Down the Stairs, Into the Valley

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Two teenage friends, Dewey Lamm and Kevin Finneman, go into “Down in the Valley” record store in Minnesota on November 16th, 1974.  A gunman robs the store and shoots everyone in it - killing Dewey and injuring Kevin for life.  Was a teenaged family annihilator in Golden Valley responsible for the brutal robbery and murder at “Down in the Valley” record store? We will be breaking down the case file of the suspect and try to find what the detectives found: Some answers and closure.

Season 1

  1. EPISODE 1

    "Aren't you dead yet?"

    Two teenage friends, Dewey and Kevin, travel to “Down in the Valley” record store to purchase some items on November 16th, 1974. A gunman robs the store and shoots everyone in it. The disturbing night of events unfolds.

    20 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    "I didn't feel any pain"

    Survivor of the robbery and friend of victim Kevin Finneman gives the initial statements for police to work off of.  We also learn a little bit about victim Dewey Lamm and aftermath of the crime in the initial first days.

    18 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    "I don't remember much"

    We will look into Jennie’s side of the events along with the witnesses from the following days after the robbery and attack.

    19 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    "Too great of stigma"

    Around Golden Valley since 1974, people have heard whispers of a boy named Robert Glaeser killing his entire family. An event that wasn’t talked about much after it initially happened. And some wonder if the boy responsible for the murders was the one responsible for the “Down in the Valley” attack.

    17 min
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Two teenage friends, Dewey Lamm and Kevin Finneman, go into “Down in the Valley” record store in Minnesota on November 16th, 1974.  A gunman robs the store and shoots everyone in it - killing Dewey and injuring Kevin for life.  Was a teenaged family annihilator in Golden Valley responsible for the brutal robbery and murder at “Down in the Valley” record store? We will be breaking down the case file of the suspect and try to find what the detectives found: Some answers and closure.

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