One of Mr Hussein's many palaces sits atop a nearby hill, as if the wonders of ancient Babylon palace, theatre, hanginggarden and all were follies in his grounds.
Some ideas are simple (a rusty colander becoming a hanginggarden planter), while others are downright feats (how to convert an old diesel car to run on vegetable oil).
The young county prosecutor in the case, Duane West, who would help to send killers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith to execution by hanging, is 80 now, and still lives in Garden City.