Meanwhile in Mankato (4): The Parole Experiment That Failed at Sauk Centre
This episode looks inside Minnesota’s prison and parole system during the years when Brian Lee Hendrickson was behind bars—and how shifting attitudes toward rehabilitation vs punishment helped lead to...
4 Des 202540min
Thanksgiving Treat (2): You Killed Chris - A Friend’s Fight for Justice
The second half concludes the You Killed Chris story — newly abridged and remastered. Through interviews, archives, and reflection, I revisit Linda’s decades-long effort to confront the man she believ...
27 Nov 20251h 51min
Thanksgiving Treat (1): You Killed Chris - A Friend’s Fight for Justice
A newly abridged and remastered two-part version of You Killed Chris: A Friend’s Fight for Justice. In 1968, 18-year-old Christine Rothschild was found murdered outside Sterling Hall on the University...
27 Nov 20251h 52min
Meanwhile in Mankato (3): The Trial That Collided with Miranda
Episode 3 follows Brian Lee Hendrickson’s case through late 1965 and 1966, as court procedures, psychiatric evaluations, and a Minnesota trial unfold under the state’s Youth Conservation Commission. A...
20 Nov 202549min
Meanwhile in Mankato (2): Inside the Murder Investigation
In the aftermath of Ray Dahms’s killing, Blue Earth County investigators launch a Minnesota murder investigation that soon points to a local teenager, Brian Lee Hendrickson. When they finally bring hi...
13 Nov 202543min
Meanwhile in Mankato (1): Lies, Silence & Murder in Minnesota
In 1965, seventeen-year-old Brian Hendrickson committed a small-town murder when he walked into a gas station outside Mankato, Minnesota, and shot clerk Ray Dahms twice at close range. Sentenced to fo...
6 Nov 202548min
A Halloween Throwback – Unresolved: The Murder of Joel Lovelien
On October 27, 2007, Joel Lovelien stepped outside the Broken Drum Bar in Grand Forks, North Dakota, during a night filled with costumes, celebration, and heavy drinking. Moments later, he was found i...
30 Okt 202543min
Meanwhile in Mankato: A Preview of Dakota Spotlight Season 12
Announcing Season 12 Meanwhile in Mankato: Lies, Silence & Murder in Minnesota arrives this November. Episode 1 premieres for all listeners on Thursday, November 6. Spotlight PLUS subscribers can h...
21 Okt 20258min
