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Hutchinson, Minnesota had some problems.

For the adults of Hutchinson, the problem was the teenagers.

They kept sneaking off at night to empty barns where they'd brace yourself, dance.

Who knew what sort of sin and heavy petting and French literature these barn dances might

lead to?

No, the adults of Hutchinson, Minnesota, did not approve.

And neither it seemed did the devil.

Once summer nights, Satan himself suddenly appeared in the middle of the dance floor, and

the debauched teens ran in fear.

He showed up at the next dance, too.

For a few months, it seemed like you couldn't go to a late-night barn dance in Hutchinson,

without getting chased out by the devil, pitchfork and toe.

Until one night, when a 14-year-old boy had the good sense to shoot him in the chest.

At which point the devil was revealed Scooby-Doo style but bloodier to be the local Methodist

minister, dressed in a costume, and flown in from the roof by rope and pulley.

This is the constant, a history of getting things wrong.

I'm Mark Chrysler.

Every episode we look at the accidents, mistakes, and bad ideas that helped misshape our world.

Find us at ConstantPodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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