Outlaws & Scorned Women

Austin, TX - Millionaire media mogul Steven Beard wakes up one night to find his belly had burst wide open, with no idea how it happened. The truth would involve a love triangle, a shotgun, and a whole helluva lot of money. **Bonus - conversation with a real-live lawyer about just what the hell "capital murder" is.

Austin, TX - On August 1, 1966 a lone man with a rifle held an entire city hostage for 96 minutes. We tell the story of our nation's first mass shooting, ponder nature vs nurture, and hash out the legal what-if's. Then we, I dunno, hug some puppies or something, cuz lawd this one is dark. ----more---- Sources: Lavergne, Gary M. "A Sniper In The Tower: the Charles Whitman Murders"De

Houston, TX - Two people are hideously murdered with - of all things! - a pickaxe. The murderers are quickly brought to justice, but when one of them turns out to be a woman and she ends up on Death Row ... well, suddenly the eyes of the whole daggum world were on Texas. ----more---- Sources: Siemaszko, Corky. "The day the pickaxe killer Karla Faye Tucker was executed in 1998". NYD

Austin, TX 1885 - A fiendish killer stalks the night, cleaving the skulls of women with his axe and dragging them from their beds into a darkness filled with knives and terror. As the nation's first serial killer, this guy inspired some poetic prose. Also, we dive into the toe-curling history of the Texas prison system. ----more---- Sources: Hollandsworth, Skip (4/5/2016). Esquire.

Cisco, TX – 1927, the Golden Age of Crime. Two days before Christmas, Santa Claus walks into the First National Bank, kicking off a hailstorm of bullets and the biggest manhunt Texas had ever seen. ----more---- Sources: Pilcher, W.F. Santa Claus Bank Robbery, Texas State Historical Association Sault, Spring The Santa Claus Bank Robbery: This Texas Town's Bloodiest Crime, TexasHil

The first in a two-part deep dive into the long, monstrous history of lynching in Texas. Because no exploration of the crime in this state would be complete, or honest, without taking a long, hard look at this particular atrocity. So hug a puppy, y'all, and let's get into it. ----more---- Sources: Frontier Times Magazine, June 1950 Texas State Historical Association Lone Star Law:

The second (and last) part of our deep-dive into the brutal history of lynch mobs in Texas. Turns out, racism was the key factor. Who knew? (everyone. everyone knew) This story gets real ugly before it gets better, but it does get better. So hit play, and let's find that slim silver lining on the big racist cloud. ----more---- Sources: News 12 Forum: Black History Month (Part 2 - T

San Antonio, TX - Just in time for Valentine's Day! Scorned women take center stage as a love triangle turns deadly. ----more---- ERRATA: In this episode discussing Frances Hall case, I (Steph) erroneously stated the sudden passion defense could result in reducing Hall's sentence to a range of 2-10 years by prevailing on the defense before the jury. I (Steph) should have stated the

Seabrook, TX - When a local millionaire is found dead in his ginormous mansion, folks are shocked, yeah, but ... not exactly surprised. Stef & Steph are taking a quick break from recording this week, so here's a re-release of the very first episode of OSW. Hope y'all enjoy! ----more---- Where to find us online: Patreon Instagram Facebook Twitter Sources: Verboon, Jon. "The street t

Houston, TX - 2013. On a hot summer night, a man is found dead on his back in a pool of his own blood and his girlfriend is telling anyone who'll listen that she killed him in self-defense. Nothing is what we expected in this case - least of all, the murder weapon. ----more---- Sources: "High-Heel Homicide", Texas Monthly Justia.com Snapped The Houston Chronicle Crime Online Daily