EPISODE 29: Bad Reputation
In this episode, Kate and Paul are in 1882 Sioux Falls looking at a murder victim within a very suspicious crime scene. With multiple suspects, one person’s character is weighed heavily on the scales of justice.
Sources:
“Looking Back: First Sioux Falls execution took three tries” by Eric Renshaw (Argus Leader) 2016.
“Innocence ignored in century-old murder” by John Egan (Argus Leader)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/239926589/?terms=%22thomas%20egan%22&match=1
“Outlaw tales of South Dakota” by T.D. Griffith
https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Tales-South-Dakota-Cutthroats/dp/0762743425
“South Dakota” (Death Penalty Information Center)
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/south-dakota
“The Hanging of an Innocent Man” (The Historical Marker Database)
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=124100
“History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota” by Dana Reed Bailey (1899)
https://archive.org/details/historyofminneha01bail/page/230/mode/2up?q=egan