Ghost of a Chance

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Introducing Ghost of a Chance

2024-12-1802:07

When history buff Eric Roper buys an old house in Minneapolis, he wants to know everything about the people who lived there before him. But one couple became his obsession. They were one of the few Black families more than a hundred years ago to own a home in what’s now the whitest part of Minneapolis. And they show Eric a side of his city he never knew before. This is “Ghost of a Chance” from the Minnesota Star Tribune. Coming January 13. For more information on Ghost of a Chance, head to our website: http://startribune.com/ghostofachanceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nice Little House

2025-01-1341:05

Episode 2 -- Clippings from the Black newspapers back in the 1910s help Eric piece together the lives of Harry and Clementine Robinson as they settle in a place as far north as they could get. Those articles lay out a map to success. But just as the Robinsons find their footing, a rash of racial conflicts across the country threatens to unravel their progress. For more information on Ghost of a Chance, head to our website: http://startribune.com/ghostofachanceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

2025-01-1333:57

Episode 1 -- Reporter Eric Roper moves into his 113-year-old house and finds an irresistible piece of history that sends him down a rabbit hole like no other. It takes him back in time to the Civil War and across the Midwest to uncover the mysterious origins of two of the former owners of his home – Harry and Clementine Robinson. For more information on Ghost of a Chance, head to our website: http://startribune.com/ghostofachanceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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