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