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I was in the office when the initial letter informing of the Walter Harkert house clues was delivered by messenger. While organizing file folders, photographs and books and listening to the Enchanted Cottage from another room, I observed the
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I came across an old, snow veiled photograph that opened a portal to another era, every detail buried in place. A glorious dark residence was concealed from the road by trees and shrubs, cloaked in snow. Hidden but well maintained, there
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Hello Detective Friends, Fellow Sleuths and Curious Newcomers! Today, March 2, 2026, we are celebrating a ten-year birthday. My Omaha Obsession…how swiftly time has flown by! We are having a party. Strolling
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In the late 1980s, only a few steps east of the present Interstate 480 boundary, stood an immense and mysterious apartment building. An early Omaha relic by then, 563 South Twenty-eighth Street was still fully functional and known for her
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As I prepare for tonight’s New Year celebrations, I have repeatedly been drawn to contact you. I apologize for my disappearing act. How are you? My investigations dropped off toward the year’s conclusion and got increasingly
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I discovered this oddly fascinating postcard of the Interstate 480 Exit Ramp when I worked at an antiques store in the Old Market years ago. What a strange feature for a postcard. Of course, that only made me love it all the more, for it struck
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There once was a cat named Midgie who in 1953 inherited a large Omaha house at 1624 Pinkney Street, together with its lovely human furnishings. I stumbled upon the mystery when casing feline Midgie’s equally as cryptic attorney while working a
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The old Steak N Egg Kitchen used to occupy the northwestern edge of the Econo Lodge motel parking lot, fronting Douglas Street. The one-story, free-standing restaurant at 2215 Douglas operated as its own business by the time we walked in,
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At the detective agency, we have been preoccupied in recent years with the Dollhouses of Omaha. Tonight’s collection of structures is reminiscent of the miniature world, embodying a delightful, visually appealing quality that prompts the viewer
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Esteemed sleuthers, Snooping Sallys and Wandering Warrens, we convene today to once more explore the beautiful and peculiar North Ninety-Sixth Street. These properties and this part of town are a marvel. Nevertheless, rumors commenced