It's hardly the land of Oz. But there is a yellow brick road that takes visitors to the heart of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Iconic actress Judy Garland only lived there for a few years, but her ...

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MINNEAPOLIS — A man accused of long hiding a stolen pair of sequined ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” plans to plead guilty, his attorney confirmed Friday.

The ruby slippers lived multiple lives before getting into the hands of their new owner as they were purchased by Micheal Shaw in the '70s, placed in Minnesota's Judy Garland Museum in 2005 ...

Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in 1922 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the youngest of three daughters born to parents who were vaudeville performers and ran a movie theater. Soaking up her ...

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In March 2024, a federal grand jury indicted Jerry Hal Saliterman of Crystal for his role in the infamous heist of the slippers from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids in 2005. These ruby ...

Earlier this year, the Judy Garland Museum in Minnesota launched a fundraising campaign to acquire the pair. They were stolen from the museum in 2005 where, at the time, they were on exhibition on ...

The slippers were stolen in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Their whereabouts remained a mystery for nearly 13 years until the FBI recovered them in ...

A defense attorney says a man accused of long hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” plans to plead guilty ...

The slippers were stolen in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Their whereabouts remained a mystery for nearly 13 years until the FBI recovered them in 2018.