Michigan’s mysterious relics have long been dismissed as a hoax. Explore the artifacts, their strange inscriptions, and the researchers who believe they may be authentic.
Michigan Relics: The Mystery, Hoax & Controversy
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True Crime and Strange Stories
The Nain Rouge: Detroit’s Legendary Red Dwarf
Discover the legend of Detroit’s Nain Rouge, the mysterious red dwarf said to foretell disaster, and explore the eerie history behind Michigan’s famous omen.
The Haunted Felt Mansion
Haunted Felt Mansion: History, Ghost Stories, and the Legend of Agnes Felt Written by Amberrose Hammond First Published - 2005 Last Updated - July 22, 2026 The Felt Mansion is a historic 17,000-square-foot estate near Saugatuck, Michigan, completed in 1928 by inventor...
Reynolds Cemetery and the Unsolved Crouch Murders
The 1883 Crouch murders remain one of Michigan’s most haunting unsolved crimes. Explore the tragic story and the legends surrounding Reynolds Cemetery near Jackson.
Strange Stones – The Veiled Lady of Elmwood Cemetery
Standing tall and imposing at 12 feet in Detroit’s historic Elmwood Cemetery is a stunning Carrara marble stone carved with a floating, veiled woman. The craftsmanship is gorgeous but years of weather wear on the veiled face gave the beautiful stone a slightly spooky vibe. But what is fascinating about this piece is the amount of drama this expensive stone went through to reach its final resting place…
Strange Stones – Hartland Cemetery
Have you ever seen a tombstone symbol that made you stop and pause? I LOVE visiting cemeteries and looking at old stones, but when I first saw this downward pointing finger that looked like it was forever chastising Chauncy L. Crouse on his own tombstone, I chuckled and was a little confused.
River Raisin Massacre – A Bloody Disaster
This series of battles fought around Monroe, Michigan, were some of the bloodiest during the entire War of 1812 and afterward, inspired the battle cry, “Remember the Raisin,” for the remainder of the war. Some even think that the spirits of this event are still wandering the place they took their last breath.
Largest Christmas Store in the World? It’s in Michigan.
If you grew up in Michigan, chances are you made one, or many, family trips to Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland.
The Italian Hall Disaster
There was no sign of a blaze, no acrid smell of smoke, but in the confusion, crowd members panicked and rushed toward a stairwell that led to the front door. As the first guests hurried down the narrow passageway, dozens, then hundreds, of people clamored after them. The force of all those bodies sent the first guests to the floor.
William Treadwell: The Banker Who Became A Bank Robber
William Treadwell was a respected Michigan banker who turned to crime, robbed a bank in 1864, fled the state, and met a violent end years later.
The Unsolved Mystery of the Robison Family Murders
No one had seen the Robisons for several weeks, but family members had told acquaintances that they were planning a trip out of town, so their absences hadn’t alarmed anyone.
The 1994 Lake Michigan UFO Sightings
Beginning on March 7, 1994, a UFO flap took Lake Michigan’s coast by storm. Every county along Lake Michigan’s shoreline had reports about UFOs flying in.
The Mysterious Paulding Light
Almost every night, strange circular lights of red, green and blue can be seen moving about. The Paulding Light is one of Michigan’s biggest mysteries and is a public spot for everyone to visit. Sometimes the lights seem to follow the power lines nearby. Since the lights were first seen, legends surround the lights.
The Mystical Keweenaw Vortex – Is it Real?
Prospector’s Paradise is a rock and mineral shop that houses all kinds of precious and semi-precious stones for the collector. A literal rock and mineral “Wal-Mart” as their sign says. It’s also home to the mysterious “Keweenaw Vortex”, a place some feel is bursting with natural energy from the planet, possibly because of underground rivers in the vicinity.
Alexis St. Martin: The Man With A Hole In His Stomach
Alexis St. Martin lived one of the weirdest lives on record. Not only was he unfortunate enough to have part of his stomach blown off during an accidental shooting on Mackinac Island in 1822, he also spent the next ten years as guinea pig to a doctor who, among other things, dangled bits of food into St. Martin’s unhealed wound to study the effects of digestion, a process that wasn’t well understood at the time.
Detroit and the Death of Harry Houdini
When Harry Houdini stepped onto the stage in Detroit’s Garrick Theatre on October 24, 1926, he was about to begin the last performance of his career — and his life.
The Discovery of the Sanilac Petroglyphs
For three days in September 1881, a fire ravaged much of the Thumb area in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The blaze decimated towns throughout four counties, and shot so much ash into the air that people in New England observed yellow skies and experienced twilight levels of darkness at noon. The Thumb Fire ultimately burned more than one million acres and took the lives of 282 people.
Michigan’s Bearded Lady – Grace Gilbert
One of the era’s most popular bearded ladies hailed from Michigan and is, in fact, buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in the northern Michigan community of Leetsville. That woman is Grace Gilbert.
Strange Creature Seen Along Lake Michigan in Norton Shores
Something caught our eye near the tree line and we both stopped in our tracks as this creature emerged from the underbrush.
Is there a Michigan Stonehenge on Beaver Island?
Could the stones on Lake Michigan’s Beaver Island really be an ancient stone circle similar in function to Stonehenge?
Puttygut Bridge Mystery Light
If you visit the bridge late at night and sit with your car shut off and windows rolled down, you’ll hear the ghostly sounds of the truck splashing into the water…