An heiress from Duluth.

A trail of fires stretching from Minnesota to the Mexican border.

And a quiet little mining town in Arizona… that never saw her coming.

Marjorie Congdon Caldwell Hagen carried wealth, suspicion, and misery wherever she went.

Her tale is part true crime… and part ghost story that still haunts this desert town.

For this special episode, we’re going local, and recording live from ground zero — Ajo, AZ, AND we’re teaming up with Z89.3 KZAO’s own Bo Johnson to tell the story of Marjorie Hagen — the “Black Widow of Ajo.”

Source Material:

MN Historical Society (MNopedia)

Glensheen (UMD) official blog: “Women of Glensheen” 

Duluth News Tribune (feature): “Glensheen murders still intrigue”

MPR News (feature, with photos/audio): “40 years later, Glensheen murders still grip Duluth”

Minnesota Supreme Court (primary): State v. Caldwell (1982) 

Duluth News Tribune (feature)

Brainerd Dispatch (AP report): DNA on key envelope (2003) 

MPR Archive (2003)

Los Angeles Times (obituary/recap): Roger Caldwell’s suicide 

Duluth News Tribune (30-year look-back)

Washington Post (1992)

UPI archive (1992)

Los Angeles Times (1992 feature)

Duluth News Tribune (retrospective)

Star Tribune (2007)

MinnPost (2009)

Duluth News Tribune (2007 news)

Music Credit:

1. IMPERVIOUS

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/dorian-pinto/impervious

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