Where They Stood

In this episode we take a closer look at the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.  Topics discussed: the interior of the ship, different ways to describe the shape of the Upper Peninsula, and if Lake Superior does give up her dead.
Please do not use this photo without seeking permission from Where They Stood podcast.
Transmission between Captain Cooper and the United States Coast Guard on November 10, 1975: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyaEDWf_dG8

Caitlin Doughty, The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Lg9HygEJc

Partial list of sources. Please contact Where They Stood for all of the sources.

https://orionmagazine.org/article/edmund-fitzgerald-shipwreck-lake-superior/
https://www.mybirthdayfacts.com/number-one-song.htm
https://www.eekwi.org/great-lakes/lakes/lake-superior#:~:text=It%20is%20the%20deepest%20(1%2C335,F%20(4%C2%B0C).
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watertrails/lswt/more.html#:~:text=Except%20for%20shallow%20bays%20and,average%2C%20less%20than%20two%20hours.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/2023/05/03/what-to-know-about-the-edmund-fitzgerald-whose-wreck-inspired-song/70174467007/
https://www.jdpower.com/boats/shopping-guides/ship-abbreviations-common-prefixes-and-their-meanings#:~:text=SS%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Default%20Prefix,sail%20and%20oar%20propelled%20watercraft
https://www.ksat.com/travel/2019/08/05/why-soo-locks-are-so-important-to-us-economy-unlocking-value-of-engineering-gem/#:~:text=Built%20in%201855%2C%20the%20Soo,Ocean%20(and%20vice%20versa).
https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/things-you-may-not-know-about-soo-locks
https://www.thoughtco.com/ships-champagne-and-superstition-1774054
https://ssedmundfitzgerald.org/fitz-timeline
https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/2017/09/here_are_the_12_things_people.html
https://shipwreckmuseum.com/the-launch-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-june-8-1958/
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/education/geology/digging/taconite.html#:~:text=The%20taconite%20pellets%20are%20loaded,be%20m
http://www.decidedlygrim.net/?p=7243

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Let's play a little game, Dear Listeners.  I tell you about some native, famous men from Michigan and you try to guess who they are!  Intriguing stories, trivia, and perhaps too many Star Wars references.  Oof.  Also, no looking at the sources until after you listen!!!  

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A story about a man, stuck in the Colorado Mountains, with only one hope, using SOS to signal for help.  But this story, while fascinating, is not what it seems.  Learn more about the secret that just wouldn't keep and how familial DNA broke an unsolved case wide open.

https://permies.com/t/136145/Wearing-wool-summer#:~:text=The%20obvious%20question%20was%3A%20'Wasn,summer%20and%20warm%20in%20winter.

Morbid Knowledge 

https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/cadillac-mi-population

Deep In The Heart Of Texas

Song by Moe Bandy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 09 Jan 1982 UPI “Survival, Motorist’s SOS Catches Eye of Passenger In Jet”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alan-lee-phillips-life-prison-dna-1982-killings-annette-schnee-bobbie-jo-oberholtzer-colorado/

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/alan-lee-phillips-dies-murdered-annette-schnee-barbara-bobbi-jo-oberholtzer-colorado-near-breckenridge-cold-case/

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/alan-lee-phillips-convicted-of-murdering-annette-schnee-bobbi-jo-oberholtzer/

https://www.oxygen.com/buried-in-the-backyard/crime-news/bobbie-jo-oberholtzer-annette-schnee-murder-alan-phillips

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/colorado-man-now-70-years-old-arrested-in-murders-of-two-women-the-cases-had-been-cold-since-1982/

Unsolved Mysterious, May 1991

Unsolved Mysteriousfandom.com

Man Rescued in Colorado Mountain Pass Is Accused in 1982 Murders

By Maria Cramer

May 27, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/us/phillips-colorado-sos-murder.html

https://www.colorado.com/articles/real-south-park-colorado

sound effect from Pixabay.com

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Here are a few stories to get you in the Halloween mood!

Music by ALEKSEY CHISTILIN, "Alice In Dark Wonderland" via Pixabay.com

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Okay, I wasn't really haunted...or was I?  This is the story of Sleep Demons and Sleep Paralysis with some creepy Beaver Island tales thrown in the mix. Happy Halloween!

Song and Sound effects: courtesy of Pixaby.com
Episode Art: the picture of JFK that I personally took on my trip to Beaver Island in 1997 (picture is taken from the video I made that day)

Sources: 
https://www.healthline.com/health/hypnagogia

https://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/wake-up-wake-up-wake-up

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-paralysis#:~:text=Sleep%20paralysis%20is%20a%20temporary,and%20certain%20mental%20health%20conditions.

https://www.bibco.com/beaver-island-and-tours-2/island-history/

Violent Ends Podcast Episode 75

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Island_Head_Light

https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=205

https://99wfmk.com/lighthouse-ladies/

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-demon

https://www.detroitparanormalexpeditions.com/beaverisland

https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2023/10/09/detroit-ghost-hunters-reveal-their-scariest-paranormal-experiences-best-evidence/

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Sarah Lonsberry disappeared on January 1, 1905, one cold, Michigan January. No one saw her leave and her concerned husband contacted the police.  After years without a lead in the case, a serious of strange events caused the search to reopen and this time, with results.  This is the story of the Dimondale Lonsberrys and one sheriff who wouldn't let this cold case go.

Wikipedia
Detroit Free Press Jul 15, 1928
Ancestry .com
The Evening News, Sault Saint Marie, Friday, September 11, 1908–Tipped Over, Two Drowned
Lansing State Journal, W.E. Lonsberry is Arraigned On Murder Charge, July 13, 1911
Lansing State Journal, Lonsberry Threatened Wife, July 24, 1911
Lansing State Journal, Lonsberry Relates History of His Life Leading Up To The Murder of His Wife, July 29, 1911
Lansing State Journal, Mrs. Lonsberry Is Near Death, March 29, 1912
Lansing State Journal, Mrs. Lonsberry Send to Asylum, March 26, 1912
Lansing State Journal, Lonsberry’s Son Robs Employers, Aug 2, 1911
Detroit Evening News, Body of Woman Missing Six Years Believed Found, July 19, 1911
Lansing State Journal, Story of Inhumane Cruelty Recited, July 21, 1911
Lansing State Journal, Alleged Wife Slayer Pleads Not Guilty, July 21, 1911
Find A Grave
Geneolgy Bank
Newspaper.com
So Dead Podcast

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What do Frankenstein's monster and Charlotte, MI have in common? More than you might realize. This week's story tells of purposeful poisoning, the life of Billy Pratt, and answers the question: did Boris Karloff ever visit Charlotte?

Special thanks to: Julie Wheaton Myers and CGB for their monthly support of the podcast.

Image: By Universal Studios, NBCUniversal - Dr. Macro, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3558176

Sources:

Karloff: The Story of Boris Karloff by Peter Underwood, 1972

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster on Amazon Prime

Wikipedia

Newspapers .com

Ancestry. Com

Geneologybank .com

Footloose

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a25686008/angels-with-filthy-souls-home-alone-gangster-movie/

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In reality, I have many *favorite* artists (as I have several *best* friends), but not every artist would garner an episode from me.  This man most certainly does.  Episode 15 is my own tribute to Jimmy Buffett but also a reflection of life itself: looking back, looking around, looking forward.  Fins up, Parrot Heads.

Sources:

https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-one-particular-harbour-by-jimmy-buffett/

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jimmy-buffett/one-particular-harbour

https://www.al.com/life/2023/09/jimmy-buffett-was-one-of-alabamas-favorite-sons.html

https://altoday.com/archives/53659-gov-kay-ivey-saddened-by-jimmy-buffetts-death#:~:text=Buffett%20was%20a%20student%20at,more%20than%20he%20loved%20academics.

https://www.mcphagwara.com/bio/margie-washichek/

https://www.news4jax.com/entertainment/2022/01/15/jimmy-buffett-looks-at-50-years-after-his-1st-key-west-gig/

https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/
Jimmybuffett.com
The Jimmy Buffett Scrapbook 3rd Edition, by Mark Humphry and Harris Lewine

Mile Marker Zero, The Movable Feast of Key West by  William McKeen

https://www.wideopencountry.com/its-5-oclock-somewhere/

A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffett
Two of my favorite Parrot Head friends: Shawn and Kelly

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The story of Bobby Kennedy's bid for the 1968 Democratic Nomination, his last speech in California, and a Michigan woman who was waiting for him to speak in the other ballroom.   Also, the story of the killer Ferris wheel (that never killed anyone).


Sources:
"Authority Song" by John Mellencamp
YouTube videos of Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy speaking

Pete Hamil's first hand account: https://www.villagevoice.com/pete-hamills-eyewitness-account-of-robert-kennedys-assassination/

https://www.maryferrell.org/pages/Essay_-_Incomplete_Justice_-_At_the_Ambassador_Hotel.html

Thurston Clarke recounts in his book, “The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/06/05/the-night-bobby-kennedy-was-shot-the-awful-scene-a-post-reporter-witnessed/

What Bobby Kennedy really meant when he said “Now it’s on to Chicago”

Rosey Grier: The Lineman Who Tried to Save RFK—And Voted for Trump

Gil Troy, Updated Jun. 03, 2018

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rosey-grier-the-linebacker-who-tried-to-save-rfkand-voted-for-trump

Patricia Guadalupe, June 6, 2018

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/how-rfk-s-assassination-set-back-latino-civil-rights-talk-n880156
Wikipedia

https://features.apmreports.org/arw/campaign68/a1.html

https://pueblo.gpo.gov/Publications/pdfs/6099.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/us/robert-kennedy-california.html

“Bobby For President” documentary on Netflix

https://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/rfkanniversary

https://www.fosters.com/story/news/2017/01/15/ask-jerry-just-3-requirements-to-be-us-president/22669349007/ Jerry Romansky Jan 15, 2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2010/05/06/126563608/flashback-friday-on-this-day-in-1968-rfk-wins-indiana-prez-primary


Flashback Friday: On This Day in 1968, RFK Wins Indiana Prez Primary
May 7, 2010 8:03 AM ET by Ken Rudin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries#April:_McCarthy_triumphant,_Humphrey_enters

https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-na-robert-f-kennedy/

COLLEEN SHALBY June 4

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They fell in love at the Eaton County Fair and then, they became parents of a country music legend. This episode takes a long look at some family history, the settling of Chester, MI (again) and the evolution of marriage. Oh, and I finally set a rumor to rest: NO, "he" wasn't necessarily from Charlotte, MI...but his momma sure was! And, "he" did live here... when he was one year old. Find out who "he" is and so much more in this episode!

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