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Dorsey Corcoran

Dorsey Corcoran is recorded in 2 distinct storys.

11/22/63 recalls four-year-old Dorsey Corcoran's murder by his father with a hammer, matching It's account.

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11/22/63

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That was close enough to why I was here to feel like fate rather than coincidence. I took a careful sip of my beer. “Is that so?” “You bet it is. Dorsey Corcoran, that was the kid’s name. Only four years old, and you know what his goddam father did?

11/22/63 recalls four-year-old Dorsey Corcoran's murder by his father with a hammer, matching It's account.

11/22/63 ↗By Stephen King

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Dorsey Corcoran, who also lived with his mother and stepfather at 73 Charter Street, died of what were reported to be accidental causes in May of 1957. The boy was brought into the Derry Home Hospital suffering from multiple fractures, including a fractured skull. Richard P. Macklin, the boy’s stepfather, was the admitting person.

11/22/63 recalls four-year-old Dorsey Corcoran's murder by his father with a hammer, matching It's account.

It ↗By Stephen King