BOOKWORM

  By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls   During the assault, he first struck his father with a hatchet. He then grabbed a flat chisel from the workbench and drove it into the man’s chest. That was the fatal blow. It was August 1832, and John ‘Lippy’ Linn never denied that he had murdered his father, William. ... Read more

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