Bass Reeves was born into slavery, escaped to freedom during the Civil War and became a legendary marshal. Was Bass Reeves the inspiration behind the cowboy hero The Lone Ranger? SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN FREE: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | RSS Feed Bass Reeves was born on a plantation near Van Buren Arkansas which was owned by state legislator, William […]
In December 1955, Central Texans were captivated and shocked as they watched the first televised murder trial in American history. Did Harry Washburn plant the car bomb that killed his ex mother in law, Helen Weaver? SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN FREE: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | RSS Feed Harry Weaver had a habit of starting and warming up the car
Euzebe Vidrine was one of Louisiana’s earliest serial killers. After being sentenced to death for one murder in Evangeline Parish, Vidrine asked the judge for time to write his memoir and confessed to murdering four other men. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN FREE: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Pandora | RSS Feed “This murderer was certainly not a normal man. He was a
In November 1930, Pearl Drew sent a letter to Mississippi Governor Bilbo. She included a poem which revealed she had murdered a man her father was convicted of killing.
William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University, was found dead on September 23,1900. The story surrounding his death is questioned to this day. Was he murdered? Or did the man who confessed to killing him get there too late?
In 1902 six members of a farming family were murdered in Calcasieu Parish Louisiana. An itinerant farmhand who seemed to have no motive for the murders would be arrested and pay the ultimate price for the crime.
