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Just moments after he arrived at the State Penitentiary in Bismarck to start serving a life sentence for the 1921 murder of Marie Wick, William Gummer was angry, but confident his conviction wouldn't stick.

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Look, the picture says 1920- so we're not talking about today's headlines, but let's discuss a family of eight violently murdered in Turtle Lake,

Editor's note: This story first ran in April 2019 following a quadruple homicide in Mandan, North Dakota. We're bringing it forward again after the killing of four people near Devils Lake, in order to give context to the state's history of mass killings.

Look, the picture says 1920- so we're not talking today's headlines, but let's discuss a family of eight violently murdered in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. Halloween right? Read on...

Look, the picture says 1920- so we're not talking today's headlines, but let's discuss a family of eight violently murdered in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. Halloween right? Read on...

Look, the picture says 1920- so we're not talking today's headlines, but let's discuss a family of eight violently murdered in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. Halloween right? Read on...

In Episode #1 of The Turtle Lake Murders podcast, reporter Tracy Briggs recapped the horrific crime that happened on the farm of the Jacob and Beata Wolf family on April 22, 1920, when seven of eight family members were killed along with their farm hand. While a neighbor confessed to the homicides, several experts are now saying it appears the wrong man might have gone to jail all those years ago. 

Murder in Room 30: In jailhouse interview, Gummer blamed jury for wrongly convicting him In an interview just moments after he arrived at the State Penitentiary in Bismarck to start serving his life sentence for the 1921 murder of Marie Wick, William Gummer was angry, but confident his conviction wont stick. 10:00 am, Jun. 3, 2021 × William Gummer didnt have many nice things to say about the jury that convicted him. He said they didnt read newspapers and lacked the inte...

Was North Dakotas worst mass murder a hate crime or politically-charged lies? The Turtle Lake Murders Episode #3 Everything we thought we knew about the infamous Wolf family murders can be upended when we apply some historical context. Does what the world was enduring in 1920 provide any evidence on who the real killers might be? The Turtle Lake Murders podcast - Episode 3. 10:00 am, Apr. 15, 2021 × A group of men who are believed to be part of the team investigating th...