The Dark Legacy of the Glensheen Mansion

Nestled on the shores of Lake Superior, Duluth’s Glensheen Mansion is a stunning relic of Gilded Age opulence—but beneath its beauty lurks a sinister history. In this episode of Creepy Places: True Crime, we step inside the grand estate where one of Minnesota’s most shocking unsolved crimes unfolded. In the dead of night, heiress Elisabeth Congdon and her devoted nurse were brutally murdered in an apparent break-in. But as investigators peeled back the layers of this chilling case, they uncovered a web of greed, deceit, and betrayal—leading straight to someone who was supposed to love her most. Was this a crime of opportunity, or a calculated act of cold-blooded murder? And what shocking twist left an entire community questioning whether justice was truly served? Join us as we unravel the eerie mystery of Glensheen Mansion—where wealth couldn’t buy safety, and the truth may be more haunting than the crime itself.