Download The Phantom Killer: Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders: The Story of a Town in Terror AudioBook Free
The salacious and scandalous murders of a series of lovers on Texarkana's "lovers' lanes" created a press maelstrom and cast a pall of dread over a whole region. What is even more unusual would be that the case has continued to be cold for decades. Incorporating archival research and investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian James Presley reveals data that provides important secrets to unlocking this decades-old puzzle. Although the circumstance lives on today through tv set, the Internet, a revived fictional movie, and even an off-Broadway play, with so much of the exploration shrouded in mystery since 1946, rumors and fractured facts have distorted reality. Now, for the first time, a careful study of the archival record, personal interviews, and tenacious fact checking come together to create new insights and revelations on the old slayings.
