Pionerd

I'm on vacation with the family so playing this one from the archives. This episode was released a few weeks after the premiere of the podcast, so this one was truly a popular one.

Minnesota hasn't executed anyone in over a century, and we reveal the gruesome reason why. Discover how a smooth talking Minneapolis sociopath and a catastrophic mathematical error in a St. Paul basement collided on the exact same calendar day to force a statewide moral reckoning. This is the dark history the state tried to censor until the newspapers risked everything to print it.

What is Pionerd?

Pionerd is a daily Minnesota history podcast. Every day, one story drawn from the people, places, and moments that shaped the state we call home. From the Iron Range to the Mississippi headwaters, from the Twin Cities to the small towns most maps forget, Minnesota's history is richer and stranger than most people realize. Join us every day and find out what happened here.