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Eric Kiska
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Documentary filmmaker, podcast producer, & mail carrier: https://youtube.com/@firelakemedia https://detroithistorypodcast.com https://linktr.ee/a24podcast
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On my latest Firelake Chat, I talk with documentary filmmaker Andrew Templeton about the #Michigan murders in the late 60s. When he made a documentary on the subject, he discovered that the crimes may not have only been committed by John Norman Collins, and others were involved. Watch below 👇🏻
The Michigan Murders, A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Andrew Templeton | Firelake Chat
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My latest Tales of the Great Lakes is a two part YouTube doc on the cult that once roamed Mackinac Island, the early indigenous history of Mackinac Island, and the Native American boarding school that was on the sunrise side of the island. Check out the first part below. #history #michigan
9. The Dark History of Mission Point on Mackinac Island, Part One | Tales of the Great Lakes
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My top 5 Great Lakes and why. What’s your top 5? Comment below. And if you say Lake Erie is your favorite, you lose all accountability. #greatlakes #top5
Top 5 Great Lakes and why. What’s your top 5? Comment below. #shorts #greatlakes #lake #top5
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Jim Morrison’s gravesite at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.
Did you know that for a short period of time before the auto industry, Detroit’s biggest industry was bone charcoal and bone fertilizer made from buffalo bones? A company called Michigan Carbon Works once used 13% of the disregarded buffalo bones from the prairies to turn a profit. #history #detroit
For a short period of time, Detroit was known for bone fertilizer, not cars. #shorts #history
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The first Zodiac Killer cipher published in The Vallejo Times in the summer of 1969.
Thanks for sharing Bruce!
On the 250th anniversary of the Post Office, I made a YouTube documentary sharing an abridged #history of how it was created, and where it’s at today. Check it out below.
The Post Office on its 250th anniversary, an abridged history. How it started & where it's at today.
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Thinking about taking new headshots for my LinkedIn, is this good inspiration?
#funny #martinscorcese #film
Disturbing photos taken in Michigan in the 1800s. #history #michigan
We now know that the government of Singapore owns a little over 5% of the land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, thanks to reporting by Simon Schuster and @bridgemi.com.
The government of Singapore owns 5% of the land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. #shorts #michigan
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Campfire quesadilla #recipe. One note: heating evenly means I cooked each side of the quesadilla for about 7-8 mins. Cook one side, turn, cook that side, then flip and do the same for around 30 total mins of cooking.
After my trip to Mammoth Cave, I decided to do a little digging into the early history of the place, and I found some fascinating (and dark) facts. #history
The fascinating (and dark) early history of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. #history #shorts
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From the creators of The Detroit History Podcast comes a documentary about the last 60 years of the Detroit Free Press. We explore the power of local news and the story of the city it covers. #detroit #history
A documentary about the history of the last 60 years of the Detroit Free Press, coming soon
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I recently interviewed author Aaron Helman about a club of nudist writers and artists in southwestern Michigan. They were nicknamed "The Union Pier Nudist Club" in the summers of 1913 and 1914, before the Lithuanian community of Union Pier kicked them out and back to Chicago. Watch below. #history
The Union Pier Nudist Club with Aaron Helman
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The No Kings protest on Woodward Ave in Ferndale, Michigan. Don’t let them tell you Americans are apathetic and not resisting. #nokings #protest
Happy #PrideMonth from Motor City Pride everyone!
Did you know that an assistant stewardess named Alice Bettridge on the SS Kamloops #shipwreck, threw a message in a bottle into #LakeSuperior before she passed away on Isle Royale? Then that message in a bottle traveled 150 miles across Lake Superior and into the hands of a fisherman?
Did you know there was a message in a bottle from the Kamloops shipwreck? #history #shipwreck
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Today this is known as “Sand River Falls” in Lake Superior Provincial Park, but the Ojibwe have canoed this for centuries and called it the “Pinguisibi” or “river of fine white sand.” It is one of the most beautiful places in Ontario and flows into the enchanting Lake Superior. #nature #canada
Sand River Falls in Lake Superior Provincial Park. #nature #naturelovers #peaceful #canada #ontario
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The Agawa Rock Pictographs in Lake Superior Provincial Park in northern Ontario. These pictographs depict different mythical Ojibwe creatures, including Mishipeshu or the underwater panther in Lake Superior.
If you like Great Lakes or Midwest history, I produce a YouTube series called Tales of the Great Lakes, and my latest video is on a Lake Superior shipwreck of the freighter SS Kamloops. It has some chilling lore surrounding it. Check it out in the link below. #history
8. The Wreck of the SS Kamloops & Old Whitey | Tales of the Great Lakes
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Prediction: in the next 10 years Elon Musk will try to send people to Mars and they will die on the way cause he will ignore safety standards to complete the mission. It will create a PR catastrophe causing #SpaceX to shutter, and it will be the last nail in the coffin for #Musk at #Tesla.