"Dark La Crosse Stories"
Stemming from the "Dark La Crosse" stage show (2015-19), this podcast (2019-24) tells stories about the seedier side of La Crosse, Wisconsin's history.

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featured Episodes:

Ep. 60: 1875 Circus Storm
​An evening performance of Howe's Great London Circus descended into chaos as a raging summer storm moved through La Crosse in 1875.
Ep. 63: St. Mary's Boarding School
​In 1883, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in La Crosse opened the St. Mary's Indian School, a boarding school that was on the reservation of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians with the mission to convert Ojibwe children to Catholicism, a history the FSPA now must reconcile with the survivors and descendants of St. Mary's.
EP. 64: The Funeral Home Fight
​What happens when an unsavory business opens in a historic home in the heart of an upper-class residential district?
EP. 66: The Rivoli's Blind Organist
​The life and times of Walter Goetzinger, one of the most extraordinary musicians in La Crosse history, including a theater fire, a messy divorce, and his role in the erection of the Rivoli Theatre.
"Dark La Crosse Stories" was created by La Crosse Public Library Archives, in collaboration with La Crosse Tribune, with music by Luke Thering.