If you've ever seen the classic Cohen Brothers film Fargo, then you'll remember the plot about a murder-for-hire scheme gone terribly wrong.

But did you know that the plot of that film is actually loosely based on a real life crime that happened in Minnesota.

Our story takes place in St. Paul, Minnesota,

in a neighborhood called Highland Park.

It's March of 1963, and the homes within this neighborhood

are filled with members of the upper middle class.

It was a neighborhood that a lot of people would aspire to raise a family in,

one where no one would suspect danger or foul play.

This was the case for the home at 1720 Hillcrest Avenue,

where the Thompson family lived.

It was a lavish property with an almost regal feel to it,

and the Thompson family surely had no idea

that what would happen in their home would go on to become

one of the biggest murder cases in Minnesota history.

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uh... The Patriarch of the Thompson family was Tilmer Eugene Thompson but everybody called him

cotton because of his white blonde hair he was born in 1927 and raised in Elmore

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