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TravelHunters.com is located along the shores of beautiful Lake Superior - the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area).
Check out some of the unique hotels and resorts along Lake Superior by clicking here, or on any of the photos of the Duluth, Minnesota area.
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| What's the story with us anyway? |
TravelHunters.com was started by two brothers from Duluth, Minnesota who are fanatic about travel. We knew there had to be an outlet for all this energy, but we weren't sure what it could be. We've always enjoyed trying to find great travel deals, and friends and family were increasingly emailing us to help them find great deals to various destinations.
SO, one day, we bought the name TravelHunters.com just for fun. Now we had to figure out what to do with it! The answer was fairly simple - we love to find travel bargains, and we love to share our findings with anyone who'd listen :) That began our foray into operating TravelHunters.com, a real live community for people who like to find travel bargains on the Internet. It's not going to be too fancy, but we promise that it will be genuine and objective.
Since we started this website, we've received hundreds of thousands of visitors, as well as thousands of email messages from all corners of the globe. We are proud to have the opportunity to facilitate this worldwide bargain travel website, and we look forward to being a part of this community for many years to come.
Thank you all for being a part of this website!
Check out some great websites showcasing where we live! Here you'll see activities and the calendar of events in our area. Many year round activities from Hiking to Skiing.
VisitDuluth.com (our beautiful town on Lake Superior)
ExploreMinnesota.com (our wonderful state)
NorthernImages.com (photos of our area - great site)
If you've never been here, it is a wonderful place to visit. Many people are surprised to hear we receive 3.5 million visitors per year - thanks in part to our close proximity to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. We'll be doing a destination piece on Duluth in the future.
Dean Packingham - dean &
Lee Packingham - lee |
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My Father-in-Law, Gary Waller was Duluth's lead investigator on this historic murder case. He co-authored this book!
-- Lee Packingham, TravelHunters.com
Will to Murder
The Killings at Glensheen
On June 27, 1977, an intruder entered Glensheen, the stately manor built along the Lake Superior shore by Chester A. Congdon, patriarch of one of Duluth, Minnesota's most generous and respected families. Before leaving with a basketful of stolen jewelry, the intruder used a satin pillow to smother Chester's last surviving daughter, Elisabeth Congdon, after killing the heiress's valiant nurse, Velma Pietila, by beating her with a candlestick - crimes set in motion by a hastily hand-written will penned just days before the killings.
For the first time the story of the Glensheen killings and the crimes and trials surrounding Marjorie Caldwell Hagen, Elisabeth Congdon's notorious adopted daughter, is told through the eyes of former Duluth Police Detective and St. Louis County Sheriff Gary Waller and St. Louis County Prosecuter John DeSanto, the men who led the investigation and prosecution of Marjorie and her husband, Roger Caldwell.
Together with former Duluth News-Tribune crime reporter Gail Feichtinger, DeSanto and Waller bring readers behind the scenes of the most infamous double murder in Minnesota history. The authors frankly discuss their successes and failures in order to explain just how a man who claimed innocence was convected of two counts of murder and later confessed to the crimes - but was then set free. Feichtinger then reaches beyond the Glensheen killings to follow Majorie through her convictions for arson and presents evidence that suggests she may have gotten away with murder - four times.
>> New Evidence
The authors also offer information never before presented, including evidence that was not brought to trial, previously unpublished photographs of the crime scene, and the results of DNA tests - unavailable at the time of the investigation - which link a key piece of evidence to Roger Caldwell and call into question Marjorie Caldwell's acquittal. |
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