Clara Congdon Spencer, 80, of Duluth, Minn., died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, in St. Mary's Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. 'Inside this 80 year old body is an 18 year old girl." ...

When Clara Congdon realized that she and her husband Chester's grand London Road estate, Glensheen, would share its western border with a cemetery, her journal entry for that day read "I will have ...

The initial design of the garden changed after Chester Congdon died in 1916. His wife, Clara Congdon, preferred a wilder style, full of bright color, Ford said.

Glensheen mansion, the Congdon family's 39-room Jacobean mansion on the shore of Lake Superior, remains a popular tourist destination — though it does not reference the murders in its tours.

Glensheen started its reign as a fan-favorite museum in 1979. Chester and Clara Congdon built the mansion from 1905-1908, and members of the family continued to live their until 1977.