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American Dread: Death in the Fields: The...

CODY BECK AND TROY TAYLOR
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In August 1882, three men were found murdered on a farm near Mount Pulaski, Illinois. Charles McMahon and his two hired hands, John Carlock and Robert Matheny, had been bound, gagged, and killed. Fear spread as neighbors searched for answers.



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