EPISODE · Aug 11, 2026 · 11 MIN
The Great Census War: Ghost Registries and the Battle for the Twin Cities
from Pionerd · host Robert Thomas
On August 11, 1890, federal agents descended on Minneapolis and St. Paul to halt the first major criminal census fraud prosecution in American history. From graveyard name-copying to midnight raids and burlap sacks of fake schedules, discover how a constitutional tally became an economic weapon between two bitter rivals.
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