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🔒 From the vault: WDIV’s 1996 special ‘Haunted Legends of Old Detroit’
Read full article: 🔒 From the vault: WDIV’s 1996 special ‘Haunted Legends of Old Detroit’The 21-minute special is filled with stories of the paranormal in our area, from Henry Ford, to the Botsford Inn, to the Werewolf of Grosse Pointe.
🔒 Relive the Red Wings 1997 Stanley Cup win with this WDIV archive footage
Read full article: 🔒 Relive the Red Wings 1997 Stanley Cup win with this WDIV archive footageWe’re marking 25 years since the Detroit Red Wings broke their decades-long Stanley Cup drought and brought the cup home back in 1997.
🔒 From The Vault: Bob Lanier, Dick Vitale host camp in Detroit in 1980
Read full article: 🔒 From The Vault: Bob Lanier, Dick Vitale host camp in Detroit in 1980Former Pistons star Bob Lanier and former Pistons coach Dick Vitale didn’t always love each other, but in this 1980 WDIV story, the two of them host a basketball camp in Detroit together.
From the Vault: Yzerman, Fedorov, Bowman ahead of 1993-94 Red Wings season
Read full article: From the Vault: Yzerman, Fedorov, Bowman ahead of 1993-94 Red Wings seasonHere’s a gem we found in the Local 4 Vault recently: Interviews with Detroit Red Wings legends Steve Yzerman, Scotty Bowman and Sergei Fedorov ahead of the 1993-94 NHL season.
From the vault: Pontiac native Hayes Jones recalls winning gold at 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Read full article: From the vault: Pontiac native Hayes Jones recalls winning gold at 1964 Tokyo OlympicsThe Tokyo Olympics of 2021 are yielding great stories. But I have a hunch that few can surpass the achievement of a Pontiac man in the “other” Tokyo Olympics.
From the Vault: Love it or hate it -- Valentine’s Day 1982
Read full article: From the Vault: Love it or hate it -- Valentine’s Day 1982Love it or hate it -- Valentine's Day brings out a lot of emotions. Due to this passion, it’s no surprise that Valentine’s Day resonates with many across Metro Detroit. The holiday can affect people differently, as we can see in two stories on Valentine’s Day from WDIV in 1982. One story focuses on love, the other focuses on those that might not be entirely deserving of love. In 1982, he made a “Riley’s World” segment that focused on a side of Valentine’s Day that didn’t get much coverage: Jerks.
Michigan’s most haunted: The Werewolf of Grosse Pointe
Read full article: Michigan’s most haunted: The Werewolf of Grosse PointeNote: The Halloween special Haunted Legends of Old Detroit, hosted by Chuck Gaidica, originally aired in 1996. If you do, it might not be the neighbor's dog - it could be the werewolf of Grosse Pointe. There's a fascinating tale of a young woman named Genevieve, who lived there with her father. The pact was that he could be turned into a werewolf - and he could pursue her and keep her. One night, the werewolf tracked Genevieve - she fought him off, and turned him into stone.
From the vault: Former Detroit meteorologist’s weekly TV program ‘Sonny At The Zoo’
Read full article: From the vault: Former Detroit meteorologist’s weekly TV program ‘Sonny At The Zoo’Meteorologist Sonny Eliot hosted a weekly TV program called "At the Zoo," a 17-year series, in which he reported the weather as he traveled around the zoo and talked about the animals.