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Tales of the 'madstone'

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published March 21, 2014 at 6:00 AM CDT
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Carol Taylor
Hunt County Historical Commission

Hunt County Historical Commissionchairman Carol Taylor often uncovers quirky bits of local history, and one of those is the "madstone," which was used as recently as 100 years ago to cure rabies.

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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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