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Episode 81: Two Mass Murders Claim Iowa Families Only Two Months Apart

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As the Great Depression gripped the nation, two mass murders claimed Iowa families only two months apart from each other. The details are as saddening as they are horrifying.   Sources Mother Kills Six Children, Self. The Des Moines Register, 8/30/1937 Mother Kills Six Children, Ends Own Life. The Gazette, 8/30/1937 Mother Kills Self and […]

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Two Mass Murders Claim Iowa Families Only Two Months Apart

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  August is always hot in Iowa. The sun beats down mercilessly, baking the ground and raising shimmering mirages from the asphalt highways. Worse is the humidity, filling the dry air like water fills a sponge. The only thing that does seem to like the oppressive, unrelenting heat is the corn. Some farmers say that

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