Dark La Crosse Stories

It started with a spark. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four members of the Goose Green Gang cause trouble on the area segment of the Milwaukee Road. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1927, famous aviator Charles Lindbergh flew over the city of La Crosse, dropping a note — but it wasn't the top headline of the day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A young La Crosse woman's wedding day was going perfectly — until an ex decided to take a "shot" at stopping the big day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of La Crosse's most known tragedies, told through the voice of someone who was onboard the ship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A $133 bank robbery, a bear's layover, a courtroom brawl and more interesting vignettes from La Crosse's history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This latest, gruesome episode tells the story of one affair between a La Crosse couple came to an end with a hammer on Dead Man's Curve. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The twists and turns continue in part two of this Brinkman Ridge story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This first episode in a two-part story begins to unravel a mystery full of twists and turns from one family on Brinkman Ridge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's why many people believe this longtime building in downtown La Crosse is haunted. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A paycheck dispute leads to foreman being shot to death in 1910. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dogs trained by a soda jerk at the Bodega Lunch Club were valuable in a variety of criminal and missing persons investigations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emma Cameron was known to some as the Toast of the Northwest and to others as a femme fatale.  Hear about her life with 9 different husbands! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A friendly fire incident in La Crosse turned deadly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the second in a two-part story that describes how a political celebration turned ugly in 1884. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the first in a two-part story that describes how a political celebration turned ugly in 1884. The second part will be released March 17. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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La Crosse newspaper man Marcus ‘Brick’ Pomeroy took a controversial position during the Civil War. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The story of the 1937 murder of a beloved La Crosse police officer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The sharp-shooting physician and politician, who called himself White Beaver, made his fortune selling cough syrup and his fame through dime-store novels full of outlandish tales of his frontier exploits with friend William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of the 1888 overdose of Annie Daniel and the local doctor who was responsible for her death. Advisory: This episode includes description of violence against women. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 1947 story of a prominent La Crosse physician who was shot four times along Hwy. 16 while making house calls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the 19th episode of Dark La Crosse Stories, the archives team at the La Crosse Public Library tells the stories of the deadly storm that hit the upper Midwest on Nov. 11, 1940. The Dark La Crosse Stories series… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the 18th episode of Dark La Crosse Stories, the archives team at the La Crosse Public Library breaks the tension with a few short vignettes into mysterious but funny events of the past. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.