Template:Did you know nominations/John C. Colt

John C. Colt
Created/expanded by Mike Searson (talk). Self nom at 23:33, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ... that John C. Colt, the brother of Samuel Colt, murdered a printer named Samuel Adams and disposed of his body in a method that may have influenced Edgar Allen Poe's story, The Oblong Box?


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Date and length both check out. AGF for offline source. But the article states that Adams's murder may have influenced The Oblong Box. The hook should perhaps reflect this. A Thousand Doors (talk &#124; contribs) 14:41, 9 October 2011 (UTC)


 * This looks like a candidate for Halloween, with a little reworking of the hook to make it spookier. --Orlady (talk) 14:39, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I was thinking the same while I was writing it. I suck at writing hooks and am afraid I'll either make a "spookier" one either too corny or gory, though.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 14:54, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * OK, here's an idea (and I'm going to move this down to the Halloween holding area):
 * ALT1 ... that the unusual way that John C. Colt disposed of his murder victim's corpse may have influenced Edgar Allen Poe story The Oblong Box? --Orlady (talk) 02:03, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Very good, I like it!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 02:47, 14 October 2011 (UTC)