This Peculiar Prairie

The Sitar Family Murders


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What drove a farmhand to kill his boss, Martin Sitar and 6 other members of the Sitar Family during the harsh Manitoba winter of 1932? Tom Hreshkoski convinced himself and a jury that the Devil and a special fly demon told him to butcher the whole family with an axe, before burning down their home with them inside. 

Was it the Devil or mental illness that drove the slayings?


Prairie Murders: Mysteries, Crimes, and Scandals

https://www.amazon.ca/Prairie-Murders-Mysteries-Crimes-Scandals/dp/1894974719

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This Peculiar PrairieBy Beretta G