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Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library

Ann Arbor District Library

Ann Arbor Stories features sometimes well known and sometimes obscure short tales from Ann Arbor"s past. Everything from music, money, and murder, to the extraordinary people and events that have shaped Ann Arbor since 1824. Ann Arbor Stories is presented by Richard Retyi and Brian Peters, in partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library.

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#47 Ann Arbor Stories: The Billboard Bandits

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2018/04/12

The shrill, biting staccato whine of a chain saw pierces the cold, night air. Thud. Another billboard falls to the ground along a highway in southern Michigan.An estimated 167 billboards in all—cut, chopped, and chainsawed, along highways throughout Michigan, mostly in the vicinity of Ann Arbor. The papers called this group The Billboard Bandits. But they weren't the only ones terrorizing good old fashioned marketers in town. Music by Hollow & Akimbo

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00:14:04

#46 Ann Arbor Stories: The Battle of Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2018/03/01

Four nights of rioting, dozens of injuries to cops and citizens, and more than 70 arrests—it was an event The Detroit Free Press dubbed “The Battle of Ann Arbor”. What sparked this violence and how did the insane scene play out in the summer of 1969? Music by FAWNN and ZShipps

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00:10:42

#45 Ann Arbor Stories: Highway Snipers

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2018/02/08

There wasn't a lot of traffic on M-14 on that last day of August 1981. It was 3am. Semi trucks bound for points in Michigan and throughout the Midwest, cars carrying people headed to work, cars taking people home after long nights. It was at this time on this day on this stretch of highway that more than 200 bullets rained down on speeding cars, trucks and semis, causing mass panic and chaos. This is the story of the 1981 highway snipers. Music by Michna and Ben Benjamin, courtesy of

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00:10:41

#44 Ann Arbor Stories: Professor Foxy Truesport

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/10/12

This is the story of Thomas Clarkson Trueblood—the first golf coach at the University of Michigan, one of the most respected orators in the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and noted professor --- of lovemaking. Get to know Professor Foxy Truesport. Music by Tunde Olaniran

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00:14:45

#43 Ann Arbor Stories: How the Hippies Almost Killed...

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/09/28

In 1970, one man tried to stop the University of Michigan and Michigan State from playing their annual football game. And he kind of had an argument. A story of rock music, drugs, sex, love-ins, college football and judicial precedent - fun for the whole family! Music by Hollow & Akimbo Listener Warning: Episode contains references to sex, drugs, and the Ann Arbor band The Seventh Seal which played music so mind bending that it drove people to riot.

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00:18:06

#42 Ann Arbor Stories: The Chameleon

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/09/14

You're going to hear a story about a man. It may seem too good and too weird to be true, but trust me—what you are about to hear is 100% real. This is the story of William Douglas Street, better known as The Chameleon. Music by Shout Out Out Out Out

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00:12:20

#41 Ann Arbor Stories: Skyscrapers

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/08/31

Skyscraper is such an elegant word. Two decades after it was first used in print to describe Chicago's tall-building craze, Ann Arbor had its first skyscraper—the seven-story Glazier Building. Twenty years later, the 10-story First National Building went up. This is the story of some of Ann Arbor's first skyscrapers, it's tallest building and the 30-story behemoth that never was. Music by Chris Bathgate.

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00:10:07

#40 Ann Arbor Stories: Train Crashes

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/08/17

Ann Arbor has a rich history of railroads and trains. So so much rich history. This is not that story. This is a story of the most spectacular train crashes in Ann Arbor's history. Listener Warning: Contain references to train crashes, more train crashes and a canary named Bobby. Music by Diego and the Dissidents

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#39 Ann Arbor Stories: We Had a Zoo

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/08/03

Bears. Bobcats. Badgers. Red foxes. Raccoons. And a wolverine. Once upon a time they watched from campus with their predatory eyes as students at the University of Michigan, townies, and delicious delicious children walked past. Their territory on the corner near Geddes and Washtenaw - that's where these wild beasts stalked for more than 30 years. Stalked is a little hyperbolic. Watched. They watched. But with slavering mouths and sharp curved teeth. We didn’t mention the cages. There were cages

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#38 Ann Arbor Stories: Top 10 Astronauts

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/07/20

There are enough amazing Ann Arbor astronauts to create a top 10 list, so that's what we did. Men with righter than right stuff, pilots and scientists and world record holders who broke the outer limits of the atmosphere, touched the stars and zoomed around the surface of the moon on a frickin' lunar rover. Who's your favorite? Parental advisory: This episode contains references to death, more death (we're not psyched about this) and the film Apollo 13. Music by FAWNN.

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00:12:26

#37 Ann Arbor Stories: MAILBAG #1

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/07/13

Each episode of Ann Arbor Stories ends with our email address: AnnArborStories@gmaill.com and an ask to you, our great listeners, for feedback, story ideas or shockingly personal questions. We personally answer each email, but some of these questions are too good to keep to ourselves. Behold, our first mailbag episode, sharing the best questions and answers to create a few mini Ann Arbor Stories. Our email address is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. So ask us anything. What was that old building

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#36 Ann Arbor Stories: Housewife Flies Around the World

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/07/06

The woman the papers called "the pretty Michigan housewife" had never left the United States before planning her 1967 flight around the world. Not in a modern jet, but in a 30-year-old plane that had 14 previous owners, one crash landing, and most recently was set ablaze for firefighting practice. This was the plane 30-year-old Ann Pellegreno used to fly around the world, following the path charted by Amelia Earhart 30 years before. This is the story of the amazing Ann Pellegreno and her flight

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#35 Ann Arbor Stories: Walking Tour #1

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/06/28

This first Ann Arbor Stories walking tour is intended to be listened to while actually exploring a few city blocks in downtown Ann Arbor. It takes listeners from the corner of Huron and Fourth, outside the Embassy Hotel all the way to the corner of Liberty and Ashley and the C. Walker Building. There’s no right or wrong way to experience this story. Ideally, you’ll stroll along the same streets we’re talking about, looking at the same buildings we’re describing and letting your mind wander back in

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#34 Ann Arbor Stories: The Music Mobile

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/06/22

You can’t talk about the amazing life of Geraldine Seeback without talking about the Music Mobile, but you better not talk about the Music Mobile and gloss over the amazing life of Geraldine Seeback. Two stories in one! The story of Ann Arbor's First Lady of the Symphony along with her rolling musical masterpiece, a converted motorhome that served as a rolling music lesson on wheels in the 1960s. This episode is part of the 2017 AADL Summer Game. Pay close attention to the sound effects in this

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00:18:07

#33 Ann Arbor Stories: Dirty Rotten Founders

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/06/08

Rugged pioneers John Allen and Elisha Rumsey founded Ann Arbor in 1824 and named their new town Ann Arbor because, 1.) Both of their wives had "Ann" in their names and, 2.) The wives frequently relaxed and chatted under a grape arbor the men had planted for their beloved spouses. That's the story most people get fed when they arrive in Ann Arbor. But it isn't the truth. The truth is a lot messier. The town founders more scofflaws than saints. This is the real story of the founding of Ann Arbor and a

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00:18:49

#32 Ann Arbor Stories: Dam Arbor

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/05/25

The Huron River travels 130 miles from White Lake Township in Oakland County all the way down to Lake Erie - meandering through Dexter, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Belleville, Flat Rock, and Rockwood. Since Ann Arbor's founding, the river has been used as a method of transportation and source of power, helping the city prosper and grow. Here's a dam fine history of Ann Arbor's dams, which includes death, floods, and the odds of a coming watery apocalypse. Listener warning: This episode contains references

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#31 Ann Arbor Stories: The Dictator Comes to Town

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/05/11

Ann Arbor loves hosting dignitaries, celebrities and heads of state like any other Midwestern city. In 1966, Ann Arbor had the pleasure of hosting newly-elected Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos and his lovely wife Imelda. He wasn't a dictator yet. Hadn't murdered 3,257 of his own people. Tortured 35,000 more. That would come six years later. In 1966, when the president and his wife enjoyed lunch in the Michigan League, they still looked at him like Southeast Asia's JFK, rather than one of the

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#30 Ann Arbor Stories: The Embassy Hotel

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/04/27

If you've seen the Embassy Hotel since 1951, you'll know it doesn't look like anything special. It's wrapped in dull grey siding and the signs on the side of the building are old, and its clientele probably wouldn’t be welcomed with open arms at too many other Ann Arbor hotels. But the Embassy is special. It's been a haven for people down on their luck since the Great Depression. It survived when so many other hotels in that area didn't. And it was once blessed by His Holiness, Baba Hardev Singh Ji

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#29 Ann Arbor Stories: Public Animal No. 1

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/04/13

Dozens of cities tried - hundreds of lawmen failed. Ann Arbor was the only place in the world that could cage punk rock’s most anarchic, violent and revolting personality. Think Iggy Pop crossed with Charles Manson - the crossed with Charles Manson - the voice of Randy Macho Man Savage with enough of a connection with serial killer John Wayne Gacy to develop a father-son bond. Public animal number one. The man, the infamous legend: GG Allin. Music by GG Allin. Parental Listener Warning:This episode

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00:13:23

#28 Ann Arbor Stories: The Blind Pig

Ann Arbor Stories | Ann Arbor District Library ·

2017/03/30

On February 23, 2017, Swisher Commercial listed the Blind Pig and 8-Ball Saloon for sale. 6,970 square feet, two stories, two half baths, no bedrooms, and no list price. Best offer only. Liquor license included. The origins of the building, the Blind Pig and how this isn't the first time Ann Arbor has freaked out about the future of the Pig. Music by Lightning Love. Parental Listener Warning: This episode contains references to alcohol, topless go-go dancers, Soundgarden, and blues music. Learn

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