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146: Murder in the Red Light District of Winona, MN

146: Murder in the Red Light District of Winona, MN

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On this episode of Common Mystics, Jen and Jill travel back to the earliest days of settlement along the northern Mississippi River, exploring how river towns took shape in the 17th and 18th centuries. Built alongside booming industry and filled with young men looking for fortune—and fun—these towns quickly developed a rough-and-tumble reputation.

Fast forward to 1879, when Winona, Minnesota boasts a thriving red-light district overflowing with liquor, gambling, and every variety of vice. One night, outside a notorious downtown saloon, a drunken argument erupts into gunfire. When the smoke clears, one man lies dead and another is sent to prison.

But the story doesn’t end there. Nearly 150 years later, the questions still linger—and the spirits connected to that fateful night may still be waiting for someone to tell their story.

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