In the early 1980s young women were being abducted and murdered. They were all from the same area in Fort Worth, Texas, had similar physical characteristics and their bodies were found in the same area. To this day the murders remain unsolved. Sources: 25 Jan 1985, 1 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com Podcasts (thereportersnotebook.com) 25 Jan 1985, 2 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com 10 Feb 1985, 14 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com 10 Feb 1985, 1 - Fort Worth St...
Feb 22, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 50
In the early 80s young women were going missing, all within the same neighborhood in Fort Worth Texas. They would be found fully clothed, stabbed multiple times. The women all bore a striking resemblance to each other also. At the time, the police did not link them together, but now it is believed that there was a serial killer on the loose in Fort Worth. The murders remain unsolved to this day. Sources: 27 Jan 1985, 1 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com 27 Jan 1985, 3 - The Boston Glob...
Feb 13, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Theodore Robert Wright III, aka, T.R. was a well-known flashy businessman who liked to flaunt his wealthy and high stakes lifestyle. It would soon all unravel when he was linked to one of the largest insurance scams in Texas history. Sources: The Wildest Insurance Fraud Scheme Texas Has Ever Seen – Texas Monthly FAA records: Pilot has a history of emergency landings (chron.com) Incredible survival of two men whose plane crashed into Gulf of Mexico - and filmed it on their iPad | Daily Mail Onlin...
Feb 06, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Brian Deneke was an artist, musician and leader of the punk community in Amarillo, TX in the 1990s. Most people believe his nonconformity led to his death and his killer basically walking free with a slap on the wrist. Sources: How the Killing of a Punk Rocker by a Clean-Cut Jock Tore a Texas City Apart (people.com) Brian Deneke — Bomb City Foundation What the Killing of a Punk in Texas Says About America (vice.com) After a Murder Trial, Amarillo Asks, 'Is This a Tolerant Place?' - The New York ...
Jan 30, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Alex Van Dalsen left his house on foot at 11:45 p.m. on February 3. 2021 in Lafyette, Indiana. He was wearing a hoodie, jeans, and sweatpants. It was snowing, not the kind of weather to go out for a walk in. Alex never came home, but his parents are left with more questions than answers. Sources: Family of trans man says police botched death investigation | City & State | purdueexponent.org A mysterious death | City & State | purdueexponent.org A mysterious death | City & State | pur...
Jan 23, 2024•35 min
Tom Brown was a popular, well liked senior at his small high school in Canadian, Texas. On the night of November 23, 2016, Tom didn't come home. There are lots of rumors and speculation about what happened to Tom, but what really happened to him still remains a mystery to this day. Sources: Texas Monthly: Tom Brown's Body, Chapter 1: A Pretty Little Place – Texas Monthly Tom Brown's Body, Chapter 2: Tom's Loop – Texas Monthly Tom Brown's Body, Chapter 3: “Evil Has Come to Canadian, Texas...
Jan 16, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Tom Brown was a popular, well liked senior at his small high school in Canadian, Texas. On the night of November 23, 2016, Tom didn't come home. There are lots of rumors and speculation about what happened to Tom, but what really happened to him still remains a mystery to this day. Sources: Texas Monthly: Tom Brown's Body, Chapter 1: A Pretty Little Place – Texas Monthly Tom Brown's Body, Chapter 2: Tom's Loop – Texas Monthly Tom Brown's Body, Chapter 3: “Evil Has Come to Canadian, Texas” – T...
Jan 11, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Tom Brown was a popular, well liked senior at his small high school in Canadian, Texas. On the night of November 23, 2016, Tom didn't come home. There are lots of rumors and speculation about what happened to Tom, but what really happened to him still remains a mystery to this day. Sources: Texas Monthly: Tom Brown's Body, Chapter 1: A Pretty Little Place – Texas Monthly Tom Brown's Body, Chapter 2: Tom's Loop – Texas Monthly Other Sources: Investigation Discovery: Murder Under the Friday Night ...
Jan 02, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 43
No one expected Santa Claus to walk into the First National Bank in Cisco TX two days before Christmas, but that's exactly what happened. The bank was left riddled with bullet holes and two officers were dead. Sources: Sinister Santa: A Look at the 1927 Cisco Bank Robbery (texashighways.com) Santa Claus Bank Robbery (tshaonline.org) Santa Claus Bank Robbery - Wikipedia Santa Claus Bank Robbery (tshaonline.org) Santa Claus Bank Robbery: The Story Behind the Bizarre Crime (wideopencountry.com) The...
Dec 12, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 42
I recently had the pleasure of sitting in with Bill on Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer to discuss Bernie Tiede, the most popular man in Carthage, Texas even after he shot a little old lady.
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 56 min
Why would anyone want to murder Steve and Carla Barron in their bed on Christmas morning? According to everyone who knew them they were nice, kind people. The truth ended up shocking the whole community. Sources: Teenage Daughters Plot To Kill Parents (kltv.com) J.B. Smith And The Christmas Day Murders (kltv.com) Texas teen charged in Christmas slaying of parents (narkive.com) National News Briefs; Girl, 17, Is Suspected Of Killing Her Parents - The New York Times (nytimes.com) POLICE: BEING GRO...
Dec 04, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Angel Maturino Resendiz used the railroad system to enter the United States and travel the country finding work and killing people who lived close to the railroad tracks. He is tied to 9 murders, but it is believed he is responsible for up to 21. Sources: Inside The Crimes Of 'Railroad Killer' Ángel Maturino Reséndiz (allthatsinteresting.com) Ángel Reséndiz: How The Serial Killer Used Railroads To Target, Murder His 9 Victims | Crime News (oxygen.com ) Death Rides the Rails (people.com) 'Railroa...
Nov 26, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Wanda Holloway was determined to give her daughter everything she never had, even being a cheerleader. When her daughter didn't make the squad she decided to take her competition out permanently. Sources: 17 Feb 1991, 51 - The Modesto Bee at Newspapers.com 04 Sep 1991, 5 - The Californian at Newspapers.com 29 Aug 1991, 28 - Corpus Christi Caller-Times at Newspapers.com 28 Aug 1991, Page 12 - Stevens Point Journal at Newspapers.com Daughter of “Cheerleader Mom” Breaks 20-Year Silence – Texas Mont...
Nov 20, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 39
One more quick spooky tale before Halloween season is over. Clara Crane was known in Terrell Texas as the Candy Lady, but she wasn't all that sweet. Sources: https://medium.com/obscure-horror/the-dark-and-sinister-legend-of-the-candy-lady-clara-crane-a0e975329793 https://paranormalhousewifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/01/25/not-always-a-sweet-ending/ https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/texas/candy-lady-urban-legend-tx/ https://www.farmercoop.com/the-folklore-candy-lady/...
Oct 31, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Margie Cantrell reported to Mineola Police Officers that her foster children had been involved in a sex kindergarten and forced to perform for adults at a swingers club. As things started to unravel, it became obvious that none of it was true, but not before six people went to prison. Sources: https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/how-to-create-a-sex-scandal-unravels-the-fantasy-behind-mineola-child-sex-club-case-16659069 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html https://www.texasmonthly.com/n...
Oct 29, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Margie Cantrell reported to Mineola Police Officers that her foster children had been involved in a sex kindergarten and forced to perform for adults at a swingers club. As things started to unravel, it became obvious that none of it was true, but not before six people went to prison. Sources: https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/how-to-create-a-sex-scandal-unravels-the-fantasy-behind-mineola-child-sex-club-case-16659069 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html https://www.texasmonthly.com/n...
Oct 24, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Treva Throneberry was a quiet girl. The teenager was often seen reading her Bible and carrying her tennis racket around her small Texas town. Then one day she disappeared. Sources: https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-day-treva-throneberry-disappeared/ https://www.crimelibrary.org/criminal_mind/scams/treva_throneberry/index.html https://briannakenzielivinglifeloud.wordpress.com/blog-feed/ https://alchetron.com/Treva-Throneberry https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/crime/article86659452....
Oct 16, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Ronald Clark O'Bryan was broke. He was about to lose his job. Things weren't looking good for him. He decided the only thing that he could do was cash in on some life insurance policies. Sources: https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1979/59731-3.html https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Pixy-Stix-and-Poison-The-Murder-of-Timothy-OBrien https://www.newspapers.com/image/15711462/?terms=ronald%20clark%20o%27bryan&match=1 https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-man-who-killed-...
Oct 08, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Former student, Betty Williams. haunts Odessa High School or that's what the students say. Betty was a drama student who was a bit of an outcast. She didn't fit in with the other girls. When popular, handsome football player Mack Herring and Betty started dating, she was very excited. Mack broke up with Betty and she had one last wish. She wanted him to kill her. Listen to Texas True Crime on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts. Sources: https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/a-kis...
Oct 01, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 33
A couple checked into the Ropers Motel in the West Texas town of Pecos in the summer of 1966. Later that day the wife was found in the bottom of the pool but the husband was gone. When police tried to find him, it turned out that the couple gave a false name. No one knew the young woman's identity or his. For over 50 years the town of Pecos wondered about the identify of the young woman found in the pool. Local law enforcement never gave up and finally Pecos Jane's identity was discovered. Sourc...
Sep 25, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 32
In the 1970s and 80s Genene Jones worked in pediatric ICU units, caring for and supposedly helping the youngest of patients heal. That was not the case, viewing herself as an angel of mercy she murdered up to 60 children but was convicted of only killing two. Listen to Texas True Crime on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts to hear the long and twisted tale of how she was finally brought to justice. Sources: The Death Shift: Nurse Geneane Jones and The Texas Baby Murders by Peter El...
Sep 18, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In the 1970s and 80s Genene Jones worked in pediatric ICU units, caring for and supposedly helping the youngest of patients heal. That was not the case, viewing herself as an angel of mercy she murdered up to 60 children but was convicted of only killing two. Listen to Texas True Crime on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts to hear the long and twisted tale of how she was finally brought to justice. Sources: The Death Shift: Nurse Geneane Jones and The Texas Baby Murders by Peter El...
Sep 10, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In the 1970s and 80s Genene Jones worked in pediatric ICU units, caring for and supposedly helping the youngest of patients heal. That was not the case, viewing herself as an angel of mercy she murdered up to 60 children but was convicted of only killing two. Listen to Texas True Crime on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts to hear the long and twisted tale of how she was finally brought to justice. Sources: The Death Shift: Nurse Geneane Jones and The Texas Baby Murders by Peter El...
Sep 04, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In the 1970s and 80s Genene Jones worked in pediatric ICU units, caring for and supposedly helping the youngest of patients heal. That was not the case, viewing herself as an angel of mercy she murdered up to 60 children but was convicted of only killing two. Listen to Texas True Crime on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts to hear the long and twisted tale of how she was finally brought to justice. Sources: The Death Shift: Nurse Geneane Jones and The Texas Baby Murders by Peter El...
Aug 27, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Howard Pharr and Kevin Hutchinson were not criminals. They had never been involved in a crime before but when the two fell on hard times financially, they decided to turn to robbing banks and stealing cars to make some fast cash. Neither of them were criminal masterminds and it ended up sounding more like a slapstick comedy than a crime spree. Sources: https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/how-not-to-rob-a-bank? https://www.newspapers.com/image/363802019/?terms=Howard%20Pharr&match=1 https...
Aug 20, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Gloria Marmolejo was a loving mother who was very close to her family. When her son, David, started dating his underage stepsister, she obviously was very upset by this. She confronted her son and told him to change his ways but David wasn't ready to break up with stepsister. Sources: Twisted Love: Love is Relative Investigation Discovery https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/archives/2020/02/19/david-marmolejo-past-marked-with-problems-law-family/4807193002/ https://casetext.com/case/marmolejo-v-st...
Aug 13, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Charlie White was a well known resident in the upscale community of Horseshoe Bay, TX. He lived a colorful lifestyle but everyone seemed to like him. When police and Texas Rangers were called to his home in November of 2005, they walked in on a bloody, vicious murder scene. Who disliked Charlie this much? Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blood-and-money-on-horseshoe-bay/ https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/son-who-pled-guilty-in-father-s-killing-alleges-1675237.php https://www....
Jul 30, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Darlene Gentry was a beautiful, outgoing former homecoming queen. It seemed like she and her husband Keith had a great life. They both had great jobs, three precious young sons and were close to their friends and family. But looks can be deceiving, she murdered her husband while he slept in their bed and their three young sons slept in the other room. Resources: https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/tenth-court-of-appeals/2008/8971.html https://thecinemaholic.com/waymon-keith-gentry-murder-where-is...
Jul 23, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Anthony Allen Shore was a brutal, arrogant man. Being in control of every situation was very important to him. In the 1990s he stalked and killed young women. He also abused his own daughters. It took police 10 years to catch him. Listen to Texas True Crime on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts to hear the full story. Resources: Strangler by Corey Mitchell https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/tourniquet-killer-anthony-allen-shore-executed-texas-1992-strangling-n839056...
Jul 16, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Anthony Allen Shore was a brutal, arrogant man. Being in control of every situation was very important to him. In the 1990s he stalked and killed young women. He also abused his own daughters. It took police 10 years to catch him. Listen to Texas True Crime on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts to hear the full story. Resources: Strangler by Corey Mitchell https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/tourniquet-killer-anthony-allen-shore-executed-texas-1992-strangling-n839056...
Jul 09, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 22
