Texas True Crime

William Lewis Reece attacked and killed young women throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He is one of the only men tied to the Texas Killing Fields to be convicted of his crimes. DNA from a crime scene in Oklahoma linked him to three cold cases in Texas and led to his conviction. Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-reece-serial-killer-highways-texas-oklahoma-murders-timeline/ https://www.newsweek.com/william-reece-today-texas-killing-fields-serial-killer-netflix-1763569 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-reece-serial-killer-texas-oklahoma-killing-fields-murder-confessions-48-hours/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2022/william-reece-murders-timeline/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/serial-killer-posed-good-samaritan-27584787 https://abc13.com/serial-killer-william-reece-texas-women-killed-teens-famous-cold-cases/11633297/ https://nypost.com/2022/06/30/serial-killer-william-reece-pleads-guilty-to-cold-case-murders/ https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/portrait-of-a-serial-killer/ https://www.fox26houston.com/news/serial-killer-william-reece-pleads-guilty-to-3-texas-girl-murders

19 Mar 202334min

In 1885, a man dubbed the Servant Girl Annihilator by the press brutally attacked young servant girls in their beds. The man was never caught and some authorities in London even wondered if the man from Austin could have left Texas and gone to London and was actually Jack the Ripper. The crimes were very similar and the time frame makes sense. What do you think? Sources: The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth www.servantgirlmurders.com https://www.pbs.org investigations https://austin.culturemap.com news https://www.kvue.com news local http://genealogytrails.com travis https://www.historicmysteries.com servant girl annihilator murders of austin tx

5 Mar 202338min

In 1885, a man dubbed the Servant Girl Annihilator by the press brutally attacked young servant girls in their beds. The man was never caught and some authorities in London even wondered if the man from Austin could have left Texas and gone to London and was actually Jack the Ripper. The crimes were very similar and the time frame makes sense. What do you think? Sources: The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth www.servantgirlmurders.com https://www.pbs.org investigations https://austin.culturemap.com news https://www.kvue.com news local http://genealogytrails.com travis https://www.historicmysteries.com servant girl annihilator murders of austin tx

26 Feb 202347min

In 1885, a man dubbed the Servant Girl Annihilator by the press brutally attacked young servant girls in their beds. The man was never caught and some authorities in London even wondered if the man from Austin could have left Texas and gone to London and was actually Jack the Ripper. The crimes were very similar and the time frame makes sense. What do you think? Sources: The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth www.servantgirlmurders.com https://www.pbs.org investigations https://austin.culturemap.com news https://www.kvue.com news local http://genealogytrails.com travis https://www.historicmysteries.com servant girl annihilator murders of austin tx

20 Feb 202345min

In 1986, Donna Jester thought she was doing something nice for a down on his luck guy. She didn't realize that she had invited the devil into her home in Lancaster, TX. David Martin Long brutally killed Donna, her mother Dalpha, and Laura Lee Owens with a hatchet. Sources: https://the cinemaholic.com/who-were-david-martin-longs-victims-how-did-the-texas-axe-murderer-die/ https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1991/69781-4.html https://serialdispatches.com/serial-killer-david-martin-long/ https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l1/long-david-martin.htm https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1986/10/01/Police-investigating-the-hatchet-slayings-of-three-women-issued/4131528523200/ https://www.mytimes.com/1999/12/09/us/texan-who-took-overdose-is-executed.html

12 Feb 202330min

On May 4, 1986 three friends set out for a ride around Lake Hawkins, a popular hangout for teens and young adults. Suzanne, Gena, and Bryan were good kids from Hawkins, TX, the type of small town where nothing ever happens. Residents of the small town didn't know there was an "animal" that had been released from prison living right near the lake but when the three friends didn't return home it started a manhunt that would shock and traumatize everyone in the tight knit community. Sources: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-02-08-8701100399-story.html https://www.thecinemaholic.com/who-were-jerry-walter-mcfaddens-victims-is-the-animal-dead-or-alive/ http://apnews.com/article/cda6372b700defb0507687bb712fef8 https://www.foxnews.com/us/dna-links-oregon-womans-40-year-old-cold-case-murder-to-executed-killer https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/a-town-in-terror-how-jerry-mcfaddens-1986-crime-spree-stole-the-lives-of-hawkins/article_3b5bf742-020d-5a91-88a... https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/a-town-in-terror-part-ii-hawkins-mourns-three-young-victims-as-law-enforcement-searches/article_10cfe93c-dbae-5... https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/a-town-in-terror-part-iii-accused-murderer-jerry-mcfadden-takes-hostage-escapes-jail-and/article_fa91f0e9-c18e-5b... https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/a-town-in-terror-part-iv-a-look-into-the-legal-challenges-that-freed-serial/article-a7df011e-8058-57dc-9245-a714e85...

5 Feb 202324min

On June 23, 1965, police were called to a home in the Montrose area of Houston. They thought it was a routine welfare check requested by the nephew of an elderly couple. The nephew said that he hadn't been able to get in touch with his aunt for several days and he was concerned about her and his uncle. When police arrived, it seemed like nothing was wrong. However, when police entered the house, they would be shocked at what they found in the couple's refrigerator. Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/ice-box-murders https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2018/11/icebox-murders https://alonewithnature.medium.com/ice-box-murder-case-23f7cb76ed7 htttps://the-line-up.com/ice-box-murders https://www.thescarechamber.com/icebox-murders/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602369/ice-box-murders-houston https;//www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Grisly-Ice-Box-Murders-7251178.php The Ice Box Murders: Based on a True Story by Hugh and Martha Gardenier

29 Jan 202335min

Over the course of about three months in 1946, a masked killer stalked young couples on lovers' lanes attacking 8 people and killing 5. No one was ever caught and convicted. There are many theories on who the killer might have been, none were ever proven. Sources: vault.fbi.gov/texarkana-phantom-moonlight-murders-part-01-of-02/view-02-of-02/view morbidnmacabre.com/2020/08/28/the-texarkana-moonlight-murders/ www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/texarkana-murder-mystery/ the-line-up.com/texarkana-murders morbidology.com/the-texarkana-moonlight-murders/ www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/texas-murder-spree-hands-phantom-killer-solved-article-1.2554028# www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2016/mar/24/its-been-70-years-of-terror-stalked-texarkana-form-phantom/419177/ www.aymag.com/texarkana-famous-phantom-killer-part-1 www.aymag.com/texarkana-famous-phantom-killer-part-2

16 Jan 202335min