Episode one
THE CASTLE IN THE WOODS
Filmmaker Karl Jacob and author Aaron Brown take a road-trip-movie style journey through time to unlock the mystery of their hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota. They find a dynamic mayor named Victor Power who left few traces after his mysterious death almost a century ago. His political ghost still haunts an opulent, castle-like high school in the middle of the wilderness and reveals a story of America that has never been told before.
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About
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Karl Jacob and Aaron Brown share the story of how they each found the cold trail of Victor Power, and then how they found each other and decided to team up.
A first generation Irish-American, Victor Power began his career in Hibbing as a blacksmith’s assistant. He developed a knack for understanding people. When his older brother got into a scrape with the local hand of the world’s largest corporation, Vic took notes. In 1903 he went to law school in Chicago and came home ready to fight U.S. Steel. But first Vic Power makes a name for himself defending the winner of Minnesota’s last known pistol duel.
POWER IN THE WILDERNESS is a production of KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio, an independent NPR affiliate and member of AMPERS. This program is made possible in part by support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Episode two
EL PULPO
What will Victor Power do next? Beaming, yet cautious after an “impossible” victory defending an immigrant miner against a murder charge for winning a pistol duel, Now “Fightin’ Vic” confronts the massive corporation that rules the small village of Hibbing, Minnesota.
Creators
is an author, journalist, and instructor at Hibbing Community College. He’s working on a book about Victor Power.
KARL JACOB
is an independent filmmaker and actor living in New York. He’s developing a film project about Victor Power.