Best Sable Points Media Podcasts (2025)

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The Communists of Mason County, Michigan and the 1934 Custer Farmers' Riot 12:37

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Send us a text The Great Depression was especially harsh on the farming community. In Mason County, Michigan, George Casper latched on the communist cause by first running for state representative and then later trying to get farmers to join his political movement. His efforts backfired in 1934 with a riot in the village of Custer. Support the show…

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The Rescue of the Rutter After It Lost Its Rudder 10:49

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Send us a text In 1879, Capt. Frederick Kendrick was awarded the United States Gold Lifesaving Medal for his heroic act of saving 44 men from the schooner J.H. Rutter off the shore of Ludington, Michigan near what is now the north end of Stearns Park. This podcast is a presentation of Filer Credit Union and the Mason County Historical Society. It i…

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The 1993 Unsolved Murder of Melissa Simmons 12:41

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Send us a text In 1993, 15-year-old Melissa Simmons was found, murdered, in the Pere Marquette River in Mason County, Michigan. Since that time, the unsolved murder has haunted the small town of Scottville and the surrounding area. Support the show Thank you for following Great Lakes History Log, a production of Sable Points Media, a non-profit new…

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Audrey Robertson Boals - First Daughter of the S.S. Badger 42:56

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Send us a text Audrey Robertson Boals comes from Great Lakes shipping royalty. Her father, Bernard "Bunny" Robertson was the first captain of the carferry S.S. Badger, commanding the ship from 1953 until he retired in 1969. Her grandfather, Charles Robertson, was the first skipper of the S.S. City of Midland 41 carferry. Other relatives also served…

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Did Ernest Hemingway Spend the Night in Scottville? 11:15

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Send us a text In 1917, the Hemingway took the family Ford Model T north from their home in Oak Park, Illinois to their family cottage on Walloon Lake near Petoskey, Michigan. The road trip took four nights. One of those stops was in my hometown, Scottville, east of Ludington. Here's the story of that road trip. Support the show Thank you for follo…

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The Killing of Ludington Lumber Baron Luther Foster 8:31

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Send us a text The 1876 killing of Luther Foster is Mason County, Michigan's oldest unsolved murder. Support the show Thank you for following Great Lakes History Log, a production of Sable Points Media, a non-profit news and information service, in partnership with Media Group 31 and Mason County Press. Please also check out our YouTube channel.…

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The 1898 Free Soil, Michigan Triple Murder/Suicide 24:11

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Send us a text In 1898, the most vicious crime in the history of Mason County, Michigan took place in Free Soil Township. A man killed his his sister, brother-in-law, and a teenaged boy, then killed himself. But, he spared a sleeping baby. Support the show Thank you for following Great Lakes History Log, a production of Sable Points Media, a non-pr…

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The Pere Marquette 16, the PM Railway's Only Wooden Car Ferry 19:18

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Send us a text The service of the SS Pere Marquette 16, the only wooden car ferry to operate in the Pere Marquette Railway's fleet, based in Ludington, Michigan, was a mixture of historical significance -- both good and bad. Support the show Thank you for following Great Lakes History Log, a production of Sable Points Media, a non-profit news and i…

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Goodrich Transportation Company's SS City of Ludington 12:11

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Send us a text In 1874, the Flint & Pere Marquette Railway reached Ludington on the shores of Lake Michigan. In anticipation of a lucrative contract the railroad, which had plans to transport freight across the Lake, the Goodrich Transportation Company of Chicago ordered a new ship to be built in 1880 which would be named in honor of the town it wo…