Metz Baking Co. just wanted a great advertising campaign for its Old Home Bread. It got the legendary 'C.W. McCall,' trucker anthem 'Convoy,' and led to Mannheim Steamroller.
Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Schlais, of Minneapolis, in 1974. Investigative genetic genealogy credited with leading to his arrest.
This time of year, when tales of witches, ghosts and things creepy hold sway, what is one to make of first-person accounts of strange and bizarre happenings?
In 1970, brothers Dave and John Kunst left Waseca, Minn., on foot. They hoped to walk around the world. In 1974—after 14,000 miles and 20 million steps—Dave Kunst walked back into Waseca, alone.
Joli Truelson was last seen by friends getting into a gold-colored fastback car near Calhoun Avenue. Her body was found 15 hours later near Minnehaha Creek.
The teens left their home to run an errand on Sept. 2, 1974. Their bodies were found weeks later in a quarry. No one has ever been charged. Their mother, Rita Reker, now 88, hasn't forgotten.
Mary Schlais was 25 years old in 1974 when her body was discovered alongside a rural road with stab wounds. A former Green Bay Packers player is considered one possible person of interest.
Timothy Crosby was the last person to see 17-year-old Belinda Van Lith, who went missing in 1974 from a home she was house sitting on Eagle Lake, outside of Monticello, Minn.
Thom Higgins gained national notoriety for throwing a pie in the face of anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in the 1970s. A decade earlier, he gained notoriety on a university campus for another reason.
As Leonard Peltier awaits the results of his parole hearing, his sisters pray for his release. The FBI spoke against Peltier's release after his conviction connected to agents' murders.
