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Midwest memories of the good old days and a few cool people we’ve met along the way.Find more stories by Tracy Briggs here: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs... more
FAQs about Back Then with Tracy Briggs:How many episodes does Back Then with Tracy Briggs have?The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.
March 15, 2023Did this cabin on Little Bemidji Lake once belong to Al Capone?Rumors have circulated for 100 years that Capone was a Minnesota lake lover and friend to the owner of East Grand Forks "Whiteys" bar. But is it fact or fiction? Read more from Tracy Briggs at https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs...more12minPlay
March 08, 2023A small-town waitress in North Dakota recalled the night she served steak to Al CaponeStella Hildre was only a teenager when the gun-toting gangsters “in fine clothes” asked her to lock the doors of her family's cafe and serve them dinner. It became a night she'd never forget. Read more from Tracy Briggs here: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs....more10minPlay
March 01, 2023In the 1920s, a lawman in North Dakota had a dark secret - He was Al Capone’s brotherSometimes called “the white sheep” of the family, what would make Vincenzo Capone choose to fight the booze trade that was making his little brother Al the most powerful gangster in the world? For more from Tracy Briggs, visit: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs...more13minPlay
February 22, 2023Mourning the loss of our HASH jeans, leisure suits and other vintage favoritesDid you once have an item of clothing that made you feel like a million bucks? Where did it go? And why the heck did you get rid of it? See more from Tracy Briggs at https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs...more12minPlay
February 15, 2023This Clay County pioneer was a handsome, hard-working man with a prickly sideThe Probstfield name is well known in Moorhead. Now a new book digs deeper into the lives of Catherine Probstfield and her 'difficult' husband Randolph. Read more from Tracy Briggs at https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs....more9minPlay
February 08, 2023During WWII, North Dakota kids traded in their Valentines to help the war effort, while adults sent CamelsOn Valentine's Day 1942, the war was less than three months old, but children were already in the fight. Read this and more from Tracy Briggs at inforum.com/tracy-briggs....more6minPlay
February 01, 2023After battling the Great Chicago Fire this N.D. governor became a swashbuckling pirateFred Fancher also survived North Dakota’s deadliest blizzard, wrote the state constitution, and became a multimillionaire businessman. Check out more stories from Tracy Briggs at https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs...more8minPlay
January 25, 2023Saying goodbye to 'one of the greatest women you’ll ever meet'Esther Allen, 88, died Dec. 18, 2022 in Moorhead after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She paved the way for generations of women, including me....more10minPlay
January 18, 2023Amelia Earhart ate dinner with a local family after being stranded at the Fargo airportA former Fargo woman said her pilot father once brought the great aviator home for supper and a night of incredible stories....more11minPlay
January 11, 2023Why suspected paranormal activity at a WWII-era North Dakota one-room school reached the FBIOfficials called it "the most baffling and mysterious fire cases" in the state's history. Who or what was responsible?...more10minPlay
FAQs about Back Then with Tracy Briggs:How many episodes does Back Then with Tracy Briggs have?The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.