LEELANAU COUNTY — Northern Michigan is filled with historical stories and some of them are much darker than the ones told in museums.

A missing nun named Sister Mary Janina sparked a decades long saga of twists and turns back in the early 1900s and shocking revelations that shook the foundation of the small town of Isadore in Leelanau County.

“Sister Janina never intended to be a nun. Life circumstances led her in that direction,” says Author Mardi Link. “She went to live with a motherhouse in Livonia. And she was educated there. And they brought her up to be a Felician Nun. So that was really her only option at that time. I think that’s indicative. There were 22 young women in her graduating class and she graduated 22 out of 22.”

Mardi Link continues on saying that Father Andrew and a

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