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Cdub100

Happy Devils Night?

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Was this a thing in your cities? Here in Michigan, Devil's Night was the night before Halloween, when people would do bad things. I remember there being a lot of arson, especially in Detroit. You wouldn't want to leave your pumpkins out because there was a good chance someone would smash them. It was generally a night of evil debauchery. 

I remember the government rebranded it as Angels Night and large groups of people would patrol neighborhoods. Eventually, both faded from people's memories.

So did you have a devil's night in your town?

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I grew up in the Chicago burbs and this was never a thing.  I got to Detroit during some of the worst devils night arson and thought wtf???

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I’ve talked to some old Detroit firemen over the years and they would tell stories about Devils Night being total chaos. Literally hundreds of fires all over the city. 

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Fortunately, Coleman Young has been dead for 30 years now.

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