Minnesota's Most Notorious: Where Blood Runs Cold

About Minnesota's Most Notorious: Where Blood Runs Cold

Erik Rivenes, host of the Most Notorious Podcast (and creator of Saint Paul's original Gangster Tours) has for years been fascinated with long-ago tales of crime, tragedy and disaster from his home state of Minnesota. In this podcast Erik interviews authors who have written some sensational historical stories centered in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and researches and shares a few himself.

Publisher

Blue Ewe Media

Category

education · history · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Sept 2018

Latest episode

31 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 46 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Ann Bilanksy Murder Case w/ Matthew Cecil

   Host interviews author Matthew Cecil about the sensational 1859 Ann Bilansky murder case, Minnesota's only female execution.

2. 

   15 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Deadly 1896 Sherburn Bank Robbery w/ Jeffrey Sauve

   Award-winning author Jeffrey Sauve recounts the shocking 1896 Sherburn bank robbery, the world's first bicycle-executed heist, in this interview.

3. 

   27 Oct 2025

   Crossing Jimmy Hoffa w/ Steven J Harper

   My guest is Steven J. Harper, author of Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster's Story. His father, Jim Harper, was a member of Minneapolis Teamsters Local 544 who uncovered evidence of corruption within the union. In the late 1950s, he brought this information to the attention of the newly elected Teamsters president, Jimmy Hoffa. But his efforts to confront union leadership and root out corruption were met with severe resistance, including threats and even attempts on his life. More about the book at the author's website: https://www.stevenjharper.com/contact The book is available to purchase through the Minnesota Historical Society gift shop here: https://shop.mnhs.org/products/crossing-hoffa?srsltid=AfmBOooRjR8SomcEVQ_Y0WBg_gQgatZQiMX_2R4cZptmjaVTBa7nVNT It's available on ebook on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Hoffa-Teamsters-Steven-Harper-ebook/dp/B01MT6I3B4/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

The Ann Bilanksy Murder Case w/ Matthew Cecil

Published 31 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And Ann said she bought it for the rats because they were nibbling on their vegetables, their root vegetables in their cellar. Yeah, so that's a key point. We don't know for sure what happened there, but certainly Lucinda did report the fact, and it wasn't disputed by Ann's attorney that arsenic was purchased. It was what was the arsenic for and what was it used for. It's certainly plausible that one would purchase arsenic for rats when you live two or three hundred yards from a flour mill. That would not be at all surprising that you would have problems there. But of course, given Polanski's death, you know, just the idea that she had purchased arsenic and that he had died became enough for an arrest. […]

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