Father Theophilus Riesinger’s story is not well known in Appleton today, and seems to have not been very well known in the area even in his lifetime. The first thorough look at him from local sources is from Post-Crescent writer Maija Penikis on March 4, 1973, more than 30 years after his passing. But now, […]
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(This page consists of podcast notes and is not intended to be a fully fleshed-out article.) Ervin Herbert Koehnke was born November 1, 1890 in Appleton to Henry and Sadie (Krohn) Koehnke. July 8, 1918, was sent to the barracks at Columbus, Ohio for training, with the plan to be in France after. He does
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There is a legend in Appleton about the grave of Kate Blood. Some say that when the moon is just right, you can see ghostly blood oozing from the stone. The reason? Kate is said to have killed her husband with an axe. Sometimes her children, too. Whether or not you think the stone oozes
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At the end of part one, Spanbauer is sent to prison for a total of 80 years, beginning May 1960. Pursuant to the Wisconsin ‘Sex Deviate Law,’ Wis.Stats.Ann. 959.15 (1958 & Supp.1966), the court committed Spanbauer to the Department of Public Welfare for a pre-sentence social, physical and mental examination with respect to the sex
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