When you’re a town of just 1,300 people, tucked up against Thumb country on the sunrise side of Michigan, you don’t expect anyone to know where you are. Something really crazy has to happen to put you on the map.
And yet here we are and little Pinconning is known for not one, but two things: cheese and the holy grail of marijuana in Michigan.
Most people know about the cheese. But it’s the wild folklore surrounding the mythical marijuana strain Pinconning Paralyzer whose tale we’d like to tell.
Michigan Crime Stories – MLive’s most popular podcast – is back with a new season and Pinconning is at the center of it all. It’s produced by Jessica Shepherd and reported by Gus Burns.
Our story begins on a boat in the middle of winter during the thick of a global pandemic. Two longtime buddies, one a former GM union boss and both named Terry, are out ice fishing and talking about old times (as you do). A memorable 1979 rager comes up and that’s when Terry #2 says …
Wait. We’d say more, but seriously, we don’t want to ruin it for you. Please enjoy Episode 1 of Michigan Crime Stories: Pinconning Paralyzer here. You can find the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Acast or whichever platform you prefer. Be sure to follow or subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.
To read the history of Pinconning Paralyzer and the quest to bring it back in the era of legal recreational marijuana, read this: Michigan’s most famous weed strain, Pinconning Paralyzer, eyes comeback after two-decade hibernation.
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