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The Case of Brian Pippitt
📻 Episode #582
🎙️ Hosted by Guest Host Conor Hall
📅 Jul 16, 2026
About This Episode
Evelyn Malin was the 84-year-old owner of the Dollar Lake Store in tiny Shamrock Township, 130 miles north of Minneapolis. On the morning of February 24, 1998, she was found beaten and strangled to death in the living quarters that were connected to her convenience store. Over a year later, Brian Pippitt was charged with…
The Case
Evelyn Malin was the 84-year-old owner of the Dollar Lake Store in tiny Shamrock Township, 130 miles north of Minneapolis. On the morning of February 24, 1998, she was found beaten and strangled to death in the living quarters that were connected to her convenience store. Over a year later, Brian Pippitt was charged with premeditated murder based primarily on the incentivized testimony of two witnesses who later admitted to fabricating their statements. Brian was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
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00:06:51“Speaker 1: us to tell his story, still in a Minnesota prison Speaker 1: is Brian Pippott. Welcome. Brian helped tell this story an Speaker 1: attorney and investigator from probably the original innocence organization in Speaker 1: this country, Centurion Ministries Jim Cousins Welcome, well, thank you, Speaker 1: And before we even begin with Brian's personal history, I'd”
00:25:32“Speaker 3: Keith misquades he had a first degree sexual assault case Speaker 3: pending against him. They dismissed that in exchange for his Speaker 3: Alfred plea on the murder. I think it was manslaughter. Speaker 3: He had nothing to do with it. He has an Speaker 3: alibi as well. But he takes this plea on the”
00:42:49“Speaker 4: I have nothing to hut. I waive attorney client privilege Speaker 4: because I knew the county assigned and agreelan to go Speaker 4: along with the firings. And so I've been waiting for Speaker 4: two and a half years for this investigation to unfold. Speaker 4: And then April I found out that, Hey, they found”
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