Monday, June 28, 2021

A Seance in Whitney's Opera House

Detroit Free Press, October 2, 1879
WHITNEY'S.—To-night Anna Eva Fay will give a seance in Whitney's Opera House, during which she will, it is said, offer some manifestations, of alleged superhuman origin, of the most startling character. Miss Fay has often been subjected, in England, to the severest scientific tests, and yet her scheme has never yet been detected.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

If You Like Ghosts, Detroit Has Plenty

Detroit Free Press, June 2, 1940 (enlarge)
Hamilton the Hair Buyer, Le Nain Rouge, Sans Souci, Le Loup Garou and the Devil's Mill at Presque Isle all lumped into the mystical history of the Marxist enclave known as Detroit.