Detroit myths and urban legends

[izzyindetroit]

Lets hear 'em if you got 'em.

[DC48080]

I've got one for you: About eight years ago there was a party at the Manoogian Mansion complete with strippers and huge quantities of cocaine and marijuana. Carlita Kilpatrick walked in in the middle of the party and found her husband Kwame getting a lap dance from a stripper. She then proceeded to beat the tar out of said stripper. Later on, she or her husband had the aforementioned stripper killed in what was made to look like a drive by shooting in a drug deal gone bad.

How is that for an "urban legend"?

[buzzman0077]

They're about to announce a cheesecake factory in the green certified refurb of the Book Building.

[JTistle1]

Casinos will save the city! Wait, oops, the city has shrunk to the point it's illegal to have casinos. Sorry, my bad.

[LodgeDodger]

Light rail will save us.

[jcole]

Light rail will save us.

Light rail that has a stop at each casino and then an extended stop at the currently non-existent Cheese Cake factory which will have a brand spanking new statue of RoboCop right out front.

[313WX]

Wal-Mart is scouting the land around St. Jean and Jefferson for the development of a Supercenter.

[Hamtragedy]

Environmental clean up is expected to begin at the old Uniroyal site west of the Belle Isle bridge. Clean up should take up to 6 months, after which time developers will begin breaking ground.

[313WX]

Oh yes, I also heard Whole Foods is looking into opening a store near Wayne State.

[dtowncitylover]

Well I heard Blommie's, Bergdorf Goodman, and Dillard's will be anchoring the new Riverfront Collection, with Hermes, Coach, and Cheescake Factory helping out too!

I actually just wanted to post to make sure "ledgends" was a typo, and not poor spelling.

[izzyindetroit]

I actually just wanted to post to make sure "ledgends" was a typo, and not poor spelling.

Yeah, I noticed that after I uploaded the post.

But for real people, I know there has to be some myths and legends out there other than these hopeless remarks.

[detroitbob66]

George Mason went broke after building the Masonic Temple and then jumped to his death from the highest point on the rooftop.

[dtowncitylover]

Yeah, I noticed that after I uploaded the post.

But for real people, I know there has to be some myths and legends out there other than these hopeless remarks.

Ok good. Sorry I don't think we could help ourselves.

The only one I know is the Nain Rouge. But my father says the National Guard used the top of the Shrine of the Little Flower tower as a sniper nest.

[Rochelle St.]

Does anyone remember a comic book called "Tales of the Motor City" or something like that, that was out years ago?
One issue had a strange story from the 1950's that said a police officer chasing metal scavengers in the just closed Packard plant fell into a vat of acid and was dissolved, except for his arm wich his partner grabbed.
Was this true?
I know it sounds wierd.

[Richard]

sounds like a myth busters episode , naw scratch that no more film incentives ,sorry for the interruption

[Lombaowski]

George Mason went broke after building the Masonic Temple and then jumped to his death from the highest point on the rooftop.

Masons would "Detroit you" for saying something like this.

[eno]

I heard that when Henry Ford recruited labor from the South for his factories, he created two suburbs to handle their housing. Dearborn for the white southerners, Inkster for the black southerners.

[jackie5275]

I heard that when Henry Ford recruited labor from the South for his factories, he created two suburbs to handle their housing. Dearborn for the white southerners, Inkster for the black southerners.

I had always heard that Orville Hubbard had a major hand in forming Inkster. I've been told that he wanted to keep blacks out of Dearborn, so he had Inkster formed. Althogh this may have been done in partnership with Ford. I've never heard that connection though.

[old guy]

I heard that when Henry Ford recruited labor from the South for his factories, he created two suburbs to handle their housing. Dearborn for the white southerners, Inkster for the black southerners.

I always heard that too. If you check the timeline for those two towns it just doesn't pan out.

[rb336]

looooooooooong ago -
I have heard, numerous times, that when Henry Ford II had gathered together all the proxies he needed to re-take the company from his grandpa's cronies, he walked into the boardroom, dropped them on the table, pulled out a pistol and put it on top of them and said "i'm in charge, any questions?"

[Detroitej72]

I heard that there is still a tow cable under the river around Chene Park that rum runners used to bring booze across with.

[izzyindetroit]

looooooooooong ago -
I have heard, numerous times, that when Henry Ford II had gathered together all the proxies he needed to re-take the company from his grandpa's cronies, he walked into the boardroom, dropped them on the table, pulled out a pistol and put it on top of them and said "i'm in charge, any questions?"

whoa.

looks like there is a whole book on myths:

http://books.google.com/books?id=rz7...page&q&f=false

[stromberg2]

^^^^
Now that's a good one! Are you talking about Harry Bennett?

Stromberg2

[Danny]

There was a urban legend about mad grizzly bears living the woods of Palmer Park.
My cousin told me that his friends were walking down a nature trail in the woods of Palmer Park and somehow dissapeared! Authorities went to search for the them. Only the found is bear prints and human blood.

[Jimaz]

I'd say The Purple Gang qualifies as legendary.