In December 1907,  in the Olmsted County Courthouse in Rochester, a beautiful, young and popular socialite woman was being held facing six counts of forgery and three counts of obtaining money under false pretenses. 

Her plea? Not guilty. 

Decide for yourself whether Aimee Sickle Lloyd is guilty or not, and learn more about what happened to female prisoners in Wisconsin in this episode of Dark La Crosse Stories.  

In December 1907,  in the Olmsted County Courthouse in Rochester, a beautiful, young and popular socialite woman was being held facing six counts of forgery and three counts of obtaining money under false pretenses. 
Her plea? Not guilty. 
Decide for yourself whether Aimee Sickle Lloyd is guilty or not, and learn more about what happened to female prisoners in Wisconsin in this episode of Dark La Crosse Stories.

Podcast looks at the seedier side of La Crosse, Wis., history. 
This podcast is a partnership between the La Crosse Public Library and the La Crosse Tribune. 
The stories, which are all at least 50 years old, cover everything from the city’s red-light district and counterfeiters, to a double homicide and suicide, and murder over a pearl when La Crosse had an established pearl industry.
For more information and to see video versions of these episodes featuring historic photos and headlines, click here >> http://bit.ly/darklacrosse

Dark La Crosse Stories is made possible by a partnership between the La Crosse Public Library and the La Crosse Tribune.

Dark La Crosse Stories

Dark La Crosse Stories, a partnership between the La Crosse Public Library and the La Crosse Tribune, looks at the seedier side of La Crosse, Wis. You can find more information, and see video versions of these episodes featuring historic photos and headlines, here: http://bit.ly/darklacrosse

Dark La Crosse Stories, a partnership between the La Crosse Public Library and the La Crosse Tribune, looks at the seedier side of La Crosse, Wis. You can find more information, and see video versions of these episodes featuring historic photos and headlines, here: http://bit.ly/darklacrosse

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