A True Crime History Podcast
The F.B.I. refers to the 1972 Virginia Piper kidnapping as the most successful kidnapping in American history. In July of that year, Virginia Piper, socialite wife of Bobby Piper, the
Continue readingThe 1972 Virginia Piper Kidnapping w/ William Swanson
First, a recounting of the December 1932 robbery of the Third Northwestern National Bank, where the Barker Karpis gang murdered three before making their way back to the safety of
In a slight change of pace for Minnesota’s Most Notorious, I invite my sister Alison to interview me about my political true crime book, published in April of this year,
Continue readingDirty Doc Ames & the Scandal That Shook Minneapolis w/ Erik Rivenes
Part One: My guest is teacher and historian Gary Brueggemann, author of “Minnesota’s First Murder Mystery, The Case of Edward Phalen: St. Paul’s Unsaintly Pioneer”. In part one of this
Continue readingMinnesota’s First Murder Mystery w/ Gary Brueggemann (Parts One & Two)
In the summer of 1887, Thomas Tollefson was shot to death as he operated his mule-drawn streetcar in the Cedar Avenue-Lake Street neighborhood of Minneapolis. Police settled on two brothers
Continue readingThe Murder of Thomas Tollefson w/ Beverly J. Porter
The upscale Highland Park neighborhood in Saint Paul in the late 1940s was a fun place to grow up in. But there was a dark side to the area as
Continue readingSaint Paul Memories & Murder w/ David Butwin
Have you ever wondered whether Pig’s Eye Parrant’s notorious Fountain Cave saloon is accessible to visitors? Was there really a tunnel between Nina Clifford’s brothel and the original Minnesota Club?
On June 27, 1868, Hole in the Day (Bagonegiizhig) the Younger left Crow Wing, Minnesota, for Washington, DC, to fight the planned removal of the Mississippi Ojibwe to a reservation
Continue readingThe Assassination of Hole in the Day w/ Anton Treuer
My guest, Rob Feeney, suddenly found himself the middle of one of the most fascinating criminal investigations in Minnesota history – the theft of one of the famous pairs of
Continue readingGrand Rapids’ Ruby Slippers Heist w/ Rob Feeney
On this new episode of Minnesota’s Most Notorious: Where Blood Runs Cold, I speak with author Jack El-Hai about his book, “The Lost Brothers: A Family’s Decades-Long Search”. In it,
Continue readingThe Mysterious 1951 Minneapolis Disappearance of the Klein Brothers w/ Jack El-Hai