Meanwhile in Mankato: Lies, Silence & Murder in Minnesota
A small-town gas station.
A teenager with a shotgun.
A life stolen — and a justice system that looked away.
The Meanwhile in Mankato True Crime Podcast Arrives November 6
The next chapter of Dakota Spotlight begins this November with Meanwhile in Mankato: Lies, Silence & Murder in Minnesota. Episode 1 premieres for all listeners on Thursday, November 6, wherever you get your podcasts. That same day, Spotlight PLUS subscribers can listen to and binge all six episodes completely ad-free.
In the fall of 1965, a quiet farming community in Minnesota was shaken by a brutal murder at a roadside gas station. A seventeen-year-old boy was arrested and sentenced to forty years in prison.
It should have been the end of the story. It wasn’t.
Nearly six decades later, Dakota Spotlight uncovers how that same man, once convicted of murder, was later allowed to move freely through society — and went on to commit new crimes.
For years, he held positions of trust and authority while those around him were never told the truth about his violent past.
Meanwhile in Mankato is a story about murder, manipulation, and institutional silence — and about the people still untangling the lies left behind.
I’ll be adding more background and updates here as the story continues. Come back soon.
