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Minnesota Mayhem

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Minnesota Mayhem

A History of Calamitous Events, Horrific Accidents, Dastardly Crime & Dreadful Behavior in the Land

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Pages

162

Year

2012

Language

English

The History Press

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This true crime history recounts more than a century of crime, deviousness, and disaster in the North Star State.

In Minnesota Mayhem, local historian and author Ben Welter explores the best of the state's worst moments. Culled from the archives of the Minneapolis Tribune and its successor newspapers, these stories and photos range from the catastrophic to the chillingly curious and the simply strange.

Among the true tales told in these pages, Welter recounts the career of a successful con man in 1871; an 1881 fire that destroyed the State Capitol; a flu outbreak that killed more than 10,000 Minnesotans in 1918; the arrest of Frank Lloyd Wright at a Lake Minnetonka cottage in 1926; an arrested stripper who claimed wardrobe malfunction in 1953; and the 1977 murder of a wealthy matron in Duluth.

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Historical
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Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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United States
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