A ranch hand had a disagreement with his boss and decided that murder was the best way to solve the argument.

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-truth-is-out-there/
https://www.mysoutex.com/the_progress/murder-at-marfa/article_42a955e4-9f99-11ea-80c9-9fbbaf73a5a2.html
https://fathomaway.com/history-of-marfa/

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In 1933, the Great Depression led to one man to attack a whole family for $15

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https://casetext.com/case/outlaw-v-state-4
newspapers.com

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Medical Malpractice is the 3rd leading cause of death... learn of a case from 1932.

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http://www.texasescapes.com/JamesVillanueva/Murder-of-Dr-Sam-Houston-Adams-Slaton-Texas-1930s.htm
http://www.texasescapes.com/JamesVillanueva/RL-Tudor-Takes-the-Stand-Slaton-Texas-1932.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10719097/samuel-houston-adams
https://www.friedmantriallawyers.com/practices/medical-malpractice/the-history-of-medical-malpractice/
https://www.bluegrassjustice.com/famous-medical-malpractice-cases/

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Young love brings about fear and murder.

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http://usgenwebsites.org/TXHenderson/Crimes/halljanuary1931.htm
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/close-encounters/201906/romeo-juliet-do-your-parents-approve-the-relationship
https://psychcentral.com/lib/when-your-parents-disapprove-of-your-partner#1
https://www.verywellmind.com/when-parents-disapprove-of-your-marriage-2302860

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Mother Nature can be brutal.

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https://www.texasobserver.org/san-jacinto-river-waste-pits/
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Drowned-San-Jacinto-River-boater-identified-as-14070906.php
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/teen-reported-missing-after-swimming-in-san-jacinto-river/285-dfea4976-bc3b-4174-ac9f-e6930c0fa4fe
https://abc13.com/drowning-body-found-san-jacinto-river-houston-news/3706404/
https://abc13.com/drowning-possible-san-jacinto-river-swimming/3556856/
https://downtownlalaw.com/practice-areas/personal-injury/river-drowning-how-do-drowning-incidents/
https://www.history.com/topics/mexico/battle-of-san-jacinto
https://www.starcouriernews.com/2020/06/18-yr-old-swimmer-drowns-in-san-jacinto-river/
https://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/man-riding-horse-disappears-in-the-san-jacinto-river/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/2018/06/04/12-year-old-girl-drowns-in-san-jacinto-river-while-trying-to-rescue-mother/
http://worldlandforms.com/landforms/pothole/

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Let's go back in time to the 1930s

Season 3 starts June 30, 2021!

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The finale will be detailing the stories of David Lee Powell and John Christian in 1978.

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-school-shooting-that-austin-forgot/
https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p1/powell-david-lee.htm
https://www.headlinersfoundation.org/bio-george-christian

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A man parks his trailer at the start of the Fiesta Parade and opens fire.

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https://www.sanantoniomag.com/remembering-the-1979-battle-of-flowers-parade/
https://www.mysanantonio.com/fiesta/article/The-day-madness-went-on-parade-5427968.php
https://www.ksat.com/news/2019/04/28/survivor-of-1979-battle-of-flowers-parade-shooting-creates-controversial-fiesta-medal/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/04/29/texas-sniper-had-complained-police-were-persecuting-him/72ebece1-5deb-46bf-90db-1d7c59b63af6/
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/pcp-phencyclidine-drug-violence-and-death
https://www.drugs.com/illicit/pcp.html

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Abuse leads to murder of 6 year old stepson.

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helpguide.org
The Marshall News Messenger

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This was going to be the finale but I found another case that needs to take that place.
First 16 year old female to be tried for murder in Texas.

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https://apnews.com/article/b0566b6dd03d23e795c42abad0093e3a
https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1979/july/murder-in-the-family/
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc939222/

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