Episode 11: Buried Secrets

People love stories of buried treasure, but that’s not the only thing that people bury. A group of North Dakota workmen discovered this in 1915 when they uncovered buried secrets no one was ever meant to find.

 

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Notice of Sale of Real Estate. Grand Forks Herald, 12/24/1912

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Niagara Recluse Murdered Six. The Ward County Independent, 7/1/1915

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Believes His Brother Victim At Niagara. The Weekly Times-Record, 7/22/1915

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Public may hold key to solving 100-year-old ND murder mystery. http://www.inforum.com, 3/1/2016

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Davis, Tyler J. Police: Body foundin shuttered Council Bluffs supermarket may have been there for years. Des Moines Register, 1/24/2019

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Melrose, Kevin. ‘Action Comics’ #1 found in wall of house sells for $175,000. http://www.cbr.com, 6/12/2013

Butler Feared That His Life Was In Danger. The Bismarck Tribune, 6/29/1915

 

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