Great Lakes Confidential

How many dinosaur bones have been found in Michigan? It's probably not the number you're thinking! Find out in this episode of Great Lakes Confidential! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This podcast uses the following thi...

What are a few of OUR favorite things? Well as it turns out, mostly food. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

On this week's episode we tell a sweet little story about deception. Get it? Sweet? Because it's called The Great Sugar Hoax? I'll see myself out. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This podcast uses the following third-par...

Did you know that Michigan was the first state to abolish the death penalty? Did you know that Michiganders recycle more cans and bottles than any other state? Did you know that Michigan is home to the first ever section of paved road? Learn about these fun facts and more on this week's episode! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Ma...

Grab your tissues and hear the story of Ruth Ellis, LGBTQ+ activist and icon. Angie also shares a story about acceptance, in her friend's words. And she cries a lot, so there's that. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This...

Join us for an outSANDing time as we explore the Silver Lake Sand Dunes. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

The history of Michigan was written during The 60 Years War. This is the stuff we DON'T learn in high school; how the Great Lakes played into the formation of the United States and Canada. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch...

We finally have a name for our segment about how Michigan counties got their names! The cradle of Detroit high-energy rock 'n' roll, and birthplace of punk rock, this week we talk about The Grande Ballroom. Now, little more than bones and memories, what will become of this iconic venue? Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butl...

Listen to Angie mispronounce and struggle to find words on this week's episode about Henry Schoolcraft! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch Great Lakes Confidential is sponsored by Ride 'n' Shine Mobile Car Detailing in Dear...

This week Marty takes over and shares the story of Roaring Dan Seavey who was a Great Lakes Pirate (and scumbag). We also begin a new segment that still needs a name, so listen in and then share your thoughts with us. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media G...

On this week's show, we had our dear friend, comedian, writer, and fellow Michigander Nate Armbruster on the show to talk about some of our favorite things to do in Michigan... Plot twist - we talk a lot about food. After you listen, let us know - ketchup or gravy? Find Nate on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , or his website . Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produc...

Do you know the story of the self-proclaimed Mormon King, James Jesse Strang? It's a wild ride, so strap in and let's go! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:...

Hello hello! This bonus episode is actually the promo to our sister show Great Lakes Celebrates! Where Great Lakes Confidential focuses more on the history and places of Michigan, Great Lakes Celebrates will spotlight the people that make this state truly great! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Fascinating, and a bit morbid, this episode explores the stories of The Great Wallace Bros wreck in 1903, and the Knights Templar Disaster in 1923, both happening in Durand, Michigan. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This...

Are there really castles in Michigan?... Well. Sorta. There are buildings that are called castles in Michigan... there's even a rock called Castle Rock... but what exactly makes a building a castle? We honestly still don't know for sure. Give the show a listen and tell us what YOU think, because we're still confused. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angi...

The Unofficial Motto of Michigan should be "Fix the Damn Roads!", but what do you suppose the roads looked like 180 years ago? Load up your wagon and hitch that baby to your horse; we're going on a corduroy and plank road trip! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Ro...

This week we explore brands that began in Michigan, and boy are there a LOT! Too many for one episode, in fact. Grab your cereal bowl and spoon, and meet us at our time machine... we're getting this journey started in 1800s Battle Creek! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts...

Let's learn the origins of magic (we're going WAAAAY back for this, and traveling to Egypt!), and then discuss how a small town in Michigan is known as the Magic Capitol of the World! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This...

Let's travel to the tippy top of mainland Michigan together! I'll drive! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Grab your favorite travel mug and join us on a virtual road trip from Lansing to Indian River! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media Great Lakes Confidential Merch This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn....

This week Angie is joined by her best friend, Miranda, to talk about Fisher Mansion. The downside to podcasting with your best friend? Side quests. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podc...

Here at Great Lakes Confidential, we LOVE cryptids, especially those native to our state. Listen as we talk about The Michigan Melon Heads, Pressie, Bigfoot, and more! If you've ever seen a cryptid or have a story we may have missed, tell us about it on our social media! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and more! Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please chec...

When was the first lighthouse ever built? How many lighthouses are in Michigan? Did women lighthouse keepers wear pants? All the answers to your questions are in this episode! Well, not the one about women wearing pants; Angie and Marty have different thoughts on that one. But the rest? Yeah, we know the answers to those ones - and more! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for photos, trivia, and m...

Marty is back! This week we discuss weird burials throughout our state, beginning with the Great Pizza Funeral of 1973! Don't mind Angie; she was a little too excited talking about pizza and called them Michigan and Cheese pizzas, which I'm sure are great, but not exactly what we were discussing. Also, Marty forgot this is a family show and he said the "s" word. Sorry, Moms and Dads! ;) We hope yo...

Our friend Amanda, from Dead Waves Radio, joins Angie to chat about a Michigan ghost town called Pere Cheney. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram . Produced by Angie Amman. Artwork by Martin Butler . Please check out more Michigan-based podcasts on Joy Road Media This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy