Eddyville, Iowa - The Brines

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But everyone knew everyone in this very small town called eddyville, and everyone apparently knew the brines.
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In 19 57, a couple named edan bertha briney inherited an old farmhouse from bertha's parents in a rural part of iowa.
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And they left it unoccupied for ten years. And it was an uninhabited old farmhouse, and out in the middle of nowhere, basically. But they kept items of value, apparently, in there. Bertha
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briney's grandparents and parents had lived in the house after her parents died. Bertha briney had wanted to keep things as they were, down to the plates and silverware on the kitchen table. We're hearing about the brineys and their farmhouse from a retired law professor, anrew mc clerk. People
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have repeatedly broken into this house. According
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to the brines, in the decade since they inherited the house, it had been broken into 50 times. Ed briney later said he'd nailed doors and windows shut, posted seven no trespassing signs around the property and complained to sheriffs in two different counties over and over, but nothing seemed to work. So
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ebasically boarded up the windows and tin, put tin over the windows to try to keep people from breaking in. But that was unsuccessful. And
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that's when ed briney got out his shotgun.

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