Ranked #1
How Did Detroit Become a Center for Arabs in the United States?
How Did Detroit Become a Center for Arabs in the United States?
WDET listener Priya Ganji has a diverse group of friends of Arab heritage, and she’s noticed their family, religious and... Read more
8 Aug 2017
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Ranked #2
Are There Salt Mines Under Detroit?
Are There Salt Mines Under Detroit?
Yes, but other than miners, few people have ever seen the inside of them.
15 May 2017
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6mins
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Why Doesn’t Detroit Have A Subway Or Elevated Rail?
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A listener asked why there is no subway or elevated transportation in Detroit, and whether it was determined before or a... Read more
22 Aug 2016
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How A 1900s Black Detroit Community Was Razed For A Freeway
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An entire Detroit neighborhood vanished to make way for the future. Here’s Black Bottom’s story.
19 Oct 2015
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Where Did the Michigan Left Come From?
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CuriosiD explores the history of the pesky, head-scratchingly prevalent traffic design known as a Michigan Left
5 Oct 2015
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Ranked #6
Where the Bodies are Buried … Beneath the Streets
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Your favorite place in Detroit just may have bones buried under it from the early days.
30 Oct 2015
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Why is Detroit Auto Insurance SO Expensive?
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This week’s CuriosiD tackles the question any Detroiter is asking - why is my auto insurance so expensive?
21 Sep 2015
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Ranked #8
What is the History of Detroit’s Times Square?
What is the History of Detroit’s Times Square?
“There used to be a Times Square in Detroit. I know there’s still a People Mover stop, and I know there’s a street, but ... Read more
22 Aug 2017
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Ranked #9
When Detroit was Armed with Nuclear Missiles
When Detroit was Armed with Nuclear Missiles
Listener Steven Gold remembers seeing a Nike missile base in Detroit as a kid. “Am I crazy?”
24 Aug 2015
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Ranked #10
What was the 1932 Ford Hunger March?
What was the 1932 Ford Hunger March?
This week’s installment of CuriosiD looks at 1930s Detroit poverty and the events surrounding the “Ford Massacre"
10 Aug 2015
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Ranked #11
Do You Pronounce the Road Lahser or Lasher?
Do You Pronounce the Road Lahser or Lasher?
WDET investigates the confusion behind just how we should be saying and spelling Lahser Road.
27 Jul 2015
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Ranked #12
Rumor of a British Bomber Crash In a Detroit Neighborhood Haunts a Listener
Rumor of a British Bomber Crash In a Detroit Neighborhood Haunts a Listener
A British plane had a catastrophic electrical failure over Canada while flying to a training mission in Nebraska on Oct.... Read more
24 Oct 2017
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Ranked #13
Why Are There Swastikas in Parts of Indian Village?
Why Are There Swastikas in Parts of Indian Village?
“Why are sidewalks in Indian Village stamped with Swastikas? The stamps are uniform and official, like a company laying ... Read more
17 Dec 2015
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Ranked #14
Why Is Detroit Sometimes Called "The Paris of the Midwest?"
Why Is Detroit Sometimes Called "The Paris of the Midwest?"
Detroit's French connection is more than 300 years old, but is the comparison a modern invention?
13 Sep 2017
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Former Tenant of this Man’s Apartment Reformed the Auto Industry
Former Tenant of this Man’s Apartment Reformed the Auto Industry
Listener Josh Wilt’s asks, “What was the history of Norton Company located in Woodbridge?”
10 Jul 2015
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Ranked #16
That Waterway in Detroit, Is it a Strait or a River?
That Waterway in Detroit, Is it a Strait or a River?
Listener Bailey Townsend asks “Why is the Detroit River called ‘Detroit River’ when it’s actually a Strait?”
25 Jul 2017
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Ranked #17
What’s Happened at the State Fairgrounds?
What’s Happened at the State Fairgrounds?
“I show American Saddlebred Horses and we used to have a couple big shows up here at the state fairgrounds which are no ... Read more
13 Jul 2017
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Ranked #18
Lewis Cass, Michigan Governor, Architect of Indian Removal
Lewis Cass, Michigan Governor, Architect of Indian Removal
A listener asks, "Are the many different Cass locations in Michigan named after Lewis Cass? Do people know how horrible ... Read more
27 Jun 2017
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Ranked #19
Was there busing in Detroit in the early 1960’s?
Was there busing in Detroit in the early 1960’s?
Listener Cheryl Pernell was intereted in examples of busing in Detroit Public Schools around 1963. Pernell was bused to ... Read more
20 Jun 2017
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Ranked #20
Who Was John R?
Who Was John R?
“Why is it just ‘John R?’ Most people use the last name of a person, not the first name, and an initial, so, I always th... Read more
30 May 2017
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