Monsters of the Mitten

By J.D. Graves

Monsters of the Mitten: True Crime, Folklore, and the Unexplained from Michigan's Darkest Corners is a haunting journey through the eerie heart of Michigan-where real murder cases, unsolved disappearances, and long-whispered legends blur the line between history and horror.

Split into two parts, the book first dives into chilling true crime: a family butchered in their sleep in Spring Arbor, a spiritualist decapitated in his own Detroit home, a woman who vanished without a trace along I-96. These cases are meticulously researched, narrated with a journalist's precision and a storyteller's dread.

Then comes the folklore-haunted trails, ghostly brides, and cursed bridges where locals still whisper about what they've seen (or refuse to see again). Each story is paired with a grounded "Fact vs. Folklore" breakdown that separates historical truth from urban myth.

Gritty, immersive, and deeply rooted in place, this is a book about the stories that stay buried just beneath the soil-and the ones that don't stay buried at all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLDTNW24
• ISBN13: 9798296490018
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"