Tag Archives: Is James Mann a ghost

Paul Saginaw reminisces about his uncle “Chickie” the bookie, Stef Chura sings of alien love, and local historian James Mann insists that he’s not a ghost… on episode 8 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 8, 2015

Any lingering doubts that I might have had about this past weekend’s show faded away five minutes before we went live, when local historian James Mann barged into the AM 1700 studio demanding that I touch him while on the air, and confirm for the people of Ypsilanti that, despite the claims of a well-respected […]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Anchor Bar, Boys' Life, Brian Quinn, Charles “Chickie” Sherman, Chloe Gates, Classy Mooney, Corner brewery, Detroit, Dirty Mooney, drink recipes, drugs, Evan Malter, free love, Gambia, ghosts, James Mann, Lily Gates, Maude's, minimum wage, Monahan's Seafood Market, Paul Saginaw, Pete Larson, Real Seafood Company, Stef Chura, Zingerman's, Zingerman's Community of Businesses | 16 Comments

Apparently I had a revelation in my sleep last night

By Mark | March 1, 2015

I found this sitting on the table beside my bed this morning. As it’s in my handwriting, I imagine that I must have written it at some point during the night. While I doubt that beloved local historian James Mann is, in fact, a ghost, I do like the idea that he could be. If […]

Posted in History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cemetery tours, ghosts, James Mann | 17 Comments