Every now and again, as I’ve written about him a few times in the past, I get an odd call about infamous Ford enforcer Harry Bennett, who built a fortress not far from here in 1930 to protect him from his many enemies. Not too long ago, as you might recall, a man contacted me […]
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If all goes well, in a few days, I’ll be meeting a man whose father built the secret tunnels beneath Harry Bennett’s castle on the Huron River
Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged anti-union, Arthur Brisbane, Battle of the Overpass, Benjamin Stolberg, Black Legion, castles, Ford, Ford Service Department, guns, Harry Bennett, Hitler, intimidation, KKK, labor history, lions, murder, paranoia, Rouge plant, The Black Legion Rides, tunnels, union busting, unions 9 Comments
Harry Bennett, the killer as artist
I don’t know when we’ll actually get started with it, but local historian Matt Siegfried and I are talking about producing a weekly “Ypsi History Minute” for the Saturday radio program. We’re still working out what these may look like in their finished form, but I’m imaging that they’d likely be set-up like questions. Like, “Did […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Ideas, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged artists, Black Legion, Ford Service Department, Harry Bennett, Henry Ford, Hitler, landscapes, Matt Siegfried, painting, San Jacinto, The Black Legion Rides, union busting, Ypsi History Minute 14 Comments