Mama Margaret Took an Axe

The Beginning


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The Beginning – All John Hossack ever wanted was his own

land, farm, and family, and by the year 1900 he had achieved that. But had he pressed his family too far in his journey to establish himself? Learn all about the Hossack family and their history leading up to the night of John Hossack’s murder. Welcome to the beginning of Mama Margaret Took an Axe.

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Sources: Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America’s

Heartland by Patricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf. Their website is here:  https://www.midnightassassin.com/index.html

Susan Glaspell’s (reporter present at the trial) writings - https://loa-shared.s3.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/Glaspell_Hossack_Murder.pdf

Short description - https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/john-hossack/

Record of John’s brother - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1DZ-N7C

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