Strange Country Ep. 108: Hossack Murder

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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.

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