While reminiscing about my late mother with family members and friends at her recent funeral, it occurred to me that her remarkable life would be a great subject for a Larry McMurtry novel.
Along those lines, Sarah Swisher, an old family friend and a columnist for the Iowa City Press-Citizen, penned this column regarding an hilarious caper from the early 1960’s involving my mother and Sarah’s mother, who were dear friends. What started out as an attempt to create a plot for an Alfred Hitchcock movie quickly transformed into an episode of I Love Lucy with a touch of The Honeymooners.
You really can’t make this stuff up.
I remember this murder, with that guy stuffed in the closet for a month. We all piled into our 1960 Chevy and cruised by the place…along with about 20 other cars. We made sure to have the windows down in hopes of catching a wiff. It was kind of like a house with a spectacular Christmas display. I still remember this house and think of that murder everytime I pass it. What a great story! Was Mag ever recruited by Hunt and Liddy?