Strange Country Ep. 108: Hossack Murder
Strange Country
English - August 29, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MB - ★★★ - 170 ratingsComedy History cults ghosts unusual americanhistory comedy eccentrics history librarians library storytelling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Around midnight on Dec. 6, someone took an ax to John Hossack's head twice. Ten hours later the farmer and father of nine was dead. His wife Margaret claimed she heard an intruder, but she and the children were immediately viewed with suspicion. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss another "trial of the century" that took place in Iowa in 1900 that rattled the notion of what women were capable of.
Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands.
Cite your sources:
Bryan, Patricia L., et al. Midnight Assassin: a Murder in Americas Heartland. Notable Trials Library, 2007.