The Lynching of Frank McManus
When the word lynching is used in modern conversation, it conjures images of cattle rustlers confronted with Old West justice, or the racially motivated hangings in the American South, but
MoNo Classics: The Lawson Family Christmas Day Massacre w/ Trudy Smith
This is the Lawson family, just two weeks before the father, Charlie Lawson, killed them on Christmas Day, 1929, in Germanton, North Carolina. Listen to the Most Notorious Podcast (available
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The Third Northwestern Bank Robbery
Of all the Depression era outlaw gangs, none was considered smarter or nastier than the Barker-Karpis bunch. The Barker boys were Doc and Fred, dark-haired brothers who were so mean
The Notorious Harry Hayward
The story that you are about to read, and the murder that acts as its climax, is probably the most famous and notorious one in Minneapolis history. To say that
Dapper Dan Hogan’s Untimely Demise
In the late 1920’s the main underworld fixer in Saint Paul was Irish mobster Daniel Hogan, nicknamed Dapper Dan because of his flashy, snappy dress. He lived in a modest
The Murder of Detective Frank Fraser
In the early 1900’s, Saint Paul Police Chief John O’Connor ruled the city with an iron-first. He maintained control over a bustling, growing Saint Paul filled with commerce and a
The Attempted Assasination of Sitting Bull in St. Paul
It was at the original address of 320 Wabasha St, that Saint Paul’s Grand Opera House once sat, and where a fascinating event took place, almost lost in the annals
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Minneapolis Gangster Kid Cann and the Murder of Walter Liggett
While both Minneapolis and St Paul were knee-deep in crime in the 1930s, it’s usually suggested that the Irish mob was more prevalent in St Paul, while the Jewish gangs
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