S14 E1 - Rough on Rats - A Farm, a Fortune, and a Fatal Promise

Podcast: Malice in the Mitten · Tracy Preston

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

In 1883, sixty-year-old Michigan farmer John Guild transferred his property to a woman who promised him a home for the remainder of his life. Not long after the deal, he was dead. An examination reportedly revealed arsenic. A neighbor testified about purchasing a product called Rough on Rats. And investigators questioned what happened to Guild's missing money. Korun Larson was convicted of first-degree murder. Her husband, Ole, was acquitted. But the story didn't end with the verdicts. A campaign to secure Korun's pardon would raise further questions about one of Michigan's forgotten...