In 1940, a burning car in rural South Dakota held a terrible secret. One man would serve as a connection between it and one of the worst mass murders in Iowa history. Warning: This material contains content that may be sensitive for some readers. Reader discretion is strongly advised.
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Warning: This material contains content that may be sensitive for some readers. Reader discretion is strongly advised. The argument was the same. It never changed. Sell out and move to town, she said. “We’re not moving, Hazel,” Guy replied. And round and round they went. Guy was always reserved, never emotional. He didn’t
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In 1922, Myrtle Belden was a rural mail carrier around Yorkville, Illinois. A single woman in her late twenties, she cared about her position and, seemingly, did a good job. For whatever reason, the cashier of the Farmer’s State Bank in Yorkville, a man named Clarence Beecher, had allegedly been saying some bad things about
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In many true crime tales, women are all too often the unfortunate victims. In the 1920’s, Hazel Anderson and Helen Depue turned the tables and showed just how ferocious they could be. Sources Girl and Woman Rout Bandit in Daring Battle. The Davenport Democrat and Leader, 12/27/20 Brave Women Frustrate Plan of Holdup Man. The
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In 1940, a burning car in rural South Dakota held a terrible secret. One man would serve as a connection between it and one of the worst mass murders in Iowa history. Sources S.D. Mother Kills Children, Suicides. The Daily Argus-Leader, 8/10/1940 Doland Farm Woman Kills Two Children, Takes Her Own Life. Rapid City
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