Angie and Mike thought a few of them deserved a shout-out.

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Hosted by Angie Amman and Mike Bobbitt.

Written and edited by Angie Amman.

Produced by Angie Amman.

Artwork by Martin Butler.

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It's the rousing conclusion of the epic story of Mad Anthony Wayne, namesake of Wayne County, Michigan!

On this episode we'll cover why "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" may not always be great advice, and how to make those Halloween witch cauldrons even creepier! Oh yeah, and there's a ghost story to wrap it all up!

We hope you enjoy and let us know on our social media what you thought about this special two part Great Lakes Confidential deep dive into the life and death of Revolutionary War hero and boozy adulterer Mad Anthony Wayne!

So much in the Metro Detroit area is named after Mad Anthony Wayne. We have Wayne County itself, even if punk rock retcon warriors would like you to believe it was named after New York punk pioneer Wayne (now Jayne) County. That’s actually the other way around. For some reason Texas born Wayne Rogers took their stage name from Wayne County, Michigan. Mad Anthony Wayne is also the namesake of Historic Fort Wayne in Detroit, as well as Wayne Road and even Wayne State University that has a statue honoring the Revolutionary War General.

But who was Mad Anthony Wayne and how did he get that super cool nickname? His story is so big it can’t be told in just one episode. This week we cover his childhood when he was just Little Grump Tony Wayne, and his life as one of the most effect American officers in the Revolutionary War and then his awkward transition after the war into civilian life. It’s a story that just snowballs with craziness!

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Hosted by Angie Amman and Mike Bobbitt.

Written and edited by Mike Bobbitt.

Produced by Angie Amman.

Artwork by Martin Butler.

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On this week's episode, Angie tells Mike about the Secret Huron Mountain Club located in the Upper Peninsula, and Mike gets angry because that isn't how secrets work.

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Hosted by Angie Amman and Mike Bobbitt.

Written and edited by Angie Amman.

Produced by Angie Amman.

Artwork by Martin Butler.

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Angie lets Mike take control of the helicopter throttle to talk about some of the movies that were shot in Michigan. Mike discusses the opening Detroit filming locations that were shot here and which ones weren't, but were supposed to be set here. He talks about all the second unit stunt filming used for the opening of Beverly Hills Cop, the one specific location used for the first two Evil Dead movie, how Marquette county was not only the location for the real murder in which the movie Anatomy of a Murder, but also where film auteur Otto Preminger chose to shoot, and how both It Follows and Gran Torino were shot entirely in Michigan. Plus, a little Clint Eastwood trivia never heard before!

Two sources Mike found extremely helpful for this episode were:

Movie-locations.com and MichiganBusiness.org