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Nov 26, 2015 20:09 |  #1

Old Victorian in Palestine, TX

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Why is it called the murder tower?


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Nov 26, 2015 21:11 |  #3

Iscariotau wrote in post #17797887 (external link)
Why is it called the murder tower?

I think it's because it's a natural sniper position.


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Nov 26, 2015 21:43 |  #4

Always like the old houses. Best part of moving to Portsmouth. Now if I want to lazy to go shot some.

Also curious as to the name


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Nov 26, 2015 22:06 |  #5

Iscariotau wrote in post #17797887 (external link)
Why is it called the murder tower?

In a lot of the old Victorian novels some poor soul always got pushed over the edge, jumped out of the top window, or hung themselves from the tower railing I thought it appropriate to refer to such structures as 'Murder Towers'. ;)


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