I am looking for a source or sources [[or just your own knowledge) for Detroit [[and Michigan as a whole, in fact) myths, legends, folklore, tall-tales and whatnot. From all over the state - the Mitten, the UP, legends from the Great Lakes. Things that are true, fiction, inspired by truth, even published stories set in Michigan.



I am writing a story with a supernatural thread running through it, set in Michigan, and I want to use as much of the local legends as I can possibly get in there, even if it is just a small throw-away comment. I'm not particular about where these myths come from - Native American, Revolution, Civil War, gangsters, unions, car manufacturers. They can even be purely historical things - like the Edmund Fitzgerald - which have a sort of mythological, legendary quality to them.



I'd like to know about them, please - post them here, with a link to something I can read online if you can find it.



Thanks in advance for any help!