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I really like this guy. Awesome stories thru the years about this woman. Like Paul Harvey says- Now you know the rest of the story, gooday…

My dad was the pastor the kidnappers called.

Love to Vern and Shirley. I met both of them in 1976 while going to a military prep school in Mound. They were my “host family” and were SO VERY nice.

Thank you for this gift to us. Unimaginable the number of hours spent perfecting this presentation for generations.

Found a magnificent map online of Ramsey County in 1885 similarly showing the owners and the acreages of the properties, and of course Hill is listed in the entirety of the now North Oaks and somewhat beyond. Was unaware of the farm in Wayzata that preceded it. www.loc.gov/item/2012593066/

The desecration of the mounds is depressing

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I remember hearing about this on the radio. It was all the news in northern Minnesota at the time. I didn't get to visit until thirty years later.

Mighty=Extra Large, Regular=Large, Mini=Medium, Tiny=Small that is how I defined the size of the Truck or Tractor

Three of my sisters and I went on the Glensheen tour about 5 years ago. Two of the people on the tour asked right away about the murders, and the guide immediately said “We aren’t allowed to comment on that.”

Great Toys!

Great job. Nice trip down memory lane.

I remember the team coming to Shirley Hills and signing a xerox of an action shot. The players seemed so big to us 3rd graders ; especially Gibbs

I'm a private-duty nurse, surfing YT while on an overnight shift with my patient. I'm sorry, but I can't get past the fifteen-minute mark..

Awesome job Brad! What a labor of love!

I loved this interview. My childhood was enriched with my enthusiastic play with Tonka trucks and vehicles. Dad was building our home in 1957 and huge piles of dirt were available!!

Are you high 😂

I love Tonka Toys and I am grateful that I had a job on the assembly line back in 1975. I worked 3 days in a row from 7pm to 7am. My main job was to cut "flash" or the extra little pieces that needed to but cut off from all the pieces that went together to create the beautiful Tonka Toys. It was grueling work and not surprised that it doesn't show up here on this flashy video. It was like an episode out of the Lucy Show where she and Vivian where in charge of the chocolates on the assembly line. There were many times where I would get behind and be covered by windshields all needing to be flashed out. And because I fell asleep, I seldom got a break. I lived on NoDoz. However, at the same time I was working 3 day, 12 hour shifts and I was going to college full-time. When I was done in Mound, MN, my stepdad, who also worked at Tonka Toys, would drop me off at UW-River Falls which was 65 miles away. I remember taking piano tuning classes and unfortunately, I did not pass. While I was young and much more able to pull off long terms of no sleep, the memory of waking up on the assembly line covered in Tonka Toys windshields will forever be etched in my mind. However, even though my experience was less than fun, I will always remember Tonka Toys for being a fantastic company.

TODAY 2022 I HAVE 100 TNKA TRUCK TOUYS FROM 1947 TO 2013 MIGHTY REGULAR AND MINI TONKA MADE IN PRESS STEEL WITH GARANTY FOR LIFE AT MY 62 YEARSOLD I PLAY WITH THEM TONKA TRUCK TOYS WAS MY FIRST TOYS 1956 MICHTY FIRE TRUCK WHAT TIMES YESTERDAY 1947 1957 1967 1977 I LOVE MINITONKA STATE

Thank y'all for posting this here! It was quite interesting! Betsy and the Great World was the first Maud Hart Lovelace book I read, at age fourteen; my mom pulled it off the shelf at the local library. I read the rest in the next few years, and still read them. So I was already used to the Rays living in Minneapolis, tho' after I'd read a few books set in Deep Valley, I was thinking "Oh, it's too bad they had to leave." But of course by the time of Betsy's Wedding, several of the Crowd live there. I also have the cookbook and cook from it some.

Fascinating! Thanks for the lecture, Lisa, and for filming it so I could see it, Brad. I own "The Betsy-Tacy Companion" so I already knew some if it, but you had several nuggets that I somehow missed. I'm another person who re-reads the series every year. Tami Krause Sullivan

I grew up on Shady Island in the 1970s. My first job was at Surfside at age 15. We used to buy our school shoes every fall at Williams. Thank you for this, it brings back a lot of memories.

Thank you for all of this insight!! I was in 3rd grade in northern MN when the murders happened and in 5th grade went on the tour for our class trip and we were told we couldn’t ask questions (just like mentioned here) This information is beyond astounding. How Marjorie kept getting into all of these patterns over and over with murder and arson and poisonings and fraudulent schemes- I’d be fascinated to do her personality typing and find out which personality disorder she must have- also, I’d be curious about the details surrounding her adoption and what might be known about her biological parents.

I worked for tonka from 1984 until 1987 in El Paso Texas. I was a tool, die and mold maker.

Brad you’re such a great soul!! Enjoyed this very much!!! Thank you for sharing your inside info!!

Good talk

Thanks so much for posting this Tom! this was a fascinating history of a great time on Lake Minnetonka, and other lakes and The Mississsippi. And to think it was conveyed by one of the original club members... you! I learned to slalom behind a wooden (Chetek?) with a 40hp Scott Atwater OB, on July 20 1969. It was also the day that Neil Armstrong place his left foot on the Moon....

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My Madre grew up a mile away from Glensheen. She lived there at the time of the murders and also remembers when "You'll Like My Mother" was filmed there in 71/72, my grandparents lived there until'91. My mom started bringing me up to Duluth as a little girl and we would take the Glensheen tour every year, she told me stories about that time etc, got me very interested in the Congdons, Glensheen and the murders. I have quite a few books on it all. I now continue the yearly visits with my children. We're actually driving back down to the cities from a few day Duluth trip in which we did indeed visit Glensheen. They're self guided tours now. Thank you for telling your memories from that time.

My 2 great-aunts adopted children in the 1930's or 1940's and they were both single. It's not that rare. they were both college graduates and able to support the children without a husband. That generation had a lot of maiden aunts because a lot of men were killed in the world wars.

Tonka is now owned by Hasbro and is full woke, don't give them your money

Amazing, Mr. Sorbo!!!💖 I love Hercules, Kull and you very much too

Sounds like A Story Teller...Actually Stupid.

Wonderful presentation! Very helpful for this Californian to get a lay of the land/lakes. My roots go back to the Moores, Carmens, Whipples and Welds. Thank you!

THAT INFORMATİON VERY SUCCESFUL...Thank you from turkey...

Wow! It is so interesting when the details of conspiracies come to light. The details of Marjorie's parents' lives would also be interesting - particularly if one or both of them were less than upstanding citizens. Uhhhhh in the late 70s / early 80s Minnesota didn't have an established number of points in common for a fingerprint to be legally declared a match? I'd like to hear how the prosecutor failed to defeat a hired expert as points in common are the entire legal basis for fingerprint evidence. Either the envelope print had enough points in common or it did not. I'd also like to have heard how the prosecutor in Marjorie's case failed to eviscerate the waitress that changed her testimony. But it does sound like a jury of overly trusting people.

Keep up the good work! Dig those Tonka Toys!

This guy is a leech

Scotty and his restaurant are truly something special. i am very happy to be working for such a kind and generous man~

Scotty does a great Superman flying impression.

Scotty is a wonderful guy. I remember the old store from when we first moved to mound. The hardware store, laundromat, Scotty’s, and the market. He sponsored my son‘s Little League teams, and my daughter worked at the new restaurant during high school and sometimes during college

My stepdad, Stan Drahos and Mom, Jan Drahos loved your restaurant. I’ve been a couple of times on my visits from out of town. Very good.

I enjoyed the interview I don't live in Mound anymore however when I visit I make sure and stop at Scotty B's. I wish the old high school was in that spot still I had many memories of it. Thank you. SM

Thank you for this! Arlo was close to our family. Especially my grandpa Amos.

Wow American manufacturing. So sad it was moved to Asia.

To bad they don’t make them in the USA anymore. DAM UNION!!!!!

Thanks for offering something other than politics and a view of what made the toys that made us!

For a writer, his story telling abilities slow and difficult .