WEIRD DETROIT

Friday, April 24, 2020

A Colossal Battle

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Detroit Free Press , March 31, 1860 Sarah Ann Rabb and Harriet Gaines, the former a white woman who followed fortune-telling for a livin...
Friday, April 10, 2020

Hindu Mystic Told to Leave

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Detroit Free Press , August 3, 1929 If you know nothing of the mystic frenzy which encompassed Detroit in the first quarter of th...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

"Gypsy Curse" is Feared

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Detroit Free Press , October 22, 1913 Refuge Taken in Law to Put Stop to Mystic Passes Fearing the workings of the dreaded "gypsy...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Wife is Kept in Italy By "Witch"

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Detroit Free Press , September 20, 1914 It's difficult to know whether the superstitions of old Europe which came to the new world ...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Separated From 'Hexed' Parents

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Detroit Free Press , July 24, 1929 ( enlarge ) So you've got a plague, eh? Well, at least you're not being pursued by a witch...
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