The stories of Waukesha County, WI
8 narrated audio stories from across Waukesha County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Carroll University
Before Waukesha Had Its Name
A frontier school founded before statehood became Wisconsin’s first four-year institution.
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How Les Paul Built a Guitar Out of a Problem
A homemade prototype changed the sound of modern music.
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Before the Legend, a Kid in Waukesha Listened Hard
How Waukesha shaped Les Paul’s restless ear and inventive hands.
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How Waukesha’s Tinkerer Changed the Sound of Music
A local kid turned guitar and recording into inventions.
Waukesha County Courthouse
When the Old Courthouse Refused to Disappear
A downtown courthouse endures by changing purpose, not losing presence.
Waukesha County Courthouse
The Courthouse That Taught Waukesha to Look Up
How a stone courthouse became Waukesha’s civic landmark.
David's Park
When Slender Man Stepped Out of Fiction
A childhood crime that exposed the dangerous pull of internet myth.
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When Illness Reframed the Slender Man Case
A case that turned on violence, delusion, and what justice looks like.
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