There must be some reason behind Detroit's bad luck in the last three-plus centuries. We have the explanation: Du Nain Rouge in French, or the Red Dwarf in English. Legend has it the creature has been spotted whenever something really awful happens. And now, some fun-loving creative types in this city have turned it into a Mardi Gras-like celebration. We talk with Francis Grunow, co-founder of Marche Du Nain Rouge; and Janet Langlois, a retired folklore expert with Wayne State University's English Department.
Season 6, Episode 6- The Edsel: The Road to Lemonville
Season 6, Episode 5- The Last Hanging in Detroit
Season 6, Episode 4- How the DIA Turned From a Private Art Collection Into a World-Renowned Museum
Season 6, Episode 3- Bird, Barry and Miles: The Blue Bird Inn during the 1950s
Season 6, Episode 2- The Polar Bears of World War 1
Season 6, Episode 1- The Sheik and Big Time Wrestling
The 1957 NFL Champion Detroit Lions Revisited
Season 5 Finale- The Development of PCP and Ketamine
Season 5, Episode 9- Fran Harris, The First Female Newscaster in Michigan
Season 5, Episode 8- A Century of Mexicantown
Season 5, Episode 7- The Biography of a Rumor: The "Paul McCartney is Dead" Hoax
Season 5, Episode 6- The Origins of Detroit Style Pizza
Season 5, Episode 5- The Michigan Democratic Social Club Triple Beheading
Season 5, Episode 4- The Native American Origins of Detroit
Season 5, Episode 3- The 1863 Civil War Riot
Season 5, Episode 2- The Ford Hunger March
Season 5, Episode 1- Joe Louis, The Punch of Detroit
Season 4 Finale- Jeff Montgomery, Detroit's Fierce LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
Season 4, Episode 9- When The Cold War Seemed Hot: Nike Missiles Around Metro Detroit, And A Nuclear Warhead On Belle Isle
Season 4, Episode 8- Hammerin' Hank Greenberg, How a Jewish Kid from the Bronx became a Detroit Tiger Great
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