![]() ![]() Well, not always, they did have in the show some of their own family members that I felt caused a lot of the problems, but those people were shown as kind of crazy. In the show they seemed to be the more sane, mostly, and the ones that seemed to have things done to them for no reason. Now, maybe it was just the way I watched it and who I sympathized or understood more, but the tv show made me more "for" the Hatfields. And as usually happens to me with such a tv show or movie, I was immediately fascinated, and began wanting to know more about it. ![]() At least it was until last summer when the History Channel did their mini-series on the story. ![]() As the author states in the note at the end, the names are a pop culture/historical reference, but many people don't know the actual story. I'd heard of the Hatfields' and McCoys' feud. ![]()
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